rescript-lang
`build -w` (usually) constantly recompiles with a strange file name
Using latest npm release: 9.1.4 OS: Debian 11 amd64
Sometimes (usually) a build -w will recompile and then immediately recompile again ad infiniteum. This typically only affects the 2nd refresh and later, but sometimes it doesn't recompile constantly for later ones. Both error results and successful compilations do this usually.
The only thing of note is I'm using reason syntax with a file lib/Util.re, and yet the output shows:
>>>> Start compiling
rescript: [0/1] lib/Util.cmj
Can you try with the compiler from master (get it from CI which packages it on every commit). See if still there.
I downloaded and extracted https://github.com/rescript-lang/rescript-compiler/suites/7210131187/artifacts/288598519 and unpacked the main tgz over my existing install and this still happens
Yes, This is linux64.
Repro: Use any file. The hello-reason files do this, as do more complex ones. The first 1-3 recompile are usually "normal". I've not encountered a file or edit that doesn't do this after 3 recompiles
So I believe we don't have linux64 binaries shipped, so there are many unknowns to begin with. What's needed, I think, is some contributor with a linux64 machine who can begin try to debug this, maybe ask some questions, and make PRs.
Also, if you convert the .re file to .res then it will narrow down the set of possible things that could cause this. E.g. we would know that the old vendored reason parser binary, which is there only for backwards compatibility, is not relevant to the issue.
I gave up on this when I couldn't figure out how to convert re to res, but it may be due to compiling from lib to lib?