From 80b5d84dc8ac1782ecb7ff43162fb515e8f6a9f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike J Innes <mike.j.innes@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2018 13:09:06 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fixes #20

---
 src/interpret.jl  | 2 +-
 test/interpret.jl | 7 +++++++
 test/stepping.jl  | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/interpret.jl b/src/interpret.jl
index 7510af04b35c2..28c2c229eb431 100644
--- a/src/interpret.jl
+++ b/src/interpret.jl
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ function _step_expr(frame, pc)
             if node.head == :(=)
                 lhs = node.args[1]
                 if isexpr(node.args[2], :new)
-                    new_expr = Expr(:new, map(x->lookup_var_if_var(frame, x), node.args[2].args)...)
+                    new_expr = Expr(:new, map(x->QuoteNode(lookup_var_if_var(frame, x)), node.args[2].args)...)
                     rhs = eval(frame.meth.module, new_expr)
                 else
                     rhs = (isexpr(node.args[2], :call) || isexpr(node.args[2], :foreigncall)) ? evaluate_call(frame, node.args[2]) :
diff --git a/test/interpret.jl b/test/interpret.jl
index 019e7a6e54242..f9b4f9b34b98b 100644
--- a/test/interpret.jl
+++ b/test/interpret.jl
@@ -67,4 +67,11 @@ end
 
 @assert step_through(enter_call_expr(:($(foo_sym)()))) == Symbol
 
+# Make sure evalling "new" works with symbols
 
+function new_sym()
+  a = :a
+  () -> a
+end
+
+step_through(enter_call_expr(:($new_sym())))
diff --git a/test/stepping.jl b/test/stepping.jl
index 1c7b1907312bf..e48f6edd90e95 100644
--- a/test/stepping.jl
+++ b/test/stepping.jl
@@ -206,4 +206,4 @@ try
     execute_command(state, state.stack[1], Val{:n}(), "n")
 catch e
     @assert isa(e, ErrorException)
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end