XML boxes have not provided user-facing error messages for BSL
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Description
XML boxes assume quasiquote, which is unavailable in BSL. However, they err with "quasiquote unbound" instead of something like "not supported in BSL."
This is in spirit the same as racket/drracket#722 and racket/htdp@aa2ad718. But, since this issue is discovered by testing and not reported in practice, I'm labeling it as a low-priority feature request.
Relevant bits:
https://github.com/racket/htdp/blob/fd06ec8b64e0faf08d00bb156440fd0583965676/htdp-lib/stepper/private/xml-snip-helpers.rkt#L62
and
https://github.com/racket/htdp/blob/fd06ec8b64e0faf08d00bb156440fd0583965676/htdp-lib/stepper/private/xml-snip-helpers.rkt#L114-L136
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Research direction
Start in htdp-lib/stepper/private/xml-snip-helpers.rkt, especially the code at the referenced lines 62 and 114-136, and trace how XML boxes are handled under BSL. Reproduce the current BSL XML-box failure and make the completed behavior report that XML boxes are not supported in BSL instead of exposing an unbound quasiquote error.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- xml
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 76/100