# HG changeset patch
# User jwe
# Date 880695161 0
# Node ID 61bb314b2c3d6490fcb3c90709517ac30098b387
# Parent  92394a9e478447235a06d647ad28e0c87ad1af3f
[project @ 1997-11-28 05:32:41 by jwe]

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Thu Nov 27 23:28:59 1997  John W. Eaton  <jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu>
+
+	* lex.l (handle_string): Constructor for string class takes
+	(size_t, char) args, not (char, size_t).
+
 Wed Nov 26 00:39:34 1997  John W. Eaton  <jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu>
 
 	* Makefile.in (OCTAVE_LIBS): Include $(SPECIAL_MATH_LIB) just
diff --git a/src/lex.l b/src/lex.l
--- a/src/lex.l
+++ b/src/lex.l
@@ -1516,7 +1516,7 @@
 		  if (text_style && lexer_flags.doing_set)
 		    {
 		      if (! s.empty ())
-			s = string (delim, 1) + s + string (delim, 1);
+			s = string (1, delim) + s + string (1, delim);
 		    }
 		  else
 		    {