Re: Rejection of the smallest int8

I said:
> If you can see a way around that, we're all ears ...

Of course there's always the brute-force solution:

    if (strcmp(ptr, "-9223372036854775808") == 0)
       return -9223372036854775808;
    else
       <<proceed with int8in>>

(modulo some #ifdef hacking to attach the correct L or LL suffix to the
constant, but you get the idea)

This qualifies as pretty durn ugly, but might indeed be more portable
than any other alternative.  Comments?

            regards, tom lane