Re: Transparent packed C arrays

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> Inline::Struct

I read the docs, but I see no advantage of Inline::Struct over

$value = unpack 'x[L170]L', $array;
substr $array, 170*4, 4, $value * 5;

I need something more Perlish, like

my $obj = ToPerl 'L*', pack 'L*', @vec;
print $obj->[170];
$obj *= 5;

$obj = $obj + $obj * $obj;

Etc.

> >I was under impression that there was a Perl module which allowed
> > "transparent" (via overloading) access to vectors represented as C
> > arrays, e.g., to
> >
> > $array = pack('L*',@vec);
> >
> > so that r/w access, arithmetic operations etc. work without explicit
> > unpack()ing. However, I could not find it quickly via CPAN search.

Ilya

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