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gauss:rubinius brian$ bin/rbx 
irb(main):001:0> 0xffff_ffff.coerce(1)
=> [1, 4294967295]
irb(main):002:0> 0xffff_ffff.coerce(1).map { |x| x.class }
=> [Bignum, Bignum]