From 871ad165015f61f2225eb5f58db135984f65fade Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shane Shrybman <shrybman@teksavvy.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:54:59 -0500
Subject: Add the length checks back to string.compare()

---
 core/strings/strings.odin | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/core/strings/strings.odin b/core/strings/strings.odin
index 9b75c558b..c19bf8c37 100644
--- a/core/strings/strings.odin
+++ b/core/strings/strings.odin
@@ -242,7 +242,13 @@ Returns:
 - result: `-1` if `lhs` comes first, `1` if `rhs` comes first, or `0` if they are equal
 */
 compare :: proc "contextless" (lhs, rhs: string) -> (res: int) {
-	return runtime.string_cmp(lhs, rhs)
+	res = runtime.string_cmp(lhs, rhs)
+	if res == 0 && len(lhs) != len(rhs) {
+		return len(lhs) <= len(rhs) ? -1 : +1
+	} else if len(lhs) == 0 && len(rhs) == 0 {
+		return 0
+	}
+	return res
 }
 
 /*
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