diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 486e09ddbc..f5467240f4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Sun Nov 18 19:37:55 2001  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu.nakada@nifty.ne.jp>
+
+	* parse.y: needless conditionals.
+
+	* parse.y (parse_regx): parse error at unterminated regex /#{.
+	  (ruby-bugs-ja:PR#142)
+
 Thu Nov 15 15:29:39 2001  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu.nakada@nifty.ne.jp>
 
 	* array.c (rb_ary_join): non-nil separator must be converted to
diff --git a/parse.y b/parse.y
index 54bccbad3e..0981a4a74b 100644
--- a/parse.y
+++ b/parse.y
@@ -442,9 +442,7 @@ stmt		: kALIAS fitem {lex_state = EXPR_FNAME;} fitem
 			    }
 			    else {
 				$$ = n;
-				if ($$) {
-				    $$->nd_value = call_op(gettable($1),$2,1,$3);
-				}
+				$$->nd_value = call_op(gettable($1),$2,1,$3);
 			    }
 			    fixpos($$, $3);
 			}
@@ -789,9 +787,7 @@ arg		: lhs '=' arg
 			    }
 			    else {
 				$$ = n;
-				if ($$) {
-				    $$->nd_value = call_op(gettable($1),$2,1,$3);
-				}
+				$$->nd_value = call_op(gettable($1),$2,1,$3);
 			    }
 			    fixpos($$, $3);
 			}
@@ -2518,7 +2514,7 @@ parse_regx(term, paren)
 	switch (c) {
 	  case '#':
 	    list = str_extend(list, term);
-	    if (list == (NODE*)-1) return 0;
+	    if (list == (NODE*)-1) goto unterminated;
 	    continue;
 
 	  case '\\':
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index 821ffe9cbe..05451be1da 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #define RUBY_VERSION "1.7.2"
-#define RUBY_RELEASE_DATE "2001-11-15"
+#define RUBY_RELEASE_DATE "2001-11-18"
 #define RUBY_VERSION_CODE 172
-#define RUBY_RELEASE_CODE 20011115
+#define RUBY_RELEASE_CODE 20011118