*** a/readline.c	2013-10-28 14:58:06.000000000 -0400
--- b/readline.c	2014-03-10 14:15:02.000000000 -0400
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*** 745,749 ****
  
    RL_CHECK_SIGNALS ();
!   if (r == 0)			/* success! */
      {
        _rl_keyseq_chain_dispose ();
--- 745,750 ----
  
    RL_CHECK_SIGNALS ();
!   /* We only treat values < 0 specially to simulate recursion. */
!   if (r >= 0 || (r == -1 && (cxt->flags & KSEQ_SUBSEQ) == 0))	/* success! or failure! */
      {
        _rl_keyseq_chain_dispose ();