
value bit pattern. That pattern is as follows:</p><ol class="decimal"><li>byte    =&gt; Byte.MinValue</li><li>char    =&gt; Char.MinValue</li><li>short   =&gt; Short.Minvalue</li><li>int     =&gt; Int.MinValue</li><li>long    =&gt; Long.MinValue</li><li>float   =&gt; Float.NaN</li><li>double  =&gt; Double.NaN</li></ol><p> The NA bit pattern for integral types is <code>MinValue</code> because it induces a
 symmetry on the remaining bound of values; e.g. the remaining <code>Byte</code> bound
 is (-127, +127)