From 51453f833e4bf33795597b6cc0513361a05eee29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicolas Boichat <nicolas@boichat.ch>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 11:55:08 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] uucore: num_parser: Add note about where literals are parsed

---
 src/uucore/src/lib/features/parser/num_parser.rs | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/parser/num_parser.rs b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/parser/num_parser.rs
index 3fc681645..751373654 100644
--- a/src/uucore/src/lib/features/parser/num_parser.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/src/lib/features/parser/num_parser.rs
@@ -546,6 +546,9 @@ pub(crate) fn parse<'a>(
     target: ParseTarget,
     allowed_suffixes: &[(char, u32)],
 ) -> Result<ExtendedBigDecimal, ExtendedParserError<'a, ExtendedBigDecimal>> {
+    // Note: literals with ' and " prefixes are parsed earlier on in argument parsing,
+    // before UTF-8 conversion.
+
     let trimmed_input = input.trim_ascii_start();
 
     // Initial minus/plus sign