2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d6f8a56..b2ed364 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ Version 8.40 xx-xxxx-2016
    should cause all characters greater than 255 to match, whatever else is in
    the class. There was a bug that caused this not to happen if a Unicode
    property item was added to such a class, for example [\D\P{Nd}] or [\W\pL].
+   
+7. When pcretest was outputing information from a callout, the caret indicator
+   for the current position in the subject line was incorrect if it was after
+   an escape sequence for a character whose code point was greater than \x{ff}.
 
 
 Version 8.39 14-June-2016
diff --git a/pcretest.c b/pcretest.c
index 5748c55..5b73a91 100644
--- a/pcretest.c
+++ b/pcretest.c
@@ -1982,6 +1982,7 @@ return(result);
 static int pchar(pcre_uint32 c, FILE *f)
 {
 int n = 0;
+char tempbuffer[16];
 if (PRINTOK(c))
   {
   if (f != NULL) fprintf(f, "%c", c);
@@ -2003,6 +2004,8 @@ if (c < 0x100)
   }
 
 if (f != NULL) n = fprintf(f, "\\x{%02x}", c);
+  else n = sprintf(tempbuffer, "\\x{%02x}", c);
+
 return n >= 0 ? n : 0;
 }