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-rw-r--r--lib/pure/browsers.nim4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/pure/browsers.nim b/lib/pure/browsers.nim
index 81a231aa2..66652bbc1 100644
--- a/lib/pure/browsers.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/browsers.nim
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ const osOpenCmd* =
   ## ``"open"`` on MacOS and Windows, ``"xdg-open"`` on Linux, BSD, etc.
 
 proc openDefaultBrowser*(url: string) =
-  ## opens `url` with the user's default browser. This does not block.
+  ## Opens `url` with the user's default browser. This does not block.
+  ## The URL must not be empty string.
   ##
   ## Under Windows, ``ShellExecute`` is used. Under Mac OS X the ``open``
   ## command is used. Under Unix, it is checked if ``xdg-open`` exists and
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ proc openDefaultBrowser*(url: string) =
   ##
   ## .. code-block:: nim
   ##   block: openDefaultBrowser("https://nim-lang.org")
+  doAssert url.len > 0, "URL must not be empty string"
   when defined(windows):
     var o = newWideCString(osOpenCmd)
     var u = newWideCString(url)