-.\" $Id: dhcp-eval.5,v 1.31 2010/07/02 23:09:14 sar Exp $
+.\" $Id: dhcp-eval.5,v 1.32 2011/11/28 18:01:25 sar Exp $
.\"
-.\" Copyright (c) 2009-2010 by Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+.\" Copyright (c) 2009-2011 by Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
.\" Copyright (c) 2004,2007 by Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
.\" Copyright (c) 1996-2003 by Internet Software Consortium
.\"
true if \fIdata-expression-1\fR matches against the regular expression
evaluated by \fIdata-expression-2\fR, or false if it does not match or
encounters some error. If either the left-hand side or the right-hand side
-are null, the result is also false. The \fB~~\fR operator differs from the
-\fB~=\fR operator in that it is case-insensitive.
+are null or empty strings, the result is also false. The \fB~~\fR operator
+differs from the \fB~=\fR operator in that it is case-insensitive.
.RE
.PP
.I boolean-expression-1 \fBand\fR \fIboolean-expression-2\fR
*result = 0;
memset(&re, 0, sizeof(re));
if (bleft && bright &&
- (left.data != NULL) &&
+ (left.data != NULL) && (right.data != NULL) &&
(regcomp(&re, (char *)right.data, regflags) == 0) &&
(regexec(&re, (char *)left.data, (size_t)0, NULL, 0) == 0))
*result = 1;