in reply to Re^2: PV limits on 64-bit perls?
in thread PV limits on 64-bit perls?

In bleed, I see I32 in pp_substr: 

I32 pos;
I32 rem;
I32 fail;

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It doesn't take much imagination to figure out how those vars are surely used. Right off the bat, one of the args is placed in pos: 

pos = POPi;

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Re^4: PV limits on 64-bit perls?
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Sep 23, 2009 at 03:32 UTC

    That'd do it. Thanks for your research. That reference and syphilis' testcase make a pretty good bug report I think.

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