1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/number.cpp b/src/number.cpp
index 81aefbe..93ddc0a 100644
--- a/src/number.cpp
+++ b/src/number.cpp
@@ -429,8 +429,9 @@ void Number::divide( const Number &rhs, Number &q, Number &r ) const
     if( r.aFrac.getSize() != iScale )

         r.aFrac = PackedIntArray( aFrac.getBitWidth(), iScale );

 

-    // The numerator is re-created every step to match the divisor and

-    // anchor

+    // We seed the numerator with the bare minimum data that we potentially

+    // need to actually divide. We need at least as many digits in the

+    // numerator segment as we have in the denominator.

     Number nNum( iScale, iRadix );

     for( int j = iAnchor-iNumShift;

         nNum.aInt.getSize() < nDiv.aInt.getSize(); j++ )