[Python-Dev] Negated hex/oct constants (SF #660455)

[Barry A. Warsaw]

>>>>> "GvR" == Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:

    GvR> The bad thing is that this bug is already in all versions of
    GvR> Python 2.2, as well as in Python 2.3a1.

So how did you find it?  Was a bug report or random noodling?  Was
someone actually bit by it?  I'm curious but I don't have a
recommendation since I'd never write something like this (hex
constants always seem unsigned to me).

-Barry