Amanda::BigIntCompat

NAME

Amanda::BigIntCompat -- make Math::BigInt behave consistently

SYNOPSIS

  use Amanda::BigIntCompat;
  use Math::BigInt;

  my $bn = Math::BigInt->new(1);
  print "okay\n" if $bn eq "1";

INTERFACE

This module will modify Math::BigInt to hide inconsistent behaviors across Perl versions. Specifically, it handles the following.

stringification

Older versions of Math::BigInt, like the one shipped with Perl 5.6.1, stringify positive numbers with a leading + (e.g. +1 instead of 1).

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