numeric.c:1742
static VALUE
int_downto(from, to)
    VALUE from, to;
{
    if (FIXNUM_P(from) && FIXNUM_P(to)) {
	long i, end;

	end = FIX2LONG(to);
	for (i=FIX2LONG(from); i >= end; i--) {
	    rb_yield(LONG2FIX(i));
	}
    }
    else {
	VALUE i = from, c;

	while (!(c = rb_funcall(i, '<', 1, to))) {
	    rb_yield(i);
	    i = rb_funcall(i, '-', 1, INT2FIX(1));
	}
	if (NIL_P(c)) rb_cmperr(i, to);
    }
    return from;
}
