[maxint..] and [chr(127)..] denotes...?

[haskell-request]

Original-Via: uk.ac.nsf; Wed, 9 Oct 91 00:46:11 BST

Two Haskell puzzles:

1) What are the values of [ maxint .. ] 
   and [ chr(127) .. ] in Haskell 1.1?

2) What should they be?

-- Mikael R.