Nowhere in the context of the quote, is the 12345678 defined to be a string.

I know. Three times I told you to read the docs instead of relying on that partial quote.

Nowhere in that context is "byteorders" defined to mean: the value of $Config{byteorder} will vary according to ...

You mean except in the passage we're discussing? The byteorder on the platform where Perl was built is also available via Config: use Config; print "$Config{byteorder}\n"; [...] Byteorders "1234" and "12345678" are little-endian; "4321" and "87654321" are big-endian.

What an idiot. For the fourth time, go read the damn docs before mouthing off about how they're wrong.

In reply to Re^7: Is the documentation for Perl 5.20 'pack' correct? by ikegami
in thread Is the documentation for Perl 5.20 'pack' correct? by flexvault

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