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CompiledRunner Functions Bug

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Since Jun 1, 2026.

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Hello,

First of all thanks for producing this library very useful for some applications I'm looking at right now.

I'm trying to use the CompiledRunner with some additional functions defined, short example below:

{
    'lower': celpy.celtypes.FunctionType,
    'upper': celpy.celtypes.FunctionType
}

def lower(lhs: celpy.celtypes.StringType) -> celpy.celtypes.StringType:
    return celpy.celtypes.StringType(lhs.lower())

def upper(lhs: celpy.celtypes.StringType) -> celpy.celtypes.StringType:
    return celpy.celtypes.StringType(lhs.upper())

env = celpy.Environment(annotations=declarations, runner_class=CompiledRunner)

rule = "size(items) == 1 && meta.device.lower() == 'tablet'"
ast = env.compile(rule)

prgm = env.program(ast, functions={
    'lower': lower,
    'upper': upper
})
prgm.evaluate({'items': [1,2,3], 'meta': {'device': 'tablet'}})

This works normally when using the InterpretedRunner, however with the compiled runner I get the following:

TypeError: <class 'celpy.evaluation.CELEvalError'> CELEvalError(*('no such overload', <class 'TypeError'>, ('<class \'celpy.evaluation.CELEvalError\'> CELEvalError(*(\'undeclared reference to "name \\\'__main__\\\' is not defined" (in container ())\', <class \'NameError\'>, ("name \'__main__\' is not defined",))) and <class \'celpy.evaluation.CELEvalError\'> CELEvalError(*(\'undeclared reference to "name \\\'__main__\\\' is not defined" (in container ())\', <class \'NameError\'>, ("name \'__main__\' is not defined",)))',))) or <class 'celpy.evaluation.CELEvalError'> CELEvalError(*('undeclared reference to "name \'__main__\' is not defined" (in container ())', <class 'NameError'>, ("name '__main__' is not defined",)))

I dumped out the source from the compiled runner:

# conditionaland:
ex_2_l = lambda activation: celpy.evaluation.bool_eq(celpy.evaluation.function_size(activation.items), celpy.celtypes.IntType(1))
ex_2_r = lambda activation: celpy.evaluation.bool_eq(__main__.lower(activation.meta.get('device')), celpy.celtypes.StringType('tablet'))
ex_2 = lambda activation: celpy.celtypes.logical_and(celpy.evaluation.result(activation, ex_2_l), celpy.evaluation.result(activation, ex_2_r))
CEL = celpy.evaluation.result(base_activation, ex_2)

Internal error: CELEvalError(*('undeclared reference to "name \'__main__\' is not defined" (in container ())', <class 'NameError'>, ("name '__main__' is not defined",)))

This also happens when you use a lambda rather than referencing a function.

Looks like this may not be referencing the function correctly? Happy to assist if you want to point me in the right direction for resolution, or if this is an error on my part please let me know.

Thanks

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