[Chicken-janitors] #1096: (abs most-negative-fixnum) does return negative value

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#1096: (abs most-negative-fixnum) does return negative value
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 Reporter:  ckeen           |       Owner:       
     Type:  defect          |      Status:  new  
 Priority:  major           |   Milestone:  4.9.0
Component:  core libraries  |     Version:  4.8.x
 Keywords:  abs core        |  
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 Found by David Krenzlin on #chicken
 {{{
 $ csi -n
 CHICKEN
 (c) 2008-2014, The Chicken Team
 (c) 2000-2007, Felix L. Winkelmann
 Version 4.8.4 (rev 7dad446)
 linux-unix-gnu-x86-64 [ 64bit manyargs dload ptables ]
 compiled 2014-02-03 on devpool08 (Linux)
 #;1> (abs most-negative-fixnum)
 -4611686018427387904
 #;2> (fixnum? most-negative-fixnum)
 #t
 }}}

 Works fine with the numbers egg's version.

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Ticket URL: <http://bugs.call-cc.org/ticket/1096>
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