eval: save_tv_as_string: Correctly handle an empty string

When tv_get_string_chk returns a non-NULL value, we have a valid string.
Propagating an error state (*len = -1, NULL return) for an empty string
is invalid.

Closes #6554

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/test/functional/eval/system_spec.lua b/test/functional/eval/system_spec.lua
index 66d569416e..77e7424452 100644
--- a/test/functional/eval/system_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/eval/system_spec.lua
@@ -258,6 +258,9 @@ describe('system()', function()
       end
       eq(2, eval("1+1"))  -- Still alive?
     end)
+    it('works with an empty string', function()
+      eq("test\n", eval('system("echo test", "")'))
+    end)
   end)
 
   describe('passing a lot of input', function()