[m-rev.] for review: allow string.base_string_to_int to parse int.min_int literals

[Julien Fischer]

On Wed, 13 Jan 2010, Ian MacLarty wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Ralph Becket <rafe at csse.unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
>> Ian MacLarty, Wednesday, 13 January 2010:
>>> Change string.base_string_to_int so that it doesn't fail if the base is 10 and
>>> the integer is int.min_int.  The previous behaviour seems unintuitive and means
>>> we can't use the literal -2147483648 in Mercury programs on 32 bit machines,
>>> even though that number can be represented in 32 bits.
>>
>> What about 64 bits?
>
> What about them?

I think the intent of Ralph's question is: can you now use the literal
-9223372036854775808 on 64-bit machines?

Julien.