Remove UTF-8 chars in comments

3 files changed, 4 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/src/math/gfpmath/gfp_element.cpp b/src/math/gfpmath/gfp_element.cpp
index 863135491..3bb4d0002 100644
--- a/src/math/gfpmath/gfp_element.cpp
+++ b/src/math/gfpmath/gfp_element.cpp
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ const BigInt& GFpElement::get_mres() const
    if(!m_use_montgm)
       {
       // does the following exception really make sense?
-      // wouldn´t it be better to simply turn on montg.mult. when
+      // wouldn't it be better to simply turn on montg.mult. when
       // this explicit request is made?
       throw Illegal_Transformation("GFpElement is not allowed to be transformed to m-residue");
       }
diff --git a/src/math/gfpmath/gfp_element.h b/src/math/gfpmath/gfp_element.h
index 9d2523591..538d41a47 100644
--- a/src/math/gfpmath/gfp_element.h
+++ b/src/math/gfpmath/gfp_element.h
@@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ class BOTAN_DLL GFpElement
       const BigInt& get_value() const;
 
       /**
-      * Tells whether this GFpElement is currently transformed to it´ m-residue,
+      * Tells whether this GFpElement is currently transformed to an m-residue,
       * i.e. in the form x_bar = x * r mod m.
-      * @result true if it is currently transformed to it´s m-residue.
+      * @result true if it is currently transformed to its m-residue.
       */
       bool is_trf_to_mres() const;
 
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ class BOTAN_DLL GFpElement
       * in ordinary residue representation (returns false).
       * m-residue is prefered in case of ambiguity.
       * does not toggle m_use_montgm of the arguments.
-      * Don´t be confused about the constness of the arguments:
+      * Don't be confused about the constness of the arguments:
       * the transformation between normal residue and m-residue is
       * considered as leaving the object const.
       * @param lhs the first operand to be aligned
diff --git a/src/math/gfpmath/point_gfp.cpp b/src/math/gfpmath/point_gfp.cpp
index 166bb61dd..4b2de7913 100644
--- a/src/math/gfpmath/point_gfp.cpp
+++ b/src/math/gfpmath/point_gfp.cpp
@@ -641,10 +641,6 @@ PointGFp OS2ECP(MemoryRegion<byte> const& os, const CurveGFp& curve)
          bX = SecureVector<byte>(os.size() - 1);
          bX.copy(os.begin()+1, os.size()-1);
 
-         /* Problem wäre, wenn decode() das erste bit als Vorzeichen interpretiert.
-         *---------------------
-         * AW(FS): decode() interpretiert das erste Bit nicht als Vorzeichen
-         */
          bi_dec_x = BigInt::decode(bX, bX.size());
          x = GFpElement(curve.get_p(), bi_dec_x);
          bool yMod2;