Other workarounds for the vec > 2**31 offsets bug?

My crude approach to extending the addressable bit range to 2**32-1 would be to divide the offset by 2 and operate in units of 2 bits. Something like this: 

sub setbit {
    # args:  var, offset, value (0/1)
    if ($_[1] % 2) {                          # odd offset
        if ($_[2]) {
            vec($_[0], $_[1]/2, 2) |= 0b10;     # set
        } else {
            vec($_[0], $_[1]/2, 2) &= 1;        # clear
        }
    } else {                                  # even offset
        if ($_[2]) {
            vec($_[0], $_[1]/2, 2) |= 1;        # set
        } else {
            vec($_[0], $_[1]/2, 2) &= 0b10;     # clear
        }
    }
}

my $v = "";
setbit($v, 2**32-1, 1);  # set bit
setbit($v, 2**32-1, 0);  # clear bit

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(and likewise for reading a bit)

The idea could in principle be extended to other unit sizes (4, 8, ...), though the bit fiddling would then be somewhat more involved.

In reply to Re: More 64-bit Perl bugs? by Eliya
in thread More 64-bit Perl bugs? by BrowserUk

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