converting float to int issue

[Alex]

Converting a float to an int produces strange results.  Is this just a bug
or am I missing something?  I tried to search the bug database, but was
unsucsessful.

Converting a float to a long works as I would expect.

Python 2.2.2 (#1, Apr 16 2003, 22:00:16)
[GCC 3.2.1 20021207 (Gentoo Linux 3.2.1-20021207)] on linux2
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>>> int(1.0)
0
>>> int(3.0)
0
>>> int(3.14)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
OverflowError: float too large to convert
>>> long(1.0)
1L
>>> long(3.14)
3L
>>> int(long(3.14))
3