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[CYPHER] Variable-length pattern *10..10 in list comprehension returns nodes instead of empty list #3932

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Test: variableLengthPatternComprehensionNonExistentLength (line 420)

Setup (create test data):

CREATE (alice:VarLengthTest4 {name:'Alice'}), 
       (bob:VarLengthTest4 {name:'Bob'}), 
       (charlie:VarLengthTest4 {name:'Charlie'}), 
       (alice)-[:KNOWS]->(bob), 
       (bob)-[:KNOWS]->(charlie), 
       (alice)-[:KNOWS]->(charlie)

Cypher query to execute:

MATCH (a:VarLengthTest4 {name:'Alice'}) RETURN [(a)-[:KNOWS*10..10]->(f:VarLengthTest4) | f.name] AS result

Expected behavior:

[(a)-[:KNOWS*10..10]->(f) | f.name] should return [] (empty list)

ArcadeDB result:

{"result": ["Charlie", "Bob"]}

Neo4j result:

{"result": []}

A variable-length pattern with a non-existent length (10) should return an empty list, but it returns nodes instead.

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