in reply to Re: 64 bit numbers in a 32 bit world.
in thread 64 bit numbers in a 32 bit world.

I couldn't find anything about bignum being lexically scoped either, but try:

{ use bignum; print ref 1; # Math::BigInt } { print ref 1; # <blank> }

Perl just dwim.

Ted Young

($$<<$$=>$$<=>$$<=$$>>$$) always returns 1. :-)