Thanks!

I did't mean to fight unpack, I just wanted a wrapper class to be able to read from a buffer like this: 

my $name = $self->package_reader->read_string();
my $rate = $self->package_reader->read_long();
...

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Another question: with your method, I need to adapt the index of the buffer manually. How do I know how many characters 'unpack' read from the buffer? Do I have to calculate it myself?

Like: 
my $length_read = $Config{shortsize} + $Config{longsize} + ...;
my( $ping, $rate, $name, $ctpos, $clantag, $isbot ) = unpack('S V Z32 
+A1 Z32 A1', substr($self->package_reader->buffer(), $self->package_re
+ader->index(), $length_read));
$self->package_reader->index($self->package_reader->index() + $length_
+read);

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In reply to Re^2: Parsing protocol data: unpack and bytes by dichtfux
in thread Parsing protocol data: unpack and bytes by dichtfux

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