Another confusing comment; this time in regcomp.c

This one comes from c2123ae38.

And we shouldn’t be suing our mothers’ tykes. :-)

diff --git a/regcomp.c b/regcomp.c
index 70e9e2f..b1b8e6f 100644 (file)
--- a/regcomp.c
+++ b/regcomp.c
@@ -12045,7 +12045,8 @@ Perl_re_dup_guts(pTHX_ const REGEXP *sstr, REGEXP *dstr, CLONE_PARAMS *param)
               1: a buffer in a different thread
               2: something we no longer hold a reference on
               so we need to copy it locally.  */
-           /* Note we need to sue SvCUR() on our mother_re, because it, in
+           /* Note we need to use SvCUR(), rather than
+              SvLEN(), on our mother_re, because it, in
               turn, may well be pointing to its own mother_re.  */
            SvPV_set(dstr, SAVEPVN(SvPVX_const(ret->mother_re),
                                   SvCUR(ret->mother_re)+1));