string: allow empty strings in parse_word_list()

diff --git a/usual/string.c b/usual/string.c
index 5ce75c019c9e848b038ab0bc0c6c26207a963042..26a21e205185dec8a1da81aeff62ea9eb9aa2f4a 100644 (file)
--- a/usual/string.c
+++ b/usual/string.c
@@ -159,8 +159,6 @@ bool parse_word_list(const char *s, str_cb cb_func, void *cb_arg)
                }
 
                /* extract string */
-               if (start == end)
-                       goto failed_syntax;
                if (!mbuf_write(&buf, start, end - start))
                        goto failed;
                if (!mbuf_write_byte(&buf, 0))