[Compiler Bug]: `Invariant: [InferMutationAliasingEffects] Expected value kind to be initialized` on passing reference to current function to other function
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Status: Unconfirmed
Type: Bug
- Dominant language
- JavaScript
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- Avg merge
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Description
What kind of issue is this?
- React Compiler core (the JS output is incorrect, or your app works incorrectly after optimization)
- babel-plugin-react-compiler (build issue installing or using the Babel plugin)
- eslint-plugin-react-hooks (build issue installing or using the eslint plugin)
- react-compiler-healthcheck (build issue installing or using the healthcheck script)
Link to repro
Repro steps
1: give react compiler this code
export function MyComponent() {
return <HelloWorld onClick={() => {
foo(function bar() {
if (Math.random() > .5) {
baz();
} else {
qux(bar);
}
});
}} />
}
2: notice the following error
Found 1 error:
Invariant: [InferMutationAliasingEffects] Expected value kind to be initialized
<unknown> bar$5.
5 | baz();
6 | } else {
> 7 | qux(bar);
| ^^^ this is uninitialized
8 | }
9 | });
10 | }} />
How often does this bug happen?
Every time
What version of React are you using?
the version in playground.react.dev
What version of React Compiler are you using?
the version in playground.react.dev
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 with the linked React Compiler playground and reproduce the error using the JavaScript snippet. Trace the [InferMutationAliasingEffects] failure at the qux(bar) reference, then verify that the same repro no longer reports an uninitialized value or invariant failure.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, react
- Domain
- compilers, frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100