> On 28 May 2017, at 20:56, brian d foy (via RT) <perl6-bugs-follo...@perl.org> > wrote: > > # New Ticket Created by "brian d foy" > # Please include the string: [perl #131392] > # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. > # <URL: https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=131392 > > > > It looks like %() with no characters between the parens creates a > Map, but if there's at least one character between the parens, it > creates a Hash. I figure all of these should create a Hash: > > my %hash = %(); > put '1: ', %hash.^name; # 1: Hash > > my $hash-empty = %(); > put '2: ', $hash-empty.^name; # 2: Map > > my $hash-space = %( ); > put '3: ', $hash-space.^name; # 3: Hash
FWIW, I have not been able to reproduce it, not on 2017.04.3 or HEAD or even 2015.12. So I find all of this rather strange :-)
