/* This seemed to be the easiest place to define these */
-#define U8_MAX ((u8) (~0U))
-#define U16_MAX ((u16) (~0U))
-#define U32_MAX ((u32) (~0U))
-#define U64_MAX ((u64) (~0ULL))
+#define U8_MAX ((u8)(~0U))
+#define U16_MAX ((u16)(~0U))
+#define U32_MAX ((u32)(~0U))
+#define U64_MAX ((u64)(~0ULL))
+
+#define S8_MAX ((s8)(U8_MAX >> 1))
+#define S16_MAX ((s16)(U16_MAX >> 1))
+#define S32_MAX ((s32)(U32_MAX >> 1))
+#define S64_MAX ((s64)(U64_MAX >> 1LL))
+
+#define S8_MIN ((s8)(-S8_MAX - 1))
+#define S16_MIN ((s16)(-S16_MAX - 1))
+#define S32_MIN ((s32)(-S32_MAX - 1))
+#define S64_MIN ((s64)(-S64_MAX - 1LL))
/*
* in all cases,