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-rw-r--r--builtin/common/misc_helpers.lua3
-rw-r--r--builtin/common/tests/misc_helpers_spec.lua6
-rw-r--r--doc/lua_api.txt2
3 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/common/misc_helpers.lua b/builtin/common/misc_helpers.lua
index 1a2b9500a..90ac2ae4e 100644
--- a/builtin/common/misc_helpers.lua
+++ b/builtin/common/misc_helpers.lua
@@ -170,6 +170,9 @@ end
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function string.split(str, delim, include_empty, max_splits, sep_is_pattern)
delim = delim or ","
+ if delim == "" then
+ error("string.split separator is empty", 2)
+ end
max_splits = max_splits or -2
local items = {}
local pos, len = 1, #str
diff --git a/builtin/common/tests/misc_helpers_spec.lua b/builtin/common/tests/misc_helpers_spec.lua
index ff0f0298a..73a66737f 100644
--- a/builtin/common/tests/misc_helpers_spec.lua
+++ b/builtin/common/tests/misc_helpers_spec.lua
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ describe("string", function()
assert.same({ "one", "two" }, string.split("one,two", ",", false, -1, true))
assert.same({ "one", "two", "three" }, string.split("one2two3three", "%d", false, -1, true))
end)
+
+ it("rejects empty separator", function()
+ assert.has.errors(function()
+ string.split("", "")
+ end)
+ end)
end)
end)
diff --git a/doc/lua_api.txt b/doc/lua_api.txt
index fb6bc9df8..de0517d42 100644
--- a/doc/lua_api.txt
+++ b/doc/lua_api.txt
@@ -3623,7 +3623,7 @@ Helper functions
* `math.round(x)`: Returns `x` rounded to the nearest integer.
* At a multiple of 0.5, rounds away from zero.
* `string.split(str, separator, include_empty, max_splits, sep_is_pattern)`
- * `separator`: string, default: `","`
+ * `separator`: string, cannot be empty, default: `","`
* `include_empty`: boolean, default: `false`
* `max_splits`: number, if it's negative, splits aren't limited,
default: `-1`