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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2011-02-25 11:08:18 -0800
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2011-02-25 11:08:18 -0800
commit4ad89555139cef8136f98c7bd1ab83bf003ef5e4 (patch)
treecccc2afa7b547675fceea97b2d738a321d2d3c50 /src/dired.c
parent7fe42546dd03801d190684ae29ced8e13b192156 (diff)
downloademacs-4ad89555139cef8136f98c7bd1ab83bf003ef5e4.tar.gz
* src/dired.c: Add comment and code explaining magic number.
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diff --git a/src/dired.c b/src/dired.c
index ce2a3d105e5..96063680d4d 100644
--- a/src/dired.c
+++ b/src/dired.c
@@ -937,7 +937,11 @@ so last access time will always be midnight of that day. */)
Lisp_Object dirname;
struct stat sdir;
#endif /* BSD4_2 */
- char modes[12];
+
+ /* An array to hold the mode string generated by filemodestring,
+ including its terminating space and null byte. */
+ char modes[sizeof "-rwxr-xr-x "];
+
Lisp_Object handler;
struct gcpro gcpro1;
char *uname = NULL, *gname = NULL;