From: Daniel Berger <Daniel.Berger@...>
Date: 2006-02-16T01:50:34+09:00
Subject: pack("l"), 64 bit question

Hi all,

Ruby 1.8.4
Solaris 10

Is this correct?

# 32 bit
irb(main):002:0> [-1].pack("l")
=> "\377\377\377\377"
irb(main):003:0> "\377\377\377\377".unpack("l")
=> [-1]

# 64 bit
irb(main):002:0> [-1].pack("l")
=> "\377\377\377\377"
irb(main):003:0> "\377\377\377\377".unpack("l")
=> [4294967295]

Regards,

Dan