On Sat, 26 Nov 2016 13:19:50 -0800, alex.jakime...@gmail.com wrote:
> *Code:*
> sub foo(True) { say ‘ok’ };
> foo(False)
>
> *Result:*
> ok
>
>
> The reason for it is the following:
>
> *Code:*
> 42 ~~ True
>
> *Result:*
> Potential difficulties:
> Smartmatch against True always matches; if you mean to test the topic
> for truthiness, use :so or *.so or ?* instead
> at -e:1
> ------> 42 ~~ ⏏True
>
>
> So it is not a bug by itself, it's just how smartmatching works. But we
> should definitely print a warning there (or maybe even a compile-time
> error?).
>
>
> IRC log: https://irclog.perlgeek.de/perl6/2016-11-26#i_13632723 and
> specifically https://irclog.perlgeek.de/perl6/2016-11-26#i_13632798
Thank you for the report. This is now fixed.
Fix: https://github.com/rakudo/rakudo/commit/b01dfcda90
Tests: https://github.com/perl6/roast/commit/7095892afe
