Version 3.6.5

src/string.js

 // Copyright 2006-2009 the V8 project authors. All rights reserved.
 // Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 // modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
 // met:
 //
 //     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
 //       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 //     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
 //       copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
 //       disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
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 // ECMA-262 section 15.5.4.14
 function StringSplit(separator, limit) {
   if (IS_NULL_OR_UNDEFINED(this) && !IS_UNDETECTABLE(this)) {
     throw MakeTypeError("called_on_null_or_undefined",
                         ["String.prototype.split"]);
   }
   var subject = TO_STRING_INLINE(this);
   limit = (IS_UNDEFINED(limit)) ? 0xffffffff : TO_UINT32(limit);
-  if (limit === 0) return [];
 
   // ECMA-262 says that if separator is undefined, the result should
   // be an array of size 1 containing the entire string.  SpiderMonkey
   // and KJS have this behavior only when no separator is given.  If
   // undefined is explicitly given, they convert it to a string and
   // use that.  We do as SpiderMonkey and KJS.
   if (%_ArgumentsLength() === 0) {
     return [subject];
   }
 
   var length = subject.length;
   if (!IS_REGEXP(separator)) {
     separator = TO_STRING_INLINE(separator);
+
+    if (limit === 0) return [];
+
     var separator_length = separator.length;
 
     // If the separator string is empty then return the elements in the subject.
     if (separator_length === 0) return %StringToArray(subject, limit);
 
     var result = %StringSplit(subject, separator, limit);
 
     return result;
   }
 
+  if (limit === 0) return [];
+
   %_Log('regexp', 'regexp-split,%0S,%1r', [subject, separator]);
 
   if (length === 0) {
     if (DoRegExpExec(separator, subject, 0, 0) != null) {
       return [];
     }
     return [subject];
   }
 
   var currentIndex = 0;
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     "fixed", StringFixed,
     "italics", StringItalics,
     "small", StringSmall,
     "strike", StringStrike,
     "sub", StringSub,
     "sup", StringSup
   ));
 }
 
 SetUpString();