From 554448a1f1c1e5daf72193c9609bf1112fc43ce9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Greg King <gregdk@users.sf.net>
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 13:40:16 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] .byt "" emits no data; avoid a ca65 crash.

Fixes #775 on GitHub.
---
 src/ca65/pseudo.c | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/ca65/pseudo.c b/src/ca65/pseudo.c
index 5dd67af90..a1115606b 100644
--- a/src/ca65/pseudo.c
+++ b/src/ca65/pseudo.c
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ static void DoByte (void)
 
     /* Record type information */
     Span* S = OpenSpan ();
-    StrBuf Type = STATIC_STRBUF_INITIALIZER;
+    StrBuf Type = AUTO_STRBUF_INITIALIZER;
 
     /* Parse arguments */
     while (1) {
@@ -598,9 +598,14 @@ static void DoByte (void)
         }
     }
 
-    /* Close the span, then add type information to it */
+    /* Close the span, then add type information to it.
+    ** Note: empty string operands emit nothing;
+    ** so, add a type only if there's a span.
+    */
     S = CloseSpan (S);
-    SetSpanType (S, GenArrayType (&Type, GetSpanSize (S), EType, sizeof (EType)));
+    if (S != 0) {
+        SetSpanType (S, GenArrayType (&Type, GetSpanSize (S), EType, sizeof (EType)));
+    }
 
     /* Free the type string */
     SB_Done (&Type);
-- 
2.39.5