Hex to int conversion error

[Adam Ritter]

When I try to convert an 8 digit hex number to an integer, I get a 
ValueError.  Why doesn't it convert back correctly?  I have the string 
'0xdeadbeaf' stored in a textbox and I would like it's integer value.  I 
would convert it to a long, but I need to pack it to send as a 4 byte 
integer through a socket to a C program.  Any ideas?

>>>int(0xdeadbeaf)
-559038801
>>>int(hex(int(0xdeadbeaf)) ,16)
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
ValueError: int() literal too large: 0xdeadbeaf

Nick

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