That # pragma may not be recognized by other compilers and would need to be #ifdef VMS guarded at the very least. For whatever it is worth, using the s/msb/msb_/g and s/lsb/lsb_/g technique here is how I got Bit::Vector 6.3 to build and test OK on VMS earleir today: (See attached file: bv63.patch) Peter Prymmer
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