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in thread Read structure in Perl

As a hard-core alternative to unpack, there is Convert::Binary::C, which can take a C structure and a C compiler (even one for a different architecture), and unpack data in that C structure from Perl.

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Re^3: Read structure in Perl
by spazm (Monk) on Mar 22, 2010 at 15:09 UTC
    Thanks for the tip!

    Looks like less work in the long run. Hardcore indeed!