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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2004-04-26 15:37:33 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2004-04-26 15:37:33 +0000
commit30ea278e1b91bb76adf589678e47c6bcac209d50 (patch)
tree8dd8f4ef076095b3f58c03454c41c254a4a6c953 /src
parent41cc9a718acc174c9ed7aaaf59e92c88bd471fda (diff)
downloadcoreutils-30ea278e1b91bb76adf589678e47c6bcac209d50.tar.xz
(limfield): Make a comment clearer.
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r--src/sort.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/sort.c b/src/sort.c
index a5a557fb7..a259ae974 100644
--- a/src/sort.c
+++ b/src/sort.c
@@ -910,8 +910,9 @@ limfield (const struct line *line, const struct keyfield *key)
}
#endif
- /* If we're skipping leading blanks, don't start counting characters
- until after skipping past any leading blanks. */
+ /* If we're ignoring leading blanks when computing the End
+ of the field, don't start counting bytes until after skipping
+ past any leading blanks. */
if (key->skipeblanks)
while (ptr < lim && blanks[UCHAR (*ptr)])
++ptr;