"12345678": A string consisting of 8 characters

Thankyou. You just made my point for me.

• Nowhere in the context of the quote, is the 12345678 defined to be a string.
• Nowhere in that context is "byteorders" defined to mean: the value of $Config{byteorder} will vary according to ...

In other words:

1. You ignored that I said: "is either misleading or ...";

   and decided to 'challenge' what I said with an out-of-context quote a no-context misinterpretation of what I said.

2. The documentation is assumptive and ambiguous. The phrasing is such that it is open to misinterpretation.

   It ought to read something to the effect of:

   • On 32-bit, little-endian platforms, $Config{byteorder} returns the string '1234';
   • On 64-bit, little-endian platforms, $Config{byteorder} returns the string '12345678';
   • On 32-bit, big-endian platforms, $Config{byteorder} returns the string '4321';
   • On 64-bit, big-endian platforms, $Config{byteorder} returns the string '87654321';