Commit 72270c22 authored by Tim Peters's avatar Tim Peters

Repaired error in new comment.

parent d6a6f023
......@@ -311,10 +311,10 @@ _range_error(const formatdef *f, int is_unsigned)
/* ulargest is the largest unsigned value with f->size bytes.
* Note that the simpler:
* ((size_t)1 << (f->size * 8)) - 1
* doesn't work when f->size == size_t because C doesn't define what
* happens when a left shift count is >= the number of bits in the
* integer being shifted; e.g., on some boxes it doesn't shift at
* all when they're equal.
* doesn't work when f->size == sizeof(size_t) because C doesn't
* define what happens when a left shift count is >= the number of
* bits in the integer being shifted; e.g., on some boxes it doesn't
* shift at all when they're equal.
*/
const size_t ulargest = (size_t)-1 >> ((SIZEOF_SIZE_T - f->size)*8);
assert(f->size >= 1 && f->size <= SIZEOF_SIZE_T);
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