From a5e83075d4ff9fbb662794f6cc01907bbb8f49e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Yukihiro \"Matz\" Matsumoto" <matz@ruby.or.jp>
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2024 08:22:26 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] string.c: reduce the scope of a local variable

---
 src/string.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/string.c b/src/string.c
index b7e3a6504..47a6ebfe0 100644
--- a/src/string.c
+++ b/src/string.c
@@ -400,13 +400,12 @@ str_index_str_by_char_search(mrb_state *mrb, const char *p, const char *pend, co
 
   /* Searching */
   while (p < pend && pend - p >= slen) {
-    const char *pivot;
 
     if (memcmp(p, s, slen) == 0) {
       return off;
     }
 
-    pivot = p + qstable[(unsigned char)p[slen - 1]];
+    const char *pivot = p + qstable[(unsigned char)p[slen - 1]];
     if (pivot >= pend || pivot < p /* overflowed */) { return -1; }
 
     do {