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On 2008-01-30 16:12 +0100, Stefan Monnier wrote:

> Currently, the largest integer is 128MB.  This can be easily bumped up
> to 256MB (I'm using such a hack on my local Emacs).

Eh?  The largest integer _is_ already (256 MB -1) in Emacs 22:

(* 256 1024 1023)
=> 268173312

(* 256 1024 1024)
=> -268435456

(- (* 256 1024 1024) 1)
=> 268435455

Slightly confused,
                  Sven