From 9d4190a5cc426dfbb515526d3c0b22c418e07d16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miran <narimiran@disroot.org>
Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 21:06:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fixes #11139 (re.nim memory leak) (#11265)

Use the same PCRE function for freeing up the memory as nre.nim does.
---
 lib/impure/nre.nim | 1 -
 lib/impure/re.nim  | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/impure/nre.nim b/lib/impure/nre.nim
index 7014af42ab..8848b8d5b7 100644
--- a/lib/impure/nre.nim
+++ b/lib/impure/nre.nim
@@ -440,7 +440,6 @@ proc extractOptions(pattern: string): tuple[pattern: string, flags: int, study:
 
 proc destroyRegex(pattern: Regex) =
   pcre.free_substring(cast[cstring](pattern.pcreObj))
-  pattern.pcreObj = nil
   if pattern.pcreExtra != nil:
     pcre.free_study(pattern.pcreExtra)
 
diff --git a/lib/impure/re.nim b/lib/impure/re.nim
index 4f32cd5fb9..34ccd8f1a9 100644
--- a/lib/impure/re.nim
+++ b/lib/impure/re.nim
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ proc finalizeRegEx(x: Regex) =
   # Fortunately the implementation is unlikely to change.
   pcre.free_substring(cast[cstring](x.h))
   if not isNil(x.e):
-    pcre.free_substring(cast[cstring](x.e))
+    pcre.free_study(x.e)
 
 proc re*(s: string, flags = {reStudy}): Regex =
   ## Constructor of regular expressions.