--- a/tests/test.py	Tue Aug 15 11:40:18 2023 +0200
+++ b/tests/test.py	Tue Aug 15 14:31:46 2023 +0200
@@ -2233,6 +2233,11 @@
         self.assertEqual((u"the-varname", [u"Empty", u"None"]),
                          self.split_filters(u"the-varname|Empty,None", 1))
 
+    def test_split_filters_many_alt_preferred(self):
+        # "," is preferred
+        self.assertEqual((u"the-varname", [u"Empty|", u"None"]),
+                         self.split_filters(u"the-varname|Empty|,None", 1))
+
     def test_None_filter_single(self):
         cfg = configmix.load()
         x = getattr(cfg, self.interpolate_meth)(u"{{non-existing|None}}")