Re: 64 bit numbers in a 32 bit world.

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But, printing $i still seems to hold the large number despite $i not being a Math::BigInt.

I'm betting $i is just a string. useDevel::Peek; Dump($i); would confirm that.

Two pedantic notes,

Your do { ... }; blocks could have been written as { ... }. It would make a difference if you used next, redo or last in the block, however.
I don't see anything that says that bignum is lexically scoped. It's misleading to place it in a block if it's not.

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Re^2: 64 bit numbers in a 32 bit world. by TedYoung (Deacon) on Apr 25, 2007 at 02:31 UTC
I couldn't find anything about bignum being lexically scoped either, but try: `{ use bignum; print ref 1; # Math::BigInt } { print ref 1; # <blank> }` [download] Perl just dwim. Ted Young `($$<<$$=>$$<=>$$<=$$>>$$) always returns 1. :-)`	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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