platformio/platformio-core

Warning when extending from own env

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#5,096 opened on Mar 3, 2025

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Description

PlatformIO Core, version 6.1.17

[base]
extends = base

Please don't ask how I found out, but this code results in pio being stuck without any warning

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Research direction
Investigate the configuration parsing logic for the 'extends' keyword. Look for handling of circular references or self references. Identify where the infinite loop occurs and add a warning or break condition.
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