From 9bf3249e82c37640a76683108e9c47edc2a42c80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tijmen Zwaan <tijmen@legacylabs.io>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 00:25:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] slowcatPrime pat can no longer be undefined

---
 packages/core/pattern.mjs | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/pattern.mjs b/packages/core/pattern.mjs
index f61c90452..300544b29 100644
--- a/packages/core/pattern.mjs
+++ b/packages/core/pattern.mjs
@@ -1557,11 +1557,14 @@ export function slowcat(...pats) {
  * @return {Pattern}
  */
 export function slowcatPrime(...pats) {
+  if (!pats.length) {
+    return silence;
+  }
   pats = pats.map(reify);
   const query = function (state) {
     const pat_n = _mod(Math.floor(state.span.begin), pats.length);
-    const pat = pats[pat_n]; // can be undefined for same cases e.g. /#cHVyZSg0MikKICAuZXZlcnkoMyxhZGQoNykpCiAgLmxhdGUoLjUp
-    return pat?.query(state) || [];
+    const pat = pats[pat_n];
+    return pat.query(state);
   };
   return new Pattern(query).splitQueries();
 }