`go` fails to compile expressions with literal `nil` as a let value

Question

Minimal repro:

clojure.core.async=> (fn [] (go
                              (let [a nil
                                    foo (identity a)]
                                (<! foo))))
CompilerException java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to resolve symbol: a in this context, compiling:(NO_SOURCE_PATH:1207:41)


*Patch*: 0001-ASYNC-212-fix-expressions-with-nil-local.patch

Answer 1

Comment made by: bronsa

Looks like a dupe of ASYNC-92, except the patch in that ticket no longer applies

Answer 2

Reference: https://clojure.atlassian.net/browse/ASYNC-212 (reported by bronsa)