an></span> or <span class=machine><span class=font-tt>long int</span></span> without
loss of precision. Values of Caml type <span class=machine><span class=font-tt>int</span></span> have the natural word
size of the platform minus one bit of tag, hence the conversion from IDL
types <span class=machine><span class=font-tt>int</span></span> and <span class=machine><span class=font-tt>long</span></span> loses the most significant bit on 32-bit
platforms. On 64-bit platforms, the conversion from <span class=mac