Index: generic/tclExecute.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclExecute.c
+++ generic/tclExecute.c
@@ -5235,12 +5235,16 @@
 	}
 #endif
 
 	/* Every range of an empty list is an empty list */
 	if (objc == 0) {
-	    TRACE_APPEND(("\n"));
-	    NEXT_INST_F(9, 0, 0);
+	    /* avoid return of not canonical list (e. g. spaces in string repr.) */
+	    if (ListObjIsCanonical(valuePtr)) {
+		TRACE_APPEND(("\n"));
+		NEXT_INST_F(9, 0, 0);
+	    }
+	    goto emptyList;
 	}
 
 	/* Decode index value operands. */
 
 	/* 

Index: tests/basic.test
==================================================================
--- tests/basic.test
+++ tests/basic.test
@@ -959,10 +959,16 @@
         lappend res [catch { run { {*}{error Hejsan} } } err]
         lappend res $err
     } -cleanup {
 	unset res t
 } -result {0 10 1 Hejsan}
+
+test basic-48.24.$noComp {expansion: empty not canonical list, regression test, bug [cc1e91552c]} -constraints $constraints -setup {
+    unset -nocomplain a
+} -body {
+    run {list [list {*}{ }] [list {*}[format %c 32]] [list {*}[set a { }]]}
+} -result [lrepeat 3 {}] -cleanup {unset -nocomplain a}
 
 } ;# End of noComp loop
 
 test basic-49.1 {Tcl_EvalEx: verify TCL_EVAL_GLOBAL operation} testevalex {
     set ::x global

Index: tests/lrange.test
==================================================================
--- tests/lrange.test
+++ tests/lrange.test
@@ -105,10 +105,20 @@
     list [lrange {a b c} -1 1] [lrange {a b c} -1+0 end-1] [lrange {a b c} -2 1] [lrange {a b c} -2+0 0+1]
 } [lrepeat 4 {a b}]
 test lrange-3.6 {compiled with calculated indices, end out of range (after end)} {
     list [lrange {a b c} 1 end+1] [lrange {a b c} 1+0 2+1] [lrange {a b c} 1 end+1] [lrange {a b c} end-1 3+1]
 } [lrepeat 4 {b c}]
+
+test lrange-3.7a {compiled on empty not canonical list (with static and dynamic indices), regression test, bug [cc1e91552c]} {
+    list [lrange { } 0 1] [lrange [format %c 32] 0 1] [lrange [set a { }] 0 1] \
+	 [lrange { } 0-1 end+1] [lrange [format %c 32] 0-1 end+1] [lrange $a 0-1 end+1]
+} [lrepeat 6 {}]
+test lrange-3.7b {not compiled on empty not canonical list (with static and dynamic indices), regression test, bug [cc1e91552c]} {
+    set cmd lrange
+    list [$cmd { } 0 1] [$cmd [format %c 32] 0 1] [$cmd [set a { }] 0 1] \
+	 [$cmd { } 0-1 end+1] [$cmd [format %c 32] 0-1 end+1] [$cmd $a 0-1 end+1]
+} [lrepeat 6 {}]
 
 
 # cleanup
 ::tcltest::cleanupTests
 return