backquote dumps core on eof (bash-1.02)

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From: Scott Schwartz
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1989 02:39

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psuvax1$ .  .profile `
>				# typed ctrl-D here
Unexpected EOF.  Looking for ``'.
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

It dies in yy_readline_get:  parse.y near line 440:
	``if (!current_readline_line[current_readline_line_index])''

No check is made that current_readline_line isn't EOF.
Should this be checked for on entry to yy_readline_get?

-- Scott

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