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[characters] Fix RangeError on an unpaired tail surrogate at range start - #1033

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BackBreaks.step() checked cursor >= start after stepping onto a tail surrogate, then read codeUnitAt(--cursor). If the range starts with an unpaired tail surrogate, that reads before start: a RangeError when start == 0 (e.g. '\uDC00'.characters.last), or a pairing with a lead surrogate outside the range when start > 0. Only peek at cursor - 1 when cursor > start, and step back only for a real lead surrogate, matching the forward Breaks.step().

BackBreaks.step() checked `cursor >= start` after stepping onto a tail
surrogate, then read `codeUnitAt(--cursor)`. If the range starts with an
unpaired tail surrogate, that reads before `start`: a RangeError when
`start == 0` (e.g. `'\uDC00'.characters.last`), or a pairing with a lead
surrogate outside the range when `start > 0`.
Only peek at `cursor - 1` when `cursor > start`, and step back only for a
real lead surrogate, matching the forward Breaks.step().
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Please update your PR title/description 🙏

@lrhn lrhn changed the title [characters] Fix RangeError on an unpaired tail surrogate at range start BackBreaks.step() checked cursor >= start after stepping onto a tail surrogate, then read codeUnitAt(--cursor). If the range starts with an unpaired tail surrogate, that reads before start: a RangeError when start == 0 (e.g. '\uDC00'.characters.last), or a pairing with a lead surrogate outside the range when start > 0. Only peek at cursor - 1 when cursor > start, and step back only for a real lead surrogate, matching the forward Breaks.step(). [characters] Fix RangeError on an unpaired tail surrogate at range start Nov 3, 2026
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(I moved the description from the title into your post. Feel free to edit if not satisfactory.)

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Looks very good. Does the job and tests it well.

// be strictly after [start] to be part of the substring.
if (cursor > start &&
(prevSurrogate = base.codeUnitAt(cursor - 1) ^ 0xD800) <= 0x3FF) {
cursor--;

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Good fix. The prior code was broken in at least two ways.
It should definitely use > start, and then keeping the --cursor would be wrong, because the cursor would not be decremented when cursor == start, but it would still be incremented in the else branch.

// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

// Regression tests for backwards iteration over a string whose first code
// unit is an unpaired tail (low) surrogate. `BackBreaks.step` used to read the

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(I've learned that the correct term is "trail surrogate", not "tail surrogate". Haven't fixed everything yet, or much of anything, but feel free to change it here. Or not, and stay consistent, then I'll have to fix it when I do the rest.)

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