Re: Perl 5.10 pack() template modifier "treat signed"

Update: useless parts of posting struck out. Brain fade... sorry :-(

Well, Nn already work big-endian, and Vv work little-endian.

There doesn't seem much point these accepting < or > to override (or reenforce) their meaning -- and a quick experiment shows that they are rejected.

Of course, NnVv work unsigned. There doesn't appear to be a "make signed" qualifier, but you can get signed big-endian and signed little-endian by qualifying sSiIlLqQ to taste.

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Re^2: Perl 5.10 pack() template modifier "treat signed" by almut (Canon) on Nov 11, 2008 at 18:04 UTC
Well, Nn already work big-endian, and Vv work little-endian. I'm not interested in changing their endianness, but in making them behave in a signed fashion... There doesn't appear to be a "make signed" qualifier If so, then why have an entry in the table of modifiers for a modifier which doesn't exist? — That's confusing, at best.	[reply]
Re^3: Perl 5.10 pack() template modifier "treat signed" by gone2015 (Deacon) on Nov 11, 2008 at 19:18 UTC
Apologies. I will write out 100 times, "Engage brain for longer before touching keyboard". In mitigation: I was convinced that because '`l<`' and '`l>`' gave signed '`V`' and '`N`', respectively, that there was no need for anything else -- and no need for the table to show any qualifier for '`nNvV`'. Also I couldn't see much point in forcing '`nNvV`' native... but then, in those cases '`!`' is the very signed qualifier I didn't think existed :-( All in all, not a good posting. Sorry.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Perl 5.10 pack() template modifier "treat signed" by almut (Canon) on Nov 11, 2008 at 19:39 UTC
No need to apologize... My original post doesn't exactly exhibit deep brain engangement either... :) Anyhow, thanks for taking the time to reply!	[reply]