--- msggen.pl.orig	2003-02-19 10:57:37.000000000 -0800
+++ msggen.pl	2003-02-19 10:58:06.000000000 -0800
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     else {
 	$field[0] =~ /^[IWQXE][0-9]$/ || &error("invalid first field");;
 	$type[$num] = substr($field[0], 0, 1);
-	$argc = int(substr($field[0], 1, 1));
+	$argc = substr($field[0], 1, 1);
     }
     $nargs[$num] = $argc;
     $field[1] =~ /^[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]+$/ || &error("invalid tag");