fq hangs indefinitely when torepr piped to custom function (Ala def:) #1268
Description
What version are you using (fq -v)?
$ fq -v 0.16.0 (darwin arm64 go1.25.5)
How was fq installed?
brew
Can you reproduce the problem using the latest release or master branch?
yes
What did you do?
fq 'torepr | walk( recurse | fromjson? ) | @base64d | from_bplist | from_ns_keyed_archiver' ~/some.plist
{
"$class": "_NSPersistentHistoryToken",
"NSPersistentHistoryTokenDictionary": {
"10B5B333-0A57-4172-9960-5B60748D39DA": 2260
}
}however
fq 'def r:
walk(
if type == "string" then
(fromjson? | r)
//
(ltrimstr("base64:") | select(test("^(?:[A-Za-z0-9+/]{4})*(?:[A-Za-z0-9+/][AQgw]==|[A-Za-z0-9+/]{2}[AEIMQUYcgkosw048]=)?$")) | @base64d? | r)
//
(from_bplist? | r)
//
(from_ns_keyed_archiver? | r)
//
.
else
(select(length? > 0) // booleans)
end
);
torepr | r
' ~/some.plist ... hangs indefinitely
without torepr | part it works but the output is not in desirable format.