use warnings; use strict; use feature 'state'; use Carp; use Math::BigInt; use Config; use Regexp::Common qw/number/; sub validate_int { my $str = shift; state $max = Math::BigInt->new( eval $Config{nv_overflows_integers_at} ); croak "not an integer" unless defined $str && $str=~/\A$RE{num}{int}\z/; my $num = Math::BigInt->new($str); croak "integer to small" if $num < 0; croak "integer too big" if $num > $max; return $num->numify; } use Test::More; sub exception (&) { eval { shift->(); 1 } ? undef : ($@ || die) } is validate_int(0), 0; is validate_int(1), 1; is validate_int(3), 3; ok exception { validate_int(undef) }; ok exception { validate_int("") }; ok exception { validate_int("x") }; ok exception { validate_int("123y") }; ok exception { validate_int(-1) }; ok exception { validate_int("-9999999999999999999999999999999") }; my $x = Math::BigInt->new(eval $Config{nv_overflows_integers_at})-1; is validate_int("$x"), 0+$x->numify, "'$x' works (max-1)"; $x++; is validate_int("$x"), 0+$x->numify, "'$x' works (max)"; $x++; ok exception { validate_int("$x") }, "'$x' fails (max+1)"; ok exception { validate_int("999999999999999999999999999999999999") }; done_testing;