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-rw-r--r--ext/Storable/Storable.xs8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ext/Storable/Storable.xs b/ext/Storable/Storable.xs
index 74fb5a0c9f..647673e86e 100644
--- a/ext/Storable/Storable.xs
+++ b/ext/Storable/Storable.xs
@@ -4006,15 +4006,19 @@ static SV *retrieve_byte(stcxt_t *cxt, char *cname)
{
SV *sv;
int siv;
+ signed char tmp; /* must use temp var to work around
+ an AIX compiler bug --H.Merijn Brand */
TRACEME(("retrieve_byte (#%d)", cxt->tagnum));
GETMARK(siv);
TRACEME(("small integer read as %d", (unsigned char) siv));
- sv = newSViv((unsigned char) siv - 128);
+ tmp = ((unsigned char)siv) - 128;
+ sv = newSViv (tmp);
+
SEEN(sv, cname); /* Associate this new scalar with tag "tagnum" */
- TRACEME(("byte %d", (unsigned char) siv - 128));
+ TRACEME(("byte %d", tmp));
TRACEME(("ok (retrieve_byte at 0x%"UVxf")", PTR2UV(sv)));
return sv;