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Math::Int64! 
use Math::Int64 qw(net_to_int64);
my $ll = net_to_int64($str);

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Re^2: Unpack 64 bit value
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Sep 11, 2009 at 00:50 UTC

    Looking at the source, it looks like a very efficient implementation. It does native 64-bit arithmetic through overloaded operators. It doesn't use Math::BigInt or the like. (The number is stored in the NV slot of a blessed SV.)

    ...but native 64-bit arithmetic isn't supported by my compiler or it isn't enabled. Does any 32-bit compiler on a 32-bit platform have support for 64-bit arithmetic?

    It would be nice if it downgraded to using Math::BigInt if necessary.

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      ...but native 64-bit arithmetic isn't supported by my compiler or it isn't enabled. Does any 32-bit compiler on a 32-bit platform have support for 64-bit arithmetic?

      I believe that C99 specifies support for the long long int (64 bits or bigger) type as mandatory, so any modern compiler aiming to be C99 compliant should have 64 bits support.

      My initial plan was to add a fallback mode able to handle 64 bit arithmetic with 32 bit ints (it shouldn't be too difficult) but until today nobody had asked for it so it just remained undone...

      Can you give me the details of your system, OS, compiler, etc? are you sure it doesn't support 64 bit integers in any way?

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        Can you give me the details of your system, OS, compiler, etc?

        My compiler is dated 
        >cl /?
Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 12.00.8168 for 
+80x86
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1984-1998. All rights reserved.

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        Visual Studio 6.

        are you sure it doesn't support 64 bit integers in any way?

        No, I don't know one way or another.

        I believe that C99 specifies support for the long long int (64 bits or bigger) type as mandatory

        I withdraw my suggestion.

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