I'm trying to run the OSX build of the ComputeShader sample using the latest version of Kha/Kore

It is failing in /usr/local/lib/Kha/Kore/Backends/Graphics5/Metal/Sources/Kore/ComputeImpl.mm

Line 86: _function = [library newFunctionWithName:[NSString stringWithCString:name encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];

It is returning nil

Debugging shows the problem is the name of string being passed into the function, it contains a rogue character at the start: >test_comp_main (note the '>' symbol). If I hardcode the name without the symbol the sample project runs fine.

Can someone please confirm if this is reproducible or if there's something I'm missing?

Every good story needs to include a rogue character. Oh and I fixed that bug.

I see you have dispatched the villain. Good work. Thank you!

Any idea where the rogue character came from - is there an origin story?....

Oh, yes. I had to change the shader loading mechanism a little because I can not precompile and package the shaders in Krom. Normally Metal shaders are packaged with the executable but Krom is a runtime which loads its own kind of executables, so that doesn't work. The rogue character now marks an internal, precompiled shader.