Change code in compile_regexp() to check the cheaper boolean "!opt->pcre2" condition before the "memchr()" search. This doesn't noticeably optimize anything, but makes the code more obvious and conventional. The line wrapping being added here also makes a subsequent commit smaller. Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> --- grep.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/grep.c b/grep.c index 35e12e43c09..60228a95a4f 100644 --- a/grep.c +++ b/grep.c @@ -492,7 +492,8 @@ static void compile_regexp(struct grep_pat *p, struct grep_opt *opt) p->ignore_case = opt->ignore_case; p->fixed = opt->fixed; - if (memchr(p->pattern, 0, p->patternlen) && !opt->pcre2) + if (!opt->pcre2 && + memchr(p->pattern, 0, p->patternlen)) die(_("given pattern contains NULL byte (via -f <file>). This is only supported with -P under PCRE v2")); p->is_fixed = is_fixed(p->pattern, p->patternlen); -- 2.35.0.rc1.864.g57621b115b6