From 0dcb7b75a3b81c1d1fc24e94203a9238bdd7c586 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Tim J. Robbins" Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 15:27:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update a comment that compared the parser with an obsolete draft of IEEE Std 1003.2-1992. Most of the "extensions" here were actually required by the final version of the standard. --- usr.bin/cut/cut.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/usr.bin/cut/cut.c b/usr.bin/cut/cut.c index eeeb17e57116..9d7cb50675b7 100644 --- a/usr.bin/cut/cut.c +++ b/usr.bin/cut/cut.c @@ -161,10 +161,8 @@ get_list(char *list) /* * set a byte in the positions array to indicate if a field or * column is to be selected; use +1, it's 1-based, not 0-based. - * This parser is less restrictive than the Draft 9 POSIX spec. - * POSIX doesn't allow lists that aren't in increasing order or - * overlapping lists. We also handle "-3-5" although there's no - * real reason too. + * Numbers and number ranges may be overlapping, repeated, and in + * any order. We handle "-3-5" although there's no real reason too. */ for (; (p = strsep(&list, ", \t")) != NULL;) { setautostart = start = stop = 0;