Index: doc/string.n
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/tcl/tcl/doc/string.n,v
retrieving revision 1.45
diff -w -u -r1.45 string.n
--- doc/string.n	17 Oct 2008 10:22:25 -0000	1.45
+++ doc/string.n	9 Feb 2009 14:27:21 -0000
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@
 .IP \fBascii\fR 12
 Any character with a value less than \eu0080 (those that are in the
 7\-bit ascii range).
+.IP \fBentier\fR 12
+Any of the valid string formats for an integer value in Tcl, with optional
+surrounding whitespace.
 .IP \fBboolean\fR 12
 Any of the forms allowed to \fBTcl_GetBoolean\fR.
 .IP \fBcontrol\fR 12
Index: generic/tclCmdMZ.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/tcl/tcl/generic/tclCmdMZ.c,v
retrieving revision 1.179
diff -w -u -r1.179 tclCmdMZ.c
--- generic/tclCmdMZ.c	5 Feb 2009 22:12:44 -0000	1.179
+++ generic/tclCmdMZ.c	9 Feb 2009 14:27:23 -0000
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "tclInt.h"
+#include "tommath.h"
 #include "tclRegexp.h"
 
 static int		UniCharIsAscii(int character);
@@ -1406,6 +1407,7 @@
     int i, failat = 0, result = 1, strict = 0, index, length1, length2;
     Tcl_Obj *objPtr, *failVarObj = NULL;
     Tcl_WideInt w;
+    mp_int big;
 
     static const char *const isOptions[] = {
 	"alnum",	"alpha",	"ascii",	"control",
@@ -1413,14 +1415,15 @@
 	"graph",	"integer",	"list",		"lower",
 	"print",	"punct",	"space",	"true",
 	"upper",	"wideinteger",	"wordchar",	"xdigit",
-	NULL
+	"entier",       NULL
     };
     enum isOptions {
 	STR_IS_ALNUM, STR_IS_ALPHA,	STR_IS_ASCII,  STR_IS_CONTROL,
 	STR_IS_BOOL,  STR_IS_DIGIT,	STR_IS_DOUBLE, STR_IS_FALSE,
 	STR_IS_GRAPH, STR_IS_INT,	STR_IS_LIST,   STR_IS_LOWER,
 	STR_IS_PRINT, STR_IS_PUNCT, STR_IS_SPACE,  STR_IS_TRUE,
-	STR_IS_UPPER, STR_IS_WIDE,	STR_IS_WORD,   STR_IS_XDIGIT
+	STR_IS_UPPER, STR_IS_WIDE,	STR_IS_WORD,   STR_IS_XDIGIT,
+	STR_IS_ENTIER
     };
 
     if (objc < 3 || objc > 6) {
@@ -1531,6 +1534,11 @@
     case STR_IS_GRAPH:
 	chcomp = Tcl_UniCharIsGraph;
 	break;
+    case STR_IS_ENTIER:
+	if (TCL_OK == Tcl_GetBignumFromObj(NULL, objPtr, &big)) {
+	    break;
+	}
+	goto failedIntParse;
     case STR_IS_INT:
 	if (TCL_OK == TclGetIntFromObj(NULL, objPtr, &i)) {
 	    break;
Index: generic/tclStringObj.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/tcl/tcl/generic/tclStringObj.c,v
retrieving revision 1.87
diff -w -u -r1.87 tclStringObj.c
--- generic/tclStringObj.c	5 Feb 2009 21:27:45 -0000	1.87
+++ generic/tclStringObj.c	9 Feb 2009 14:27:25 -0000
@@ -2054,10 +2054,6 @@
 	}
 
