hex to signed integer

[Tom Goulet]

Miki Tebeka wrote:

> eval?
> e.g.:
>>>> eval("0x%s" % "FF")
> 255

| >>> eval("0x"+"B2DE7282", {}, {})
| <string>:0: FutureWarning: hex/oct constants > sys.maxint will return \
| 	positive values in Python 2.4 and up
| -1294044542

There you have it.  Using the <eval> function doesn't work on 2.4 and
using the <int> function doesn't work on 1.5.2.  Besides, I want to
avoid use of the <eval> function.

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