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

[Guido van Rossum]

> >>>>> "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

I don't recall how I found it -- I think someone mentioned it to me.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)