[BUG] heatmap / xticks / xlims! error

[JeffFessler]

Details

Running the first 3 lines of the following MWE, the heatmap displays fine.
But then the xlims! line causes a an error with a long output, first part of which is shown below.

using Plots
x = LinRange(-1,1,101)*4
heatmap(x, x, x*x', xticks=(-1:1)*maximum(x))
xlims!(-2,2)

Error showing value of type Plots.Plot{Plots.GRBackend}:
ERROR: InexactError: check_top_bit(UInt64, -9223372036854775481)
Stacktrace:
  [1] throw_inexacterror(f::Symbol, #unused#::Type{UInt64}, val::Int64)
    @ Core ./boot.jl:602

Removing the xticks option eliminates the error, so the issue is some coupling between xticks and xlims.
Change the 4 to a 2 and then it works!?
I searched issues for check_top_bit and found nothing that mentioned it...

Backends

This bug occurs on ( insert x below )

Backend	yes	no	untested
gr (default)	x
pyplot			x
plotly	x
plotlyjs	x
pgfplotsx			x
inspectdr			x

Versions

Plots.jl version: v1.11.2
Backend version (]st -m): GR v0.57.1
Output of versioninfo():

Julia Version 1.6.0
Commit f9720dc2eb (2021-03-24 12:55 UTC)
Platform Info:
OS: macOS (x86_64-apple-darwin19.6.0)
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700K CPU @ 4.20GHz
WORD_SIZE: 64
LIBM: libopenlibm
LLVM: libLLVM-11.0.1 (ORCJIT, skylake)
Environment:
JULIA_NUM_THREADS = 8

[songhanzhang]

Exactly, I can reproduce the same issue. I have tried to define a different range for the x axis, or remove the command xticks = (-1:1)*maximum(x), and then it works fine. I guess that there might be a confliction between the defined xlims and xticks.

[JeffFessler]

I just tried this with v1.15.2 and it worked fine, so closing the issue.