From 55a1f9d86bf1b8bc5d63223cc5984c58ad14a96a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 08:34:47 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (unquote): Make comment a little clearer. --- src/tr.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/tr.c b/src/tr.c index 6b4b8604f9..2ee69ff8e6 100644 --- a/src/tr.c +++ b/src/tr.c @@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ unquote (const unsigned char *s, struct E_string *es) } else if (!posix_pedantic) { - /* Any octal number larger than 0377 won't + /* A 3-digit octal number larger than \377 won't fit in 8 bits. So we stop when adding the next digit would put us over the limit and give a warning about the ambiguity. POSIX -- 2.47.3