gren-lang / gren-lang/compiler
continuation passing styled recursion → RangeError: Maximum call stack size exceeded
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- Dominant language
- Haskell
- Stars
- 503
- Forks
- 29
- PR merge metrics
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Description
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the linked issue at github.com/elm/compiler/issues/2221 and tracing how continuation-passing styled recursion reaches the compiler's recursion limit. Reproduce the stack overflow, then use the linked issue's expected behavior to verify that the compiler no longer raises a RangeError for this case.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- haskell
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100