I'm trying to fix where the CPAN Testers are failing the Data::MEID module.

Basically when the HEX number is so big it ends up becoming negative when converted to Decimal on some platforms. I tried using Math::BigInt, but the problem still remains.

For example, on some platforms, when I convert 0xA1000000 Decimal get -159383552009606898 instead of 270113177609606898.


Is there a way to reliably and quickly convert large HEX numbers to Decimal on all platforms?


The line of code that's converting the big HEX number to Decimal is on line 162 in MEID.pm and looks like: 
    my $manufacturer = sprintf("%010d", Math::BigInt->new("0x$1"));

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In reply to Extra Long HEX to Decimal Converion Issue on Select Platforms by awohld

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