See the Math::BigInt docs in regards to its div_scale parameter: "This is the accuracy used when neither accuracy nor precision is set explicitly. It is used when a computation might otherwise attempt to return an infinite number of digits." The default value is 40, which is what you're seeing there.

You can either pass an accuracy to the bdiv method explicitly, for example: $digest = $digest->bdiv(64, 1000)->as_int;, or perhaps do this instead: use Math::BigRat; Math::BigRat->new($digest, 64)->as_int;, both of these result in your desired answer. (There are probably one or two other methods but these are the first I've thought of.)

In reply to Re: Why am I losing accuracy? by haukex
in thread Why am I losing accuracy? by Anonymous Monk

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