"Overflowing an int" is something that I worry about when I'm thinking in terms of memory layout of data. I shouldn't have to worry about it when working at a h

"Overflowing an int" is something that I worry about when I'm thinking in terms of memory layout of data. I shouldn't have to worry about it when working at a higher level of abstraction. Python handles this correctly: >>> int('0x7fffffff', 16) 2147483647 >>> int('0x7fffffff', 16) + 1 2147483648L