Just did a test and I'm getting the same results. 4.53 is ok.

4.53
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This is correct imho because the $test and $test2 vars are empty.

4.60
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Where is the first - and where does the paragraph sign come from?

4.60 gives me the same results you are getting so it looks like something is going wrong in 4.60.
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