commit ea683da58cf9ecf3afab9d650d3d2da76e5298d3
author Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Fri Sep 09 21:41:34 2016 +0200
committer Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Fri Sep 09 21:41:34 2016 +0200
tree 7e022beea3b46caf8ba23e2b1b290a412eedac1b
parent 16b3578f355282846f2600ce77fb344950f0b9ce

patch 7.4.2356
Problem:    Reading past end of line when using previous substitute pattern.
            (Dominique Pelle)
Solution:   Don't set "pat" only set "searchstr".

src/search.c

diff --git a/src/search.c b/src/search.c
index bbda8ac..cb5caeb 100644
--- a/src/search.c
+++ b/src/search.c
@@ -1240,14 +1240,13 @@
 	{
 	    if (spats[RE_SEARCH].pat == NULL)	    /* no previous pattern */
 	    {
-		pat = spats[RE_SUBST].pat;
-		if (pat == NULL)
+		searchstr = spats[RE_SUBST].pat;
+		if (searchstr == NULL)
 		{
 		    EMSG(_(e_noprevre));
 		    retval = 0;
 		    goto end_do_search;
 		}
-		searchstr = pat;
 	    }
 	    else
 	    {