gren-lang / gren-lang/compiler
Closures in recursive calls get shadowed, causing stack overflows
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- Dominant language
- Haskell
- Stars
- 503
- Forks
- 29
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
Reference to Elm issue: https://github.com/elm/compiler/issues/2017
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 referenced Elm compiler issue (elm/compiler#2017) to understand the reported closure behavior. Then locate the corresponding recursive-call and closure-handling paths in the Gren compiler; done means recursive calls no longer shadow closures or overflow the stack.
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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
- 25/100