Thank you for the prompt response. I'll review the JVM script provided, it may run!
Since the feature isn't finished, is there a way to generate a MOAR file I can provide my users which "just runs" but doesn't include the secret sauce? or is this an unreasonable expectation? On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 12:00 PM, Pepe Schwarz via RT < perl6-bugs-follo...@perl.org> wrote: > On Tue Oct 18 18:07:05 2016, data...@gmail.com wrote: > > perl6 --target=jvm --ll-exception --output=guess.jar guess.p6 > > > > > > java.lang.NullPointerException > > > > in command_eval (gen/jvm/stage2/NQPHLL.nqp:1217) > > > > in command_eval (src/Perl6/Compiler.nqp:27) > > > > in command_line (gen/jvm/stage2/NQPHLL.nqp:1181) > > > > in MAIN (gen/jvm/main.nqp:47) > > > > in <mainline> (gen/jvm/main.nqp:38) > > > > in (gen/jvm/main.nqp) > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 4:43 PM, Elizabeth Mattijsen via RT < > > perl6-bugs-follo...@perl.org> wrote: > > > > > What happens if you add --ll-exception to the command line? > > > > > > > On 18 Oct 2016, at 05:42, Felipe Valdes (via RT) < > > > perl6-bugs-follo...@perl.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > # New Ticket Created by Felipe Valdes > > > > # Please include the string: [perl #129909] > > > > # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. > > > > # <URL: https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=129909 > > > > > > > > > > > > > I want my clients to be able to run jar files > > > > generated by the perl6 command: > > > > > > > > The program: > > > > > > > > my $num = (1..100).pick; > > > > > > > > my $guess_count = 0; > > > > > > > > > > > > loop { > > > > > > > > my $guess = prompt("guess"); > > > > > > > > if $guess == $num { > > > > > > > > say "Well done"; > > > > > > > > last; > > > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > if $guess > $num { > > > > > > > > say "Lower"; > > > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > if $guess < $num { > > > > > > > > say "Higher"; > > > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > if $guess_count == 7 { > > > > > > > > say "you suck!"; > > > > > > > > last; > > > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > $guess_count++; > > > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > > > > the compilation command: > > > > > > > > perl6 --target=jvm --output=guess.jar guess.p6 > > > > > > > > > > > > the result: > > > > > > > > ===SORRY!=== > > > > > > > > java.lang.NullPointerException > > > > > > > > > > > > The version: > > > > > > > > This is Rakudo version 2016.10-9-g906719c built on JVM > > > > > > > > implementing Perl 6.c. > > > > > > > > > > > > I think the error message is less than awesome. > > > > > > > > > > > > Felipes-MacBook-Pro:backend2 a$ perl6 --stagestats --target=jvm > > > > --output=guess.jar guess.p6 > > > > > > > > Stage start : 0.000 > > > > > > > > Stage parse : 3.405 > > > > > > > > Stage syntaxcheck: 0.001 > > > > > > > > Stage ast : 0.001 > > > > > > > > Stage optimize : 0.140 > > > > > > > > Stage jast : 0.395 > > > > > > > > Stage classfile : 0.081 > > > > > > > > Stage jar : 0.000 > > > > > > > > Stage jvm : 0.006 > > > > > > > > ===SORRY!=== > > > > > > > > java.lang.NullPointerException > > > > > > > > Felipes-MacBook-Pro:backend2 a$ > > > > > > > > > > > The feature you're asking for does not exist at the moment. > > You can get the precompiled compilation unit of a Perl 6 program as a .jar > with C<--target=jar>, but that doesn't help you, because it a compilation > unit that can be understood by a Rakudo executable, not a jar file that can > be understood by any JVM. > > The file at [1] is a shell script that includes the step that will > eventually be integrated into the perl6 binary to generate a self-contained > jar file from Perl 6 code, albeit in the simplest way possible. That is, > bundle the whole interpreter and make that run a predefined compilation > unit. There is a corresponding Rakudo branch > > Note though that the branch hasn't been updated in quite a while and might > not necessarily merge cleanly against current HEAD. > > [1] https://github.com/perl6/nqp/blob/standalone-jar/tools/jvm/ > one-jar-script.sh >
