How to convert a "long in a string" to a "long"?

[Leif K-Brooks]

Sion Arrowsmith wrote:
> Steven Bethard  <steven.bethard at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>ondekoza at gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>>s = long("0xffffffffL")
>>>ValueError: invalid literal for long(): 0xffffffffL
>>>
>>>>>int("0xffffffff", 0)
>>
>>4294967295L
> 
> So why does the base argument to int() (or long()) default to
> 10 and not 0?

Because it's designed for numbers normal people provide, not for numbers
programmers provide. Normal people see 0123 as being equal to 123, not 83.