useless-if-before-free: accept white space in the expression.

* build-aux/useless-if-before-free: For now, any white space
in the expression must be identical in the free argument.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9ac5ab8..7dcf4fd 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2008-05-25  Jim Meyering  <meyering@redhat.com>
 
+       useless-if-before-free: accept white space in the expression.
+       * build-aux/useless-if-before-free: For now, any white space
+       in the expression must be identical in the free argument.
+
        useless-if-before-free: efficiency tweak
        * build-aux/useless-if-before-free: Make the expression-matching
        regexp "shy".

diff --git a/build-aux/useless-if-before-free b/build-aux/useless-if-before-free
index dcfc628..f08b6cb 100755 (executable)
--- a/build-aux/useless-if-before-free
+++ b/build-aux/useless-if-before-free
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Detect instances of "if (p) free (p);".
 # Likewise for "if (p != NULL) free (p);".  And with braces.
 
-my $VERSION = '2008-05-25 16:56'; # UTC
+my $VERSION = '2008-05-25 16:59'; # UTC
 # The definition above must lie within the first 8 lines in order
 # for the Emacs time-stamp write hook (at end) to update it.
 # If you change this file with Emacs, please let the write hook
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ EOF
       while (defined (my $line = <FH>))
         {
           while ($line =~
-              /\b(?:if\s*\(\s*(\S+?)(?:\s*!=\s*NULL)?\s*\)
+              /\b(?:if\s*\(\s*([^)]+?)(?:\s*!=\s*NULL)?\s*\)
                (?:   \s*$regexp\s*\((?:\s*\([^)]+\))?\s*\1\s*\)|
                 \s*\{\s*$regexp\s*\((?:\s*\([^)]+\))?\s*\1\s*\)\s*;\s*\}))/sxg)
             {