Add reproduction case for failing quasiquoting when using JS backend #2193
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When using quasiquoting, the JS backend is failing (with ghc-9.8.2) due to missing "nodejs" executable and "ghci" package.
This PR adds a failing test to demonstrate this behaviour.
Execute the test with:
The error is:
We can add
nodejs
to the package build-tools to fix the nodejs issue:The error is now:
I am unsure how to fix this error.
I think haskell.nix should add
nodejs
andghci
to the build environment when using the GHC JS backend, so that compiling code using quasiquoting/template haskell "just works" without too many headaches.Evidence that
nodejs
andghci
are required:ghci
: https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/blob/ffe3e5c1e3868bb23bc1ce24dd671729d387f723/compiler/GHC/Runtime/Interpreter/JS.hs#L169nodejs
: https://gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/ghc/-/blob/ffe3e5c1e3868bb23bc1ce24dd671729d387f723/compiler/GHC/Runtime/Interpreter/JS.hs#L128