From: "mame (Yusuke Endoh)" <mame@...> Date: 2012-03-31T11:08:55+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:43980] [ruby-trunk - Feature #3575][Assigned] String#split is inconsistent with empty string and negative limit Issue #3575 has been updated by mame (Yusuke Endoh). Status changed from Open to Assigned ---------------------------------------- Feature #3575: String#split is inconsistent with empty string and negative limit https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/3575#change-25501 Author: Conrad.Irwin (Conrad Irwin) Status: Assigned Priority: Low Assignee: drbrain (Eric Hodel) Category: DOC Target version: =begin I expect: "".split(",", -1) == [""] Currently: "".split(",", -1) == [] According to the documentation, blank fields should not be stripped when a negative offset is provided. =end -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/