racket / racket/redex

redex-check with broken `#:prepare` fails silently.

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Description

In the program:

#lang racket
(require redex)
(define-language L)
(redex-check L natural (number? (term natural)) #:prepare (lambda _ 'x))

Produces redex-check: no counterexamples in 1000 attempts.

I would have expected either an error or a complaint about generation failures (because x is not a natural).

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the supplied redex-check example and locating the redex-check entry point, especially its #:prepare handling. Trace how the prepared term is validated and how generation failures are counted; done means the broken preparation no longer reports a successful run, but raises an error or clearly reports the generation failure.

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testing
Issue type
Bug
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