[Python-checkins] r46582 - python/trunk/Modules/_struct.c
tim.peters
python-checkins at python.org
Wed May 31 17:34:37 CEST 2006
Author: tim.peters
Date: Wed May 31 17:34:37 2006
New Revision: 46582
Modified:
python/trunk/Modules/_struct.c
Log:
Repaired error in new comment.
Modified: python/trunk/Modules/_struct.c
==============================================================================
--- python/trunk/Modules/_struct.c (original)
+++ python/trunk/Modules/_struct.c Wed May 31 17:34:37 2006
@@ -311,10 +311,10 @@
/* 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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