X-Git-Url: https://diplodocus.org/git/nmh/blobdiff_plain/0a032eea07f6d77ac6ea4d5a39c9491c34358058..a37e496eeca84e0ea3fc1c7a95b013541a443cee:/sbr/read_switch_multiword_via_readline.c

diff --git a/sbr/read_switch_multiword_via_readline.c b/sbr/read_switch_multiword_via_readline.c
index fd6244cd..3d6e8818 100644
--- a/sbr/read_switch_multiword_via_readline.c
+++ b/sbr/read_switch_multiword_via_readline.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-/*
- * read_switch_multiword_via_readline.c -- get an answer from the user, with readline
+/* read_switch_multiword_via_readline.c -- get an answer from the user, with readline
  *
  * This code is Copyright (c) 2012, by the authors of nmh.  See the
  * COPYRIGHT file in the root directory of the nmh distribution for
@@ -50,6 +49,8 @@ read_switch_multiword_via_readline(char *prompt, struct swit *ansp)
 	add_history(ans);
 	strncpy(ansbuf, ans, sizeof(ansbuf));
 	ansbuf[sizeof(ansbuf) - 1] = '\0';
+        free(ans);
+
 	cpp = brkstring(ansbuf, " ", NULL);
 	switch (smatch(*cpp, ansp)) {
 	    case AMBIGSW:
@@ -59,10 +60,8 @@ read_switch_multiword_via_readline(char *prompt, struct swit *ansp)
 	    	printf(" -%s unknown. Hit <CR> for help.\n", *cpp);
 		continue;
 	    default:
-	    	free(ans);
 		return cpp;
 	}
-	free(ans);
     }
 }