Inconsistency in hex()

[Steven D'Aprano]

hex() of an int appears to return lowercase hex digits, and hex() of a
long uppercase.

>>> hex(75)
'0x4b'
>>> hex(75*256**4)
'0x4B00000000L'

By accident or design? Apart from the aesthetic value that lowercase hex
digits are ugly, should we care?

It would also be nice if that trailing L would disappear.

-- 
Steven.