This was once submitted as a [BUG] and with no [FIX]. 

The class comment in SmallInteger states:

	My instances are 30-bit numbers, stored in twos complement form. The allowable 
	range is approximately +- 1 billion (see SmallInteger minVal, maxVal).

which is wrong. The virtual machine uses a one bit tag to indicate that the rest of the 32 bit object pointer is a SmallInteger which means that the instances of SmallInteger are 31-bits in length. One can also write code to check this maximum; it also indicates a 31-bit length for SmallIntegers.

The comment should be fixed. Attached is code to change the comment to:

	My instances are 31-bit numbers, stored in twos complement form. The allowable 
	range is approximately +- 2 billion (see SmallInteger minVal, maxVal).

(This is another contribution for most trivial bug fix.)

Dave
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