Fix a bug/thinko.

git-svn-id: https://svn.dealii.org/trunk@5425 0785d39b-7218-0410-832d-ea1e28bc413d

diff --git a/deal.II/base/source/parameter_handler.cc b/deal.II/base/source/parameter_handler.cc
index c594609c73c341e4f4ad13a38cb0149fe0e786bd..41c90d17aadd5fc32c9657a6e39ba9905f4ac844 100644 (file)
--- a/deal.II/base/source/parameter_handler.cc
+++ b/deal.II/base/source/parameter_handler.cc
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ namespace Patterns
 
   const double Double::min_double_value =
 #ifdef HAVE_STD_NUMERIC_LIMITS
-          std::numeric_limits<double>::min();
+          -std::numeric_limits<double>::max();
 #else
           1;
 #endif