On Mon, 27 Feb 2017 00:21:17 -0800, zef...@fysh.org wrote: > > say "a"; "a" + 2; say "b" > a > > "a" + 2 > Cannot convert string to number: base-10 number must begin with valid > digits or '.' in '^a' (indicated by ^) > in block <unit> at <unknown file> line 1 > > In both of these cases the addition signals an exception, terminating > the evaluation phase of the repl. But the exception is only reported > in > the second case. The behaviour in the first case, with the exception > going unreported, is quite confusing in any case less obvious than > this example. The criterion determining whether the exception gets > reported is whether the evaluation has sent anything to the output > stream. > This is obviously the same logic that's being used to suppress > printing > the result of evaluation: it's OK to suppress that, but silly to also > suppress error reports. > > -zefram
Thank you for the report. This is now fixed. Fix: https://github.com/rakudo/rakudo/commit/db70a1fda8 Tests: https://github.com/rakudo/rakudo/commit/db70a1fda8
