[Tutor] built-in hex->int question

[Kalle Svensson]

[Huuuuuu]
> Why understands the float() function a string argument but not 
> integer-cast-functions?

You mean why does float() understand *hexadecimal* string arguments.  I don't
know the answer, but:

>>> int("4")
4
>>> int("0xaf", 16)
175
>>> long("0xaf", 16)
175L

Peace,
  Kalle
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