Multiple issues:
* the encoding is not always ASCII
* what ASCII code is assigned to я
* dash isn't internationalised
(this is nonconformant but out of scope),
and uses the next /byte/; in a UTF-8 locale:
$ printf %d\\n \'ą
196
$ printf %d\\n \'я
196
this is in contrast to POSIX (and bash), which says:
> If the leading character is a single-quote or double-quote,
> the value shall be the numeric value in the underlying codeset
> of the character following the single-quote or double-quote.
(i.e. mbrtowc(&val, argv[n], ...))
---
src/dash.1 | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/dash.1 b/src/dash.1
index 310f34e..38cf020 100644
--- a/src/dash.1
+++ b/src/dash.1
@@ -1552,9 +1552,7 @@ otherwise it is evaluated as a C constant, with the following additions:
.It
A leading plus or minus sign is allowed.
.It
-If the leading character is a single or double quote, the value is the
-.Tn ASCII
-code of the next character.
+If the leading character is a single or double quote, the value of the next byte.
.El
.Pp
The format string is reused as often as necessary until all
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