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From: "Nicholas Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Something like
printf("forced UV: %"UVuf"\n", SvUV(integer));
? [not tested]
Yes - that gets at the value in the IV slot. Sadly, that value is
144115188075868224 (not the desired 144115188075868217).
But then, it's an NV - so, of course, precision has been lost !!
The following tests on $x (the IV) and $y (the NV) return true:
$x == $y
$x + 1 == $y + 1
$x - 1 == $y - 1
I took that to indicate that $y did, in fact, hold the same value as $x (ie
144115188075868217), and that my problem was just one of how to get at that
value.
I now find that the following tests also return true:
$x == $y + 1
$x == $y -1
which would suggest that precision has, in fact, been lost.
Thanks Nicholas.
Cheers,
Rob
