Unable to name Absinthe object :quote when on Elixir 1.16

[deepankar-j]

Environment

• Elixir version (elixir -v):

Erlang/OTP 26 [erts-14.2.4] [source] [64-bit] [smp:10:10] [ds:10:10:10] [async-threads:1] [jit] [dtrace]

Elixir 1.16.2 (compiled with Erlang/OTP 26)

• Absinthe version (mix deps | grep absinthe):

* absinthe 1.7.6 (Hex package) (mix)
  locked at 1.7.6 (absinthe) e7626951
* absinthe_plug 1.5.8 (Hex package) (mix)
  locked at 1.5.8 (absinthe_plug) bbb04176

• Client Framework and version (Relay, Apollo, etc): Not applicable.

Expected behavior

We should be able to define Absinthe objects with the name :quote.

Actual behavior

When you define an object like the following:

  object :quote do
    field :id, non_null(:id)
  end

You'll get a compiler error like this on Elixir v1.16. This error did not occur on Elixir v1.15. I believe there was some change in Elixir v1.16 that has exposed this issue, but I think ultimately fix resides within Absinthe.

mix compile
Compiling 1 file (.ex)

== Compilation error in file lib/hello_web/schema/schema.ex ==
** (FunctionClauseError) no function clause matching in :lists.keydelete3/3

    The following arguments were given to :lists.keydelete3/3:

        # 1
        :column

        # 2
        1

        # 3
        :__typename

    (stdlib 5.2.2) lists.erl:885: :lists.keydelete3/3
    (elixir 1.16.2) src/elixir_quote.erl:561: :elixir_quote.meta/2
    (elixir 1.16.2) src/elixir_quote.erl:294: :elixir_quote.do_quote/3
    (elixir 1.16.2) src/elixir_quote.erl:375: :elixir_quote.do_quote/3
    (elixir 1.16.2) src/elixir_quote.erl:449: :elixir_quote.do_quote_splice/5
    (elixir 1.16.2) src/elixir_quote.erl:375: :elixir_quote.do_quote/3
    (elixir 1.16.2) src/elixir_quote.erl:449: :elixir_quote.do_quote_splice/5
    (elixir 1.16.2) src/elixir_quote.erl:165: :elixir_quote.do_escape/3

Renaming the object to something like :quote2 addresses this issue.

Relevant Schema/Middleware Code

Simples schema to reproduce the issue:

defmodule HelloWeb.Schema do
  use Absinthe.Schema

  query do
    field :hello, :string do
      resolve &resolve_hello/3
    end
  end

  object :quote do
    field :id, non_null(:id)
  end

  def resolve_hello(_, _, _) do
    {:ok, "Hello World!"}
  end
end

Please see the attached sample application.
hello.zip

[kristofka]

This is a corner case bug in elixir itself, while it might be possible to hack around it, I'd suggest using another name for now (eg anything but the exact atom :quote ), until the issue is resolved upstream.

[kristofka]

As a follow up, the issue has been fixed in elixir main branch.

[benwilson512]

Closed as this seems to be a bug in Elixir.