(Read the link in my earlier post for several good explanations of the XY problem)
Comparing the length only doesn't help if , for example, your binary data is a set of bit flags ... the value is important, too. I'd recommend MIME::Base64 encoding each value before comparing (neatly sidestepping the question of whether or not the original was binary).
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