From d06311bebab1424bdcea7131d6d94924721fc13e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Gallager <egall@gwmail.gwu.edu>
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2024 03:57:22 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix code scanning alert no. 686: Redundant null check due to
 previous dereference

Co-authored-by: Copilot Autofix powered by AI <62310815+github-advanced-security[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 src/gdb/scm-exp.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/gdb/scm-exp.c b/src/gdb/scm-exp.c
index 53507888b..a2115f4ae 100644
--- a/src/gdb/scm-exp.c
+++ b/src/gdb/scm-exp.c
@@ -503,9 +503,7 @@ scm_parse(void)
   write_exp_string(str);
   write_exp_elt_opcode(OP_EXPRSTRING);
 #else
-  if (start == NULL) {
-    ; /* ??? */
-  }
+  /* Removed redundant null check for start */
 #endif /* USE_EXPRSTRING */
   return 0;
 }