}
}
/*
- * The iftag must have been set somewhere because otherwise
- * we would return immediated at the beginning of the function
+ * We need not to tag the root tag if there is no tag which is set with
+ * settag within the range from *first_indexp to last_index.
*/
- root_tag_set(root, settag);
+ if (tagged > 0)
+ root_tag_set(root, settag);
*first_indexp = index;
return tagged;