c:\test>junk0
'/' must follow a numeric type in unpack at c:\test\junk0.pl line 28, <FILE> chunk 10.

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            my $s2 = unpack 'v/A*', substr $$ref2, $p2, $n2;

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$x = pack 'v/A*', 'x'x100;;
print unpack 'v/A*', $x;;
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