2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 690a585b641..8bdb71c582b 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2011-03-16  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
+        * lread.c (read1): Rewrite so as not to use empty "else".
+
         * print.c (Fredirect_debugging_output): Fix pointer signedess.
 
         * lisp.h (debug_output_compilation_hack): Add decl here, to avoid
diff --git a/src/lread.c b/src/lread.c
index 3c5b627f98c..a287ed0e4bd 100644
--- a/src/lread.c
+++ b/src/lread.c
@@ -2781,8 +2781,9 @@ read1 (register Lisp_Object readcharfun, int *pch, int first_in_list)
             p = read_buffer + nchars;
           }
         else
-          /* Otherwise, READ_BUFFER contains only ASCII.  */
-          ;
+          {
+            /* Otherwise, READ_BUFFER contains only ASCII.  */
+          }
 
         /* We want readchar_count to be the number of characters, not
            bytes.  Hence we adjust for multibyte characters in the