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    Ruby Integer::MAX and Integer::MIN
  
        
  
    
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  | class Integer | |
| N_BYTES = [42].pack('i').size | |
| N_BITS = N_BYTES * 16 | |
| MAX = 2 ** (N_BITS - 2) - 1 | |
| MIN = -MAX - 1 | |
| end | |
| p Integer::MAX #=> 4611686018427387903 | |
| p Integer::MAX.class #=> Fixnum | |
| p (Integer::MAX + 1).class #=> Bignum | 
  
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