This is a bug.

Code:
//echo -a $qt($readini(test.ini,section,item))
does not reproduce and simply return $null for the whole $qt(), but
Code:
//echo -a $iif($readini(tesT.ini,section,item) == $null,1,0)
does:
Quote:
* Error allocating evaluation memory

Tested on 7.46, no beta, with (notice the space):
Quote:
[section]
item=
as the ini file


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