subclassing int to attain a Hex representation

Question

Basically I want to have access to all standard python int operators, eg __and__ and __xor__ etc, specifically whenever the result is finally printed I want it represented in Hex format. (Kind of like putting my calculator into Hex mode)

class Hex(int):
  def __repr__(self):
    return "0x%x"%self
  __str__=__repr__ # this certainly helps with printing

if __name__=="__main__":
  print Hex(0x1abe11ed) ^ Hex(440720179)
  print Hex(Hex(0x1abe11ed) ^ Hex(440720179))

Ideally BOTH line of output should be hexadecimal: 0xfacade, however the first one yields decimal: 16435934

Any ideas?

Answer 1

In response to your comment:

You could write a Mixin by yourself:

class IntMathMixin:
    def __add__(self, other):
        return type(self)(int(self).__add__(int(other)))
    # ... analog for the others

Then use it like this:

class Hex(IntMathMixin, int):
    def __repr__(self):
         return "0x%x"%self
    __str__=__repr__