--- trunk/src/compiler/common/float-lit.sml	2010/09/24 07:21:51	352
+++ trunk/src/compiler/common/float-lit.sml	2010/09/24 21:43:11	353
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@
 
     fun fromInt 0 = zero false
       | fromInt n = let
+	  val (isNeg, n) = if (n < 0) then (true, ~n) else (false, n)
 	  fun toDigits (n, d) = if n < 10
 		then n :: d
 		else toDigits(Int.quot(n, 10), Int.rem(n, 10) :: d)
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@
 		  Flt{isNeg = isNeg, digits = digits, exp = List.length digits}
 		end
 	  in
-	    cvt (n < 0)
+	    cvt isNeg
 	  end
 
     fun toString PosInf = "+inf"

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