From: Sam Roberts <sroberts@...>
Date: 2004-11-27T01:19:09+09:00
Subject: std method to convert string of bytes into Integer?

I've a string of bytes, represented as a String, most significant byte
first, and I want to convert it to an Integer (actually, they will
usually be big enough that they will end up as a Bignum).

I thought String#unpack, but it won't deal with anything larger than 4
or 8 bytes, it seems.

I don't think String#to_i will do it either.

I've written such a method myself, but I'd like to not duplicate the std
lib is possible!

Cheers,
Sam