Smarty foreachelse not working

[jsherk]

Here is a simple example of a problem I am having, where the variable sent to the smarty template is empty but the foreachelse does not seem to work.

So set $RESULTS=false; in controller and then call View.

Here is a sample template file:
{if ''==$RESULTS}
  BLANK<br>
{/if}
{if false==$RESULTS}
  FALSE1<br>
{/if}
{if false===$RESULTS}
  FALSE2<br>
{/if}
{foreach $RESULTS as $result}
  Result is {$result}<br>
{foreachelse}
  Results are empty!
{/foreach}

Here are the ACTUAL results I am getting:
BLANK
FALSE1
FALSE2
Result is

Notice the IF statements are all confirming the value of $RESULTS is blank/empty, but the foreachelse is not being called.

The expected results should be this, but I can't figure out why it is not working:
BLANK
FALSE1
FALSE2
Results are empty!

[jsherk (jeff-forerunnertv)]

This bug is INVALID ...

I posted question on Smarty forum and got this reply:

$RESULTS is not null or an empty array but has an assigned boolean value of false. This does enter the loop and not the {foreachelse} section. Values of FALSE and of "" (blank string) are NOT the same as being NULL or EMPTY.