Function lower_subexp

compat/regex/regcomp.c:1340–1373

    {
      node->right = lower_subexp (&err, preg, node->right);
      if (node->right)
	node->right->parent = node;
    }

  return err;
}

static bin_tree_t *
lower_subexp (reg_errcode_t *err, regex_t *preg, bin_tree_t *node)
{
  re_dfa_t *dfa = (re_dfa_t *) preg->buffer;
  bin_tree_t *body = node->left;
  bin_tree_t *op, *cls, *tree1, *tree;

  if (preg->no_sub
      /* We do not optimize empty subexpressions, because otherwise we may
	 have bad CONCAT nodes with NULL children.  This is obviously not
	 very common, so we do not lose much.  An example that triggers
	 this case is the sed "script" /\(\)/x.  */
      && node->left != NULL
      && (node->token.opr.idx >= BITSET_WORD_BITS
	  || !(dfa->used_bkref_map
	       & ((bitset_word_t) 1 << node->token.opr.idx))))
    return node->left;

  /* Convert the SUBEXP node to the concatenation of an
     OP_OPEN_SUBEXP, the contents, and an OP_CLOSE_SUBEXP.  */
  op = create_tree (dfa, NULL, NULL, OP_OPEN_SUBEXP);
  cls = create_tree (dfa, NULL, NULL, OP_CLOSE_SUBEXP);
  tree1 = body ? create_tree (dfa, body, cls, CONCAT) : cls;
  tree = create_tree (dfa, op, tree1, CONCAT);
  if (BE (tree == NULL || tree1 == NULL || op == NULL || cls == NULL, 0))
    {
      *err = REG_ESPACE;
      return NULL;
    }