From: "Berger, Daniel" <Daniel.Berger@...>
Date: 2006-02-17T07:59:05+09:00
Subject: Re: pack("l"), 64 bit question



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yukihiro Matsumoto [mailto:matz@ruby-lang.org] 
> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 3:48 PM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: Re: pack("l"), 64 bit question
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> In message "Re: pack("l"), 64 bit question"
>     on Fri, 17 Feb 2006 01:47:36 +0900, Daniel Berger 
> <Daniel.Berger@qwest.com> writes:
> 
> |> Daniel, could you try this patch on your 64bit box?
> 
> |Looks good.  The only one I found odd was the [nil] returned by
> |"\377\377\377\377".unpack("l_").  Is that expected?  The 32 
> bit version returns 
> |[-1].
> 
> No, it should return [4294967295].  How about a patch from 
> Ville Mattila in [ruby-talk:180126]?
> 
> 							matz.

I applied that, but I get the same result.  Doesn't his patch only
affect pack('w')?

Regards,

Dan