ahead of the loop in this program:
</p>

<pre>
n := 0
for e := list; e != nil; e = e.next {
	n++
}
i := *p
*q = 1
</pre>

<p>
If <code>list</code> pointed to a cyclic list,
then the original program would never access <code>*p</code> or <code>*q</code>,
but the rewritten program would.

				break
			}
			i += o + 1
		}
		if s[i+1] == c1 && Equal(s[i:i+n], sep) {
			return i
		}
		i++
		fails++
		if fails >= 4+i>>4 && i < t {
			// Give up on IndexByte, it isn't skipping ahead
			// far enough to be better than Rabin-Karp.
			// Experiments (using IndexPeriodic) suggest
			// the cutover is about 16 byte skips.
			// TODO: if large prefixes of sep are matching