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tests/tr/range-tests

@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
-[]*]     # What about this?!
+[]*]     # What about this?!  valid
 [:*096]  # invalid: 096 isn't a valid octal number
-[:*0]    # as many colons as string1 was long
+a [:*0]  # as many colons as string1 was long (not to be confused
+	 # with a character class)
 [:*]     # ditto
-[:*016]  # 14 colons (valid only as second arg)
+[:*016]  # 14 colons
 [=]=]    # valid: equivalence class containing ']'
 [-a      # valid, assuming `[' is before 'a' in collating sequence
  -]      # valid, assuming ` ' is before ']' in collating sequence
 --]      # valid, assuming `-' is before ']' in collating sequence
 \0-\377  # valid
-[\0-\377]# valid, (assuming other string has brackets in same positions)
+[\0-\377]# valid, (but brackets will be mapped to corresponding chars
+	 # in other string)
 abcde[:* # valid, but none of the characters is considered special
-abc xyzdef # should this (str2 longer than str1) evoke a warning?
-           # Probably so if we're only translating, but if deleting or
-	   # squeezing this might make sense.
-abcdef : # should map abcdef all to `:', as if str2 had been [:*]
+abc xyzdef # Should this (str2 longer than str1) evoke a warning?
+           # Probably so if we're only translating, but if also deleting or
+	   # squeezing this makes sense.
+abcdef : # Map abcdef all to `:', as if str2 had been [:*]