general conversion to int

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some things can only be converted to int by a call like int(thing), such as a float object. other things can only be converted to int by a call like int(thing,0), such as a string that has an unknown base specified in the prefix of the string such as '0xff' or '0o377' or '0b11111111' or just '255'. float does not work in int(thing,0) and most of those strings don't work in int(thing).