Issue 19374: Segmentation fault: 11 with String.split

Can be reproduced on Mac OS X. Stock Python 2.7.5 setup has been installed on a Mac OS X.

Python 2.7.5 (v2.7.5:ab05e7dd2788, May 13 2013, 13:18:45)
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)] on darwin
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>>> s = "$RMC;12;234;523"
>>> s.split("$")

Segmentation fault: 11