boundEval of "a string" returns undefined

[JensLincke]

but it should eval to "a string"
observed in workspace and in direct usage

3 +"a string" eval correctly to "3a string"

[JensLincke]

@onsetsu any ideas?

[onsetsu]

Having a single String in a file is actually interpreted as a directive, e.g. used to activate strict mode:

"use strict";

We could recognize such cases explicitly during transpilation.

[onsetsu]

I also found that simply evaluating {a:1} returns undefined rather than the expected object.

Maybe there is a deeper problem with literals.

[JensLincke]

({a:1}) seems to be fine
and ("hello") works also fine.

those two cases are relatively important during interactive workspace sessions....

[onsetsu]

I also found that simply evaluating {a:1} returns undefined rather than the expected object.

Maybe there is a deeper problem with literals.

Well, actually this is not an ObjectExpression but a BlockStatement with a LabelStatement.

So it returns undefined.