Segfault when using macros via REPL
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Description
Typing in the following code (or any other macro I've tried) into the REPL causes a segmentation fault on Linux:
macro name_of = (ident) -> "\"#{ident}\""
$name_of hi
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Research direction
Reproduce the macro snippet in the Linux REPL and trace the macro parsing or expansion path that leads to the segmentation fault. Done means the example no longer crashes and produces the expected result; the issue does not name a source file or test to run.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- lua
- Domain
- cli, compilers
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100