- if ( ! strcmp(p, "_")) {
- sp = newspan(tbl, ln, rp);
- sp->pos = TBL_SPAN_HORIZ;
- return;
- } else if ( ! strcmp(p, "=")) {
- sp = newspan(tbl, ln, rp);
- sp->pos = TBL_SPAN_DHORIZ;
- return;
+ if (p[1] == '\0') {
+ switch (p[0]) {
+ case '.':
+ /*
+ * Empty request lines must be handled here
+ * and cannot be discarded in roff_parseln()
+ * because in the layout section, they
+ * are significant and end the layout.
+ */
+ return;
+ case '_':
+ sp = newspan(tbl, ln, rp);
+ sp->pos = TBL_SPAN_HORIZ;
+ return;
+ case '=':
+ sp = newspan(tbl, ln, rp);
+ sp->pos = TBL_SPAN_DHORIZ;
+ return;
+ default:
+ break;
+ }