# HG changeset patch
# User Karl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>
# Date 880063422 0
# Node ID 2befa7396e4298d4ec0dc830a9624b234c534db0
# Parent  96eee1e730a16d250de960ce38bef2d298792f01
(skip_chars): Check type of `string' before using it.

diff -r 96eee1e730a1 -r 2befa7396e42 src/syntax.c
--- a/src/syntax.c	Thu Nov 20 22:00:57 1997 +0000
+++ b/src/syntax.c	Thu Nov 20 22:03:42 1997 +0000
@@ -1149,14 +1149,14 @@
      form "X-Y" of STRING, both X and Y must belong to the same
      character set because a range striding across character sets is
      meaningless.  */
-  int *char_ranges
-    = (int *) alloca (XSTRING (string)->size * (sizeof (int)) * 2);
+  int *char_ranges;
   int n_char_ranges = 0;
   int negate = 0;
   register int i;
   int multibyte = !NILP (current_buffer->enable_multibyte_characters);
 
   CHECK_STRING (string, 0);
+  char_ranges = (int *) alloca (XSTRING (string)->size * (sizeof (int)) * 2);
 
   if (NILP (lim))
     XSETINT (lim, forwardp ? ZV : BEGV);