`Regexp` in `MatchData` can be `nil`

`String#sub` with a string pattern defers creating a `Regexp`
until `MatchData#regexp` creates a `Regexp` from the matched
string.  `Regexp#last_match(group_name)` accessed its content
without creating the `Regexp` though.  [Bug #16508]

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/re.c b/re.c
index 3efd540359..44418ec064 100644
--- a/re.c
+++ b/re.c
@@ -1912,6 +1912,7 @@ match_captures(VALUE match)
 static int
 name_to_backref_number(struct re_registers *regs, VALUE regexp, const char* name, const char* name_end)
 {
+    if (NIL_P(regexp)) return -1;
     return onig_name_to_backref_number(RREGEXP_PTR(regexp),
 	(const unsigned char *)name, (const unsigned char *)name_end, regs);
 }