Unless there's a new international-standard byte which is nine bits long, this comment in op.h is slightly misleading... .robin. --- op.h.orig Mon Jul 2 00:34:36 2001 +++ op.h Mon Jul 2 00:36:55 2001 @@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ #define Nullop Null(OP*) -/* Lowest byte of PL_opargs */ +/* Lowest byte-and-a-bit of PL_opargs */ #define OA_MARK 1 #define OA_FOLDCONST 2 #define OA_RETSCALAR 4Thread Next