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 Jason Ninneman and I have moved it to what is almost, but not quite,
 idiomatic modern C.  We refactored the right way, checking correctness
-against a comprehensive test suite that we built first and verified with
-coverage tools. This is what you are running when you do "make check".
+against a comprehensive test suite that we built first and verified
+with coverage tools (we have 88% coverage, with the remaining 12%
+confined to exception cases that are difficult to reach). This is
+what you are running when you do "make check".
 
 This move entailed some structural changes.  The most important was
 the refactoring of over 350 gotos into if/loop/break structures.  We