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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/chars.c,v
retrieving revision 1.64
retrieving revision 1.65
diff -u -p -r1.64 -r1.65
--- mandoc/chars.c	2014/10/28 17:36:19	1.64
+++ mandoc/chars.c	2014/10/29 00:17:43	1.65
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$Id: chars.c,v 1.64 2014/10/28 17:36:19 schwarze Exp $ */
+/*	$Id: chars.c,v 1.65 2014/10/29 00:17:43 schwarze Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
  * Copyright (c) 2011, 2014 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -107,15 +107,13 @@ mchars_spec2cp(const struct mchars *arg, const char *p
 	return(ln != NULL ? ln->unicode : sz == 1 ? (unsigned char)*p : -1);
 }
 
-char
+int
 mchars_num2char(const char *p, size_t sz)
 {
 	int	  i;
 
-	if ((i = mandoc_strntoi(p, sz, 10)) < 0)
-		return('\0');
-
-	return(i > 0 && i < 256 && isprint(i) ? i : '\0');
+	i = mandoc_strntoi(p, sz, 10);
+	return(i >= 0 && i < 256 ? i : -1);
 }
 
 int