XSETINT (p->decoding_carryover, carryover);
nbytes = STRING_BYTES (XSTRING (text));
nchars = XSTRING (text)->size;
- internal_condition_case_1 (read_process_output_call,
- Fcons (outstream,
- Fcons (proc, Fcons (text, Qnil))),
- !NILP (Vdebug_on_error) ? Qnil : Qerror,
- read_process_output_error_handler);
+ if (nbytes > 0)
+ internal_condition_case_1 (read_process_output_call,
+ Fcons (outstream,
+ Fcons (proc, Fcons (text, Qnil))),
+ !NILP (Vdebug_on_error) ? Qnil : Qerror,
+ read_process_output_error_handler);
/* If we saved the match data nonrecursively, restore it now. */
restore_match_data ();