removing replicated var = var->next;
- remove a potential infinite loop and document the problem
- remove useless checks and document why
- mark XXX a possible bug (to be investigated)
- use ast_strlen_zero() instead of expanding it inline
- fix indentation in one place   
- replace a nested 'if' with '&&'



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