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pack() and unpack()

A new format 'w' represents a BER compressed integer (as defined in ASN.1). Its format is a sequence of one or more bytes, each of which provides seven bits of the total value, with the most significant first. Bit eight of each byte is set, except for the last byte, in which bit eight is clear.

Both pack() and unpack() now fail when their templates contain invalid types. (Invalid types used to be ignored.)

Source: what's new for perl5.004
Copyright: Larry Wall, et al.

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