patch 7.4.702 Problem: Joining an empty list does uneccessary work. Solution: Let join() return early. (Marco Hinz)

Author: brammool

src/eval.c

@@ -6781,6 +6781,8 @@ list_join(gap, l, sep, echo_style, copyID)
     join_T	*p;
     int		i;
 
+    if (l->lv_len < 1)
+	return OK; /* nothing to do */
     ga_init2(&join_ga, (int)sizeof(join_T), l->lv_len);
     retval = list_join_inner(gap, l, sep, echo_style, copyID, &join_ga);
 

src/version.c

@@ -756,6 +756,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    702,
 /**/
     701,
 /**/