--- code/trunk/pcre_maketables.c	2007/02/24 21:41:36	92
+++ code/trunk/pcre_maketables.c	2007/02/24 21:41:42	93
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
   meta-character, which in this sense is any character that terminates a run
   of data characters. */
 
-  if (strchr("*+?{^.$|()[", i) != 0) x += ctype_meta;
+  if (strchr("\\*+?{^.$|()[", i) != 0) x += ctype_meta;
   *p++ = x;
   }