tests/lapi: fix string_byte_test

The patch fixes the following issues:

- `string.char()` returns the internal numeric codes of the
  characters, not a single number.
- `string.char()` returns `nil` when values `i` or `j` are
   outside the acceptable range (less than zero and greater than
   the length of the string). It is not documented.

Author: ligurio

tests/lapi/string_byte_test.lua

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
---[[
+--[=[[
 SPDX-License-Identifier: ISC
 Copyright (c) 2023-2025, Sergey Bronnikov.
 
@@ -7,28 +7,32 @@ https://www.lua.org/manual/5.3/manual.html#6.4
 
 string.byte gets confused with some out-of-range negative indices,
 https://www.lua.org/bugs.html#5.1.3-9
-]]
 
--- Synopsis: string.byte(s [, i [, j]])
+Synopsis: string.byte(s [, i [, j]])
+]]=]
 
 local luzer = require("luzer")
 local test_lib = require("lib")
 
+local unpack = unpack or table.unpack
+
 local function TestOneInput(buf, _size)
     local fdp = luzer.FuzzedDataProvider(buf)
     os.setlocale(test_lib.random_locale(fdp), "all")
     local str = fdp:consume_string(test_lib.MAX_STR_LEN)
-    local i = fdp:consume_integer(0, test_lib.MAX_INT)
-    local j = fdp:consume_integer(0, test_lib.MAX_INT)
+    local i = fdp:consume_integer(test_lib.MIN_INT, test_lib.MAX_INT)
+    local j = fdp:consume_integer(test_lib.MIN_INT, test_lib.MAX_INT)
     -- `string.byte()` is the same as `str:byte()`.
     assert(string.byte(str, i, j) == str:byte(i, j))
-    local char_code = string.byte(str, i, j)
-    if char_code then
-        assert(type(char_code) == "number")
-        local byte = string.char(char_code)
-        assert(byte)
-        assert(byte == str)
+    local char_codes = { string.byte(str, i, j) }
+    -- `string.byte()` returns `nil` when values `i` or `j` are
+    -- outside the acceptable range (less than zero and greater
+    -- than the length of the string). It is undocumented.
+    if #char_codes == 0 then
+        return
     end
+    local bytes = string.char(unpack(char_codes))
+    assert(bytes == string.sub(str, i, j))
 end
 
 local args = {