GNU sed `INTERNAL ERROR'

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From: Francois Pinard
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 16:53

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This is GNU sed 1.13, compiled with GNU C 1.41 under COFF
encapsulation on this 386/ix 2.0.2 system, waiting for Hurd :-).

This simple script:

	echo x | sed /x/

produces:

	sed: INTERNAL ERROR: Bad cmd ^@

where ^@ is indeed the single NUL character.

I believe the diagnostic is improper.

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