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-rw-r--r--tvix/eval/src/compiler/mod.rs6
-rw-r--r--tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/eval-okay-nested-thunks.exp1
-rw-r--r--tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/eval-okay-nested-thunks.nix7
3 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/compiler/mod.rs b/tvix/eval/src/compiler/mod.rs
index 2ae010ada6ed..e3cb15032a14 100644
--- a/tvix/eval/src/compiler/mod.rs
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/compiler/mod.rs
@@ -1256,6 +1256,12 @@ pub fn compile(
 
     c.compile(None, expr);
 
+    // The final operation of any top-level Nix program must always be
+    // `OpForce`. A thunk should not be returned to the user in an
+    // unevaluated state (though in practice, a value *containing* a
+    // thunk might be returned).
+    c.chunk().push_op(OpCode::OpForce);
+
     Ok(CompilationOutput {
         lambda: c.contexts.pop().unwrap().lambda,
         warnings: c.warnings,
diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/eval-okay-nested-thunks.exp b/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/eval-okay-nested-thunks.exp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d81cc0710eb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/eval-okay-nested-thunks.exp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+42
diff --git a/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/eval-okay-nested-thunks.nix b/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/eval-okay-nested-thunks.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..133929dd1961
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tvix/eval/src/tests/tvix_tests/eval-okay-nested-thunks.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# If a thunk yields another thunk, OpForce should keep forcing until
+# there is a value.
+let
+  a = b;
+  b = c;
+  c = 42;
+in a