(perform-replace): Don't use an empty match adjacent

to a non-empty match when computing the next match before the
replacement is performed.

diff --git a/lisp/replace.el b/lisp/replace.el
index 6fc67ad..2a0735c 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/replace.el
+++ b/lisp/replace.el
@@ -965,15 +965,20 @@ which will run faster and probably do exactly what you want."
          (setq nonempty-match
                (/= (nth 0 real-match-data) (nth 1 real-match-data)))
 
-         ;; If the match is empty, record that the next one can't be adjacent.
+         ;; If the match is empty, record that the next one can't be
+         ;; adjacent.
+
          ;; Otherwise, if matching a regular expression, do the next
          ;; match now, since the replacement for this match may
          ;; affect whether the next match is adjacent to this one.
+         ;; If that match is empty, don't use it.
          (setq match-again
                (and nonempty-match
                     (or (not regexp-flag)
                         (and (looking-at search-string)
-                             (match-data)))))
+                             (let ((match (match-data)))
+                               (and (/= (nth 0 match) (nth 1 match))
+                                    match))))))
 
          ;; Calculate the replacement string, if necessary.
          (when replacements