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Prevent infinite loop due to cyclic dependency
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Description
Introduce cyclic dependency checking in the Linker; when a class or interface extends another and that class or interface extends the first we go into a cycle.
The Linker should probably guard against that
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 locating the Linker and tracing how class or interface inheritance is followed. Reproduce a pair of mutually extending declarations, then verify that linking terminates with cyclic dependencies detected instead of looping indefinitely.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100