"using assembly" can't find assembly in scriptdir on non-Windows because of bug in Parser.cs line:5136

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Steps to reproduce

create an assembly and run a script with the following content:

using assembly mydll.dll
[mydll.mytype]

Expected behavior

no errors

Actual behavior

ParserError: /Users/james/bin/testit.ps1:1
Line |
   1 |  using assembly mydll.dll
     |                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     | Cannot load assembly 'mydll.dll'.

Error details

line 5136:

assemblyFileName = workingDirectory + @"\" + assemblyFileName

on a Unix System, \ is not a directory separator but a valid filename character.

The fix is:

assemblyFileName = Path.Combine(workingDirectory, assemblyFileName);

Environment data

> $psversiontable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.4.0
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.4.0
OS                             Darwin 23.3.0 Darwin Kernel Version 23.3.0: Wed Dec 20 21:28:58 PST 2023; root:xnu-10002.81.5~7/RELEASE_X86_64
Platform                       Unix
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

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"using assembly" can't find assembly in scriptdir on non-Windows because of bug in Parser.cs line:5136 #21161

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