Is there a simpler way to ensure arguments fit in integers?

I believe so.
If people would just break away from the notion that it's ok to use a perl whose NV precision is less than its IV precision, then you could just do something like the obvious: 
die "value is too large if $value > ~0;

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AFAIK, that works fine on any perl whose nvsize is greater than 8 bytes (ie nvtype is either 'long double' or '__float128').
Unfortunately, the general go-to perl configuration is one where NV precision is less than IV precision.
Anyone (frequently including me) who uses such a perl either doesn't care about arithmetic (not me), enjoys performing mental contortions (not me), is plain stupid, or is on some perverse and antiquated system that doesn't provide for an nvsize > 8 (not me).
Are there any other explanations ?

Cheers,
Rob

In reply to Re: Number too big to fit in integer by syphilis
in thread Number too big to fit in integer by jpl

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