From 780ab06a0ef626225aa2182a18b6e009a6bc45a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: akr Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:10:11 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update a comment. git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@41218 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e --- bignum.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/bignum.c b/bignum.c index 4ac0d0675e..e1c2426704 100644 --- a/bignum.c +++ b/bignum.c @@ -628,7 +628,9 @@ absint_numwords_generic(size_t numbytes, int nlz_bits_in_msbyte, size_t word_num * * This function returns ((val_numbits * CHAR_BIT + word_numbits - 1) / word_numbits) * where val_numbits is the number of bits of abs(val). - * If it overflows, (size_t)-1 is returned. + * + * This function can overflow if _val_ is very big and word_numbits is less than CHAR_BIT. + * When overflow occur, (size_t)-1 is returned. * * If nlz_bits_ret is not NULL and overflow is not occur, * (return_value * word_numbits - val_numbits) is stored in *nlz_bits_ret.