$route.matched returns the empty path when the path is /

[Hill-98]

Version

3.5.3

Reproduction link

codesandbox.io

Steps to reproduce

1. Open the reproduction link
2. View console output

What is expected?

$route.matched[0].path = "/"

What is actually happening?

$route.matched[0].path = ""

[posva]

This is a kinda internal behavior. matched is an array of the matched normalized records, so they are different from when they are added.

[Hill-98]

But isn't the empty path strange?
The problem I see is with the normalizePath function, which removes the trailing / when the strict parameter is false, which is not good for / paths.

[Hill-98]

VueRouter 4.x does not return the empty path but / on the / path, and I think VueRouter 3.x should do the same.