a 32 bit number to integer

[Ricardo Quesada]

Hi,

  In python 2.0, this number was an integer:
    0x88776655

  but in python 2.4 it is a long (every number > 0x7fffffff it is a long)

in python 2.4, is there a way to convert that number to a integer 
(notice that it only occupies 32 bits) ?


thanks,
riq.