Index: /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/search/SearchCompiler.java
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--- /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/search/SearchCompiler.java	(revision 2660)
+++ /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/search/SearchCompiler.java	(revision 2661)
@@ -593,4 +593,6 @@
         if (!tokenizer.readIfEqual(Token.EOF))
             throw new ParseError(tr("Unexpected token: {0}", tokenizer.nextToken()));
+        if (m == null)
+            return new Always();
         return m;
     }