An empty section name terminates IniRead,OutputVarSectionNames,Filename

[JoeWinograd]

I don't know if this is a bug or feature, but since I don't see the behavior mentioned at the IniRead doc, I decided to report it as a bug. When there is an empty section name, i.e., the section is just [], IniRead,OutputVarSectionNames,Filename stops reading sections after that. The issue came up in this forum thread:
https://autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=31559
Regards, Joe

[lexikos]

We don't read or parse the file directly; the OS does.

IIRC, the Win32 API returns a null delimited, double-null terminated list of section names. It would be impossible to differentiate between an empty item and a terminator.

[JoeWinograd]

Thanks, that explains it. Regards, Joe