[Python] Hex string to signed int in Python

How do I convert a hex string to a signed int in Python 3?

The best I can come up with is

h = '9DA92DAB'
b = bytes(h, 'utf-8')
ba = binascii.a2b_hex(b)
print(int.from_bytes(ba, byteorder='big', signed=True))


Is there a simpler way? Unsigned is so much easier: int(h, 16)

BTW, the origin of the question is itunes persistent id - music library xml version and iTunes hex version

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