[BUG] set statement right side expression evaluation

[richardmarshall]

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Describe the problem

Both the interpreter and linter are evaluating the right side of a set statement before performing type checking. In some cases this is accepting expressions that Fastly will reject.

For example assigning a conditional expression to a string variable is not valid but passes the type checking because the resulting bool value can be coerced to a string during assignment.

VCL code that cause the problem / reproduceable

The following VCL passes linting and will not cause an error in the interpreter.

set req.http.foo = (req.http.bar == "baz");

Expected behavior

Linter / interpreter should report an error.

Fiddle showing Fastly error for this case:
https://fiddle.fastly.dev/fiddle/b05aaad8

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