>> >>> i = long(-1972144115) & 0xFFFFFFFF > > Ah, thanks. I've never had a need to to bit manipulation in Python (or in
For anyone interested, my new OS topic has a section on bitwise operations in Python - they are needed for checking stat flags... (see the sig for the link) Alan G Author of the learn to program web tutor http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld/tutos.htm _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
