Why are you doing "%ill" some places and "%lli" other places?
-Ken > -----Original Message----- > From: Soós Máté [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 10:21 AM > To: inline@perl.org > Subject: Guys... something is definitely wrong with newSVpvf > > > Hi! > > Have a look at this snippet of code: > > SV* parse_hex (SV* name1,...) { > Inline_Stack_Vars; > int i,len; > long long int ex, val; > val=0; > len=Inline_Stack_Items; > > char str[100]; > > for(i=0;i<len ;i++) { > ex=pow(256,i); > val+=SvIV(Inline_Stack_Item(len-i-1))*ex; > printf("ex=%lli, val=%lli, len=%i\n", ex, val,len); > } > return newSVpvf("%ill", val); > } > > You would think it worked... but it doesn't! And why? Because > the "%ill" conversion does NOT work correctly, it wants to > write an int (or long int, dunno) instead, and it gives me > back stupid numbers (however, when I write it to the console, > i.e. printf, it gives me the right number). The solution is: > > > char str[100]; > sprintf(str,"%lli",val); > return newSVpvf("%s", str); > > (this works 100% correctly) > > which is funny, because it slows it down a LOT. I am > absolutely sure this is a bug. Please correct it! > > > Máté Soós >
