On 2005–07–29, at 12:30, Abe Timmerman wrote:

$This is perl, v5.8.6 built for VMS_AXP
$ uname -a
OpenVMS SPE180 0 V8.2 AlphaServer_DS20_500_MHz Alpha
$ perl -we "printf qq/%0.f\n/, -0.1"
0

This is perl, v5.8.6 built for VMS_VAX
TIMMERMAN:FAFNER$ uname -a
OpenVMS FAFNER 0 V7.2 VAX_7000-720 VAX
$ perl -we "printf qq/%0.f\n/, -0.1"
0

HTH +

Indeed it does. Thanks. AFAICT from HP's site, OpenVMS V8.2 is current, while V7.2 dates from 1999. Am I correct? If I am, t/op/ sprintf.t can stay in its post-patch 25235 state, which expects all versions to fail this particular test.
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Dominic Dunlop

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