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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/generic/tclObj.c b/generic/tclObj.c
index 29c8e23..45f79e4 100644
--- a/generic/tclObj.c
+++ b/generic/tclObj.c
@@ -3253,13 +3253,11 @@ UpdateStringOfBignum(
if (status != MP_OKAY) {
Tcl_Panic("radix size failure in UpdateStringOfBignum");
}
- if (size == 3) {
+ if (size < 2) {
/*
- * mp_radix_size() returns 3 when more than INT_MAX bytes would be
+ * mp_radix_size() returns < 2 when more than INT_MAX bytes would be
* needed to hold the string rep (because mp_radix_size ignores
- * integer overflow issues). When we know the string rep will be more
- * than 3, we can conclude the string rep would overflow our string
- * length limits.
+ * integer overflow issues).
*
* Note that so long as we enforce our bignums to the size that fits
* in a packed bignum, this branch will never be taken.