vim-patch:9.0.0220: invalid memory access with for loop over NULL string

Problem:    Invalid memory access with for loop over NULL string.
Solution:   Make sure mb_ptr2len() consistently returns zero for NUL.
f6d39c31d2

src/nvim/mbyte.c

@@ -890,9 +890,9 @@ int utf_ptr2len_len(const char_u *p, int size)
   return len;
 }
 
-/// Return the number of bytes occupied by a UTF-8 character in a string
+/// Return the number of bytes occupied by a UTF-8 character in a string.
-///
 /// This includes following composing characters.
+/// Returns zero for NUL.
 int utfc_ptr2len(const char *const p_in)
   FUNC_ATTR_PURE FUNC_ATTR_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT FUNC_ATTR_NONNULL_ALL
 {

src/nvim/testdir/test_eval_stuff.vim

@@ -75,6 +75,18 @@ func Test_for_invalid()
   redraw
 endfunc
 
+func Test_for_over_null_string()
+  let save_enc = &enc
+  " set enc=iso8859
+  let cnt = 0
+  for c in v:_null_string
+    let cnt += 1
+  endfor
+  call assert_equal(0, cnt)
+
+  let &enc = save_enc
+endfunc
+
 func Test_readfile_binary()
   new
   call setline(1, ['one', 'two', 'three'])