tidying

[exim.git] / src / src / string.c

diff --git a/src/src/string.c b/src/src/string.c
index 5acee1b00100600bbfd03bb15231f1b62d0c3328..3cacccce9ae4160312e277473c97cab7e48772c2 100644 (file)
--- a/src/src/string.c
+++ b/src/src/string.c
@@ -927,14 +927,11 @@ else
   start of a string. Avoid getting working memory for an empty item. */
 
   if (*s == sep)
-    {
-    s++;
-    if (*s != sep || sep_is_special)
+    if (*++s != sep || sep_is_special)
       {
       *listptr = s;
       return string_copy(US"");
       }
-    }
 
   /* Not an empty string; the first character is guaranteed to be a data
   character. */