 	case 'u':
-	    if (useBig) {
-		msg = "unsigned bignum format is invalid";
-		goto errorMsg;
-	    }
 	case 'd':
 	case 'o':
 	case 'x':
@@ -2075,6 +2071,10 @@
 		    goto error;
 		}
 		isNegative = (mp_cmp_d(&big, 0) == MP_LT);
+		if (ch == 'u' && isNegative) {
+		    msg = "unsigned bignum format is invalid for negative values";
+		    goto errorMsg;
+		}
 	    } else if (useWide) {
 		if (Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj(NULL, segment, &w) != TCL_OK) {
 		    Tcl_Obj *objPtr;
Index: tests/string.test
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/tcl/tcl/tests/string.test,v
retrieving revision 1.76
diff -w -u -r1.76 string.test
--- tests/string.test	14 Oct 2008 18:49:47 -0000	1.76
+++ tests/string.test	9 Feb 2009 14:27:27 -0000
@@ -314,10 +314,10 @@
 } {1 {wrong # args: should be "string is class ?-strict? ?-failindex var? str"}}
 test string-6.5 {string is, class check} {
     list [catch {string is bogus str} msg] $msg
-} {1 {bad class "bogus": must be alnum, alpha, ascii, control, boolean, digit, double, false, graph, integer, list, lower, print, punct, space, true, upper, wideinteger, wordchar, or xdigit}}
+} {1 {bad class "bogus": must be alnum, alpha, ascii, control, boolean, digit, double, false, graph, integer, list, lower, print, punct, space, true, upper, wideinteger, wordchar, xdigit, or entier}}
 test string-6.6 {string is, ambiguous class} {
     list [catch {string is al str} msg] $msg
-} {1 {ambiguous class "al": must be alnum, alpha, ascii, control, boolean, digit, double, false, graph, integer, list, lower, print, punct, space, true, upper, wideinteger, wordchar, or xdigit}}
+} {1 {ambiguous class "al": must be alnum, alpha, ascii, control, boolean, digit, double, false, graph, integer, list, lower, print, punct, space, true, upper, wideinteger, wordchar, xdigit, or entier}}
 test string-6.7 {string is alpha, all ok} {
     string is alpha -strict -failindex var abc
 } 1
@@ -676,6 +676,78 @@
 test string-6.109 {string is double, Bug 1360532} {
     string is double 1\u00a0
 } 0
+test string-6.110 {string is entier, true} {
+    string is entier +1234567890
+} 1
+test string-6.111 {string is entier, true on type} {
+    string is entier [expr wide(50.0)]
+} 1
+test string-6.112 {string is entier, true} {
+    string is entier [list -10]
+} 1
+test string-6.113 {string is entier, true as hex} {
+    string is entier 0xabcdef
+} 1
+test string-6.114 {string is entier, true as octal} {
+    string is entier 0123456
+} 1
+test string-6.115 {string is entier, true with whitespace} {
+    string is entier "  \n1234\v"
+} 1
+test string-6.116 {string is entier, false} {
+    list [string is entier -fail var 123abc] $var
+} {0 3}
+test string-6.117 {string is entier, false} {
+    list [string is entier -fail var 123123123123123123123123123123123123123123123123123123123123123123123123123123123123abc] $var
+} {0 84}
+test string-6.118 {string is entier, false} {
+    list [string is entier -fail var [expr double(1)]] $var
+} {0 1}
+test string-6.119 {string is entier, false} {
+    list [string is entier -fail var "    "] $var
+} {0 0}
+test string-6.120 {string is entier, false on bad octal} {
+    list [string is entier -fail var 0o36963] $var
+} {0 4}
+test string-6.121.1 {string is entier, false on bad octal} {
+    list [string is entier -fail var 0o36963] $var
+} {0 4}
+test string-6.122 {string is entier, false on bad hex} {
+    list [string is entier -fail var 0X345XYZ] $var
+} {0 5}
+test string-6.123 {string is entier, bad integers} {
+    # SF bug #634856
+    set result ""
+    set numbers [list 1 +1 ++1 +-1 -+1 -1 --1 "- +1"]
+    foreach num $numbers {
+	lappend result [string is entier -strict $num]
+    }
+    set result
+} {1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0}
+test string-6.124 {string is entier, true} {
+    string is entier +1234567890123456789012345678901234567890
+} 1
+test string-6.125 {string is entier, true} {
+    string is entier [list -10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000]
+} 1
+test string-6.126 {string is entier, true as hex} {
+    string is entier 0xabcdefabcdefabcdefabcdefabcdefabcdefabcdefabcdefabcdefabcdefabcdefabcdefabcdefabcdef
+} 1
+test string-6.127 {string is entier, true as octal} {
+    string is entier 0123456112341234561234565623456123456123456123456123456123456123456123456123456123456
+} 1
+test string-6.128 {string is entier, true with whitespace} {
+    string is entier "  \n12340000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000\v"
+} 1
+test string-6.129 {string is entier, false on bad octal} {
+    list [string is entier -fail var 0o1234561123412345612345656234561234561234561234561234561234561234561234561234561234536963] $var
+} {0 87}
+test string-6.130.1 {string is entier, false on bad octal} {
+    list [string is entier -fail var 0o1234561123412345612345656234561234561234561234561234561234561234561234561234561234536963] $var
+} {0 87}
+test string-6.131 {string is entier, false on bad hex} {
+    list [string is entier -fail var 0X12345611234123456123456562345612345612345612345612345612345612345612345612345612345345XYZ] $var
+} {0 88}
 
 catch {rename largest_int {}}
 
