PICARD-3014: Fix macOS not sorting empty values before other entries #2568
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Summary
Problem
Sorting on macOS is failing to sort empty string properly. This issue was introduced by PICARD-2914, but PICARD-2914 specifically was addressing macOS crashes with collation functions and hence cannot be reverted.
Solution
This applies the workaround of treating empty string as a single space.