Long integer arrays in Python; how? /Carl

[Carl]

I have the following problem 

    import Numeric
    dim = 1
    bits = 32
    v = Numeric.zeros((dim, bits), 'l')
    for j in range(bits):
        v[0][j] = 1L << bits - j - 1

The problem is the last assignment, which is not valid, since the integer is
on the right hand side is to large to be assigned to an array element.

Is there a way around this problem in Python?

Yours /Carl