This is a bug.
//echo -a $qt($readini(test.ini,section,item))
does not reproduce and simply return $null for the whole $qt(), but
//echo -a $iif($readini(tesT.ini,section,item) == $null,1,0)
does:
* Error allocating evaluation memory
Tested on 7.46, no beta, with (notice the space):
as the ini file