Index: src/org/python/core/PyLong.java
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--- src/org/python/core/PyLong.java	(revision 3455)
+++ src/org/python/core/PyLong.java	(working copy)
@@ -963,13 +963,17 @@
             if (v >= min && v <= max)
                 return v;
         }
-        throw Py.OverflowError("long int too long to convert");
+        throw Py.OverflowError("long int too large to convert");
     }
 
     public long asLong(int index) {
         return getLong(Long.MIN_VALUE, Long.MAX_VALUE);
     }
 
+    public int asInt(int index) {
+        return (int)getLong(Integer.MIN_VALUE, Integer.MAX_VALUE);
+    }
+
     public Object __tojava__(Class c) {
         try {
             if (c == Byte.TYPE || c == Byte.class) {
Index: Lib/test/test_long_int_args.py
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--- Lib/test/test_long_int_args.py	(revision 0)
+++ Lib/test/test_long_int_args.py	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+"""Ensure longs passed to int arguments are handled correctly
+
+Made for Jython.
+"""
+import array
+import cStringIO
+import tempfile
+import test_support
+import unittest
+import StringIO
+
+class LongIntArgsTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_array(self):
+        a = array.array('c', 'jython')
+        assert a.pop(0L) == 'j'
+
+    def test_file(self):
+        test_file = tempfile.TemporaryFile()
+        try:
+            self._test_file(test_file)
+        finally:
+            test_file.close()
+
+    def test_StringIO(self):
+        self._test_file(StringIO.StringIO())
+
+    def test_cStringIO(self):
+        self._test_file(cStringIO.StringIO())
+
+    def test_str(self):
+        self._test_basestring(str)
+
+    def test_unicode(self):
+        self._test_basestring(unicode)
+
+    def _test_basestring(self, class_):
+        s = class_('hello from jython')
+        l = long(len(s))
+        assert s.count('o', 0L, l) == 3
+        assert s.endswith('n', 0L, l) == True
+        assert s.expandtabs(1L) == s
+        assert s.find('h', 0L, l) == 0
+        assert s.index('h', 0L, l) == 0
+        assert s.rfind('h', 0L, l) == 14
+        assert s.rindex('h', 0L, l) == 14
+        assert s.split(' ', 1L) == ['hello', 'from jython']
+        assert s.startswith('jython', 11L)
+
+    def _test_file(self, test_file):
+        test_file.write('jython')
+        test_file.seek(0L)
+        assert test_file.read(1L) == 'j'
+        assert test_file.readline(2L) == 'yt'
+        assert test_file.readlines(3L) == ['hon']
+
+def test_main():
+    test_support.run_unittest(LongIntArgsTestCase)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    test_main()