Gem::PathSupport#split_gem_path

# File tmp/rubies/ruby-4.1.0-preview1/lib/rubygems/path_support.rb, line 46
def split_gem_path(gpaths, home)
  # FIX: it should be [home, *path], not [*path, home]

  gem_path = []

  if gpaths
    gem_path = gpaths.split(Gem.path_separator)
    # Handle the path_separator being set to a regexp, which will cause
    # end_with? to error
    if /#{Gem.path_separator}\z/.match?(gpaths)
      gem_path += default_path
    end

    if File::ALT_SEPARATOR
      gem_path.map! do |this_path|
        this_path.gsub File::ALT_SEPARATOR, File::SEPARATOR
      end
    end

    gem_path << home
  else
    gem_path = default_path
  end

  gem_path.map {|path| expand(path) }.uniq
end