This should initialize $buf even on a 64 bit system although I don't have one to test with either :-(.

A 64 bit Perl and 64 bit C should have the same understanding of what an "int" is. But then maybe we get into same stuff like 32 bit Windows running in 16 bit mode kind of stuff! 

 
my $buf = (0) x ( $x_dimension x $y_dimension);

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I guess my english is not good enough. Perhaps I should have used "question" instead of "challenge". Sorry if the aggressive tone offended..certainly not my intent. But this is a valid query. The more information provided, the better the result from Monks.

In reply to Re^7: Passing a bytestring from Perl to Inline::C as a 2d array by Marshall
in thread Passing a bytestring from Perl to Inline::C as a 2d array by maasha

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