That has always worked in 64bitint perls!

Running perl-all -we $v="";vec($v,2**32,1)=1

: skipping 5.003 .. 5.13.11
:
=== base/perl5.14.0    5.014000 i686-linux-64int
=== base/tperl5.14.0    5.014000 i686-linux-thread-multi-64int-ld
=== base/perl5.14.1    5.014001 i686-linux-64int
=== base/tperl5.14.1    5.014001 i686-linux-thread-multi-64int-ld
=== base/perl5.14.2    5.014002 i686-linux-64int
=== base/tperl5.14.2    5.014002 i686-linux-thread-multi-64int-ld
=== base/perl5.15.0    5.015000 i686-linux-64int
=== base/tperl5.15.0    5.015000 i686-linux-thread-multi-64int-ld
=== base/perl5.15.1    5.015001 i686-linux-64int
=== base/tperl5.15.1    5.015001 i686-linux-thread-multi-64int-ld
=== base/perl5.15.2    5.015002 i686-linux-64int
=== base/tperl5.15.2    5.015002 i686-linux-thread-multi-64int-ld
=== base/perl5.15.3    5.015003 i686-linux-64int
=== base/tperl5.15.3    5.015003 i686-linux-thread-multi-64int-ld
=== base/perl5.15.4    5.015004 i686-linux-64int
=== base/tperl5.15.4    5.015004 i686-linux-thread-multi-64int-ld
=== base/perl5.15.5    5.015005 i686-linux-64int
=== base/tperl5.15.5    5.015005 i686-linux-thread-multi-64int-ld
=== base/perl5.15.6    5.015006 i686-linux-64int
=== base/tperl5.15.6    5.015006 i686-linux-thread-multi-64int-ld
=== base/perl5.15.7    5.015007 i686-linux-64int
=== base/tperl5.15.7    5.015007 i686-linux-thread-multi-64int-ld
=== base/perl5.15.8    5.015008 i686-linux-64int
=== base/tperl5.15.8    5.015008 i686-linux-thread-multi-64int-ld
=== /usr/bin/perl    5.014002 i586-linux-thread-multi
Negative offset to vec in lvalue context at -e line 1.
Exit status: 65280
=== /pro/bin/perl    5.014001 i686-linux-64int-ld

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Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

In reply to Re^7: Perl 64-bit versions by Tux
in thread Perl 64-bit versions by BrowserUk

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