introduce save_I8() for saving byte values

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@4665

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/regcomp.c b/regcomp.c
index 0d6b581b74..0a7638426c 100644
--- a/regcomp.c
+++ b/regcomp.c
@@ -3518,7 +3518,7 @@ Perl_save_re_context(pTHX)
     SAVEVPTR(PL_regendp);		/* Ditto for endp. */
     SAVEVPTR(PL_reglastparen);		/* Similarly for lastparen. */
     SAVEPPTR(PL_regtill);		/* How far we are required to go. */
-    SAVEI32(PL_regprev);		/* char before regbol, \n if none */
+    SAVEI8(PL_regprev);			/* char before regbol, \n if none */
     SAVEVPTR(PL_reg_start_tmp);		/* from regexec.c */
     PL_reg_start_tmp = 0;
     SAVEFREEPV(PL_reg_start_tmp);