String to boolean inconsistency

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On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 04:00:36 +0100
"Simen kjaeraas" <simen.kjaras at gmail.com> wrote:

> So likely, idup on an empty string returns an array with null ptr and
> 0 length, while "" is 'allocated' in the data segment, and thus given a
> ptr value.

.dup & .idup should not change a string's truth value. For sure, _this_ is a bug.
I think explicite empty strings/arrays should not have null pointers, as opposed to uninitialised strings/arrays.

Denis
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