[perl #108952] [PATCH] 97df921 fix PerlIO-scalar test when unpack J fails

On Tue Jan 24 09:14:08 2012, rurban wrote:
> The reason of the failure is Config::Config{ptrsize} == 
> $Config::Config{intsize}.
> On the failing platform it is 4 vs 8.
> 
> So use unpack "I" instead.

Eric Brine’s patch has already been applied as 6fa2c250307, but yours
looks more robust to me, er, I *think*.

Is it guaranteed that unpack "J" will return undef in those cases where
it fails?

-- 

Father Chrysostomos


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• [perl #108952] [PATCH] 97df921 fix PerlIO-scalar test when unpack J fails by Reini Urban via RT
• [perl #108952] [PATCH] 97df921 fix PerlIO-scalar test when unpack J fails by Father Chrysostomos via RT
• Re: [perl #108952] [PATCH] 97df921 fix PerlIO-scalar test when unpackJ fails by Eric Brine
• [perl #108952] [PATCH] 97df921 fix PerlIO-scalar test when unpack J fails by Father Chrysostomos via RT
• Re: [perl #108952] [PATCH] 97df921 fix PerlIO-scalar test when unpackJ fails by Eric Brine
• [perl #108952] [PATCH] 97df921 fix PerlIO-scalar test when unpack J fails by Father Chrysostomos via RT
• [perl #108952] [PATCH] 97df921 fix PerlIO-scalar test when unpack J fails by rurban @ cpanel . net