hex to int

[Skip Montanaro]

    >>> int('0xff', 16)
    255

    >> In what version of Python do they introduce that?  

    Jason> Waaaaay back in Python 1.6.

Just for the record, if you're still stuck with 1.5.2, string.atoi supports
the same interface:

    >>> string.atoi("0xff", 16)
    255

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