Minor bug in regex.c

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From: David Gillespie
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 1990 04:45

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I found this apparent bug in regex.c, version 18.55.

      if (0 <= val)
	{
	  if (val == -2)
	    return -2;
	  return startpos;
	}

I think these "if" statements were not meant to be nested.  As it is, an
"error" return from re_match_2 is not propagated by re_search_2.

								-- Dave

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