(my_strftime): Some old compilers object to '\a', so don't bother

optimizing for it.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/strftime.c b/src/strftime.c
index b89d3243624..00d50133b35 100644
--- a/src/strftime.c
+++ b/src/strftime.c
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ my_strftime (s, maxsize, format, tp ut_argument)
         case '%':
           break;
 
-        case '\a': case '\b': case '\t': case '\n':
+        case '\b': case '\t': case '\n':
         case '\v': case '\f': case '\r':
         case ' ': case '!': case '"': case '#': case '&': case'\'':
         case '(': case ')': case '*': case '+': case ',': case '-':
@@ -526,10 +526,11 @@ my_strftime (s, maxsize, format, tp ut_argument)
         case 'r': case 's': case 't': case 'u': case 'v': case 'w':
         case 'x': case 'y': case 'z': case '{': case '|': case '}':
         case '~':
-          /* The C Standard requires these 98 characters (plus '%') to
+          /* The C Standard requires these 97 characters (plus '%', '\a') to
              be in the basic execution character set.  None of these
              characters can start a multibyte sequence, so they need
-             not be analyzed further.  */
+             not be analyzed further.  Some old compilers object to
+             '\a', so don't bother optimizing for it.  */
           add (1, *p = *f);
           continue;