Index: article.module
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal-contrib/contributions/modules/article/article.module,v
retrieving revision 1.23.2.5.2.1
diff -u -r1.23.2.5.2.1 article.module
--- article.module	19 Jan 2007 18:00:52 -0000	1.23.2.5.2.1
+++ article.module	6 Apr 2007 14:28:36 -0000
@@ -428,7 +428,8 @@
       $i++;
     }
 
-    $term = current(module_invoke('taxonomy', 'get_term_by_name', $last_term));
+    $result = module_invoke('taxonomy', 'get_term_by_name', $last_term);
+    $term = current($result);
     return $term;
   }
   return NULL;