inline.h: Clarify comment

Perl · May 28, 2021 · 1c91fe6 · 1c91fe6
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diff --git a/inline.h b/inline.h
@@ -660,7 +660,8 @@ Perl_variant_byte_number(PERL_UINTMAX_T word)
                         |           (55 <<   8) |           (63 <<   0));
     word >>= PERL_WORDSIZE * 7; /* >> by either 56 or 24 */
 
-    /* Here, word contains the position 7..63 of that bit.  Convert to 0..7 */
+    /* Here, word contains the position 7,15,23,...,63 of that bit.  Convert to
+     * 0..7 */
     word = ((word + 1) >> 3) - 1;
 
 #  if BYTEORDER == 0x4321 || BYTEORDER == 0x87654321