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subset Letter of Str where { $_ =~ /^ <[a..z]> $/ }; my $first_letter = 'a'; say $first_letter; my Letter $second_letter = 'a'; say $second_letter; sub doit (Letter $letter) { say $letter; } doit('a'); That outputs (_block69 is the second 'say' and the 'Cannot assign' is the sub call): a _block69 Cannot assign to readonly variable. current instr.: 'die' pc 14740 (src/builtins/control.pir:204) called from Sub 'infix:=' pc 13106 (src/builtins/assign.pir:24) called from Sub '_block62' pc 310 (EVAL_14:128) called from Sub '!SUBTYPE_ACCEPTS' pc 15909 (src/builtins/guts.pir:237) called from Sub '!TYPECHECKPARAM' pc 15676 (src/builtins/guts.pir:128) called from Sub 'doit' pc 527 (EVAL_14:212) called from Sub '_block14' pc 200 (EVAL_14:83) called from Sub '!UNIT_START' pc 16073 (src/builtins/guts.pir:327) called from Sub 'parrot;PCT;HLLCompiler;eval' pc 892 (src/PCT/HLLCompiler.pir:508) called from Sub 'parrot;PCT;HLLCompiler;evalfiles' pc 1217 (src/PCT/HLLCompiler.pir:669) called from Sub 'parrot;PCT;HLLCompiler;command_line' pc 1398 (src/PCT/HLLCompiler.pir:759) called from Sub 'parrot;Perl6;Compiler;main' pc 18981 (perl6.pir:162) perl6(8003) malloc: *** error for object 0x2bcc680: double free *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug My info: $ svn info; uname -a Path: . URL: https://svn.perl.org/parrot/trunk Repository Root: https://svn.perl.org/parrot Repository UUID: d31e2699-5ff4-0310-a27c-f18f2fbe73fe Revision: 34446 Node Kind: directory Schedule: normal Last Changed Author: kjs Last Changed Rev: 34446 Last Changed Date: 2008-12-27 21:17:55 +0000 (Sat, 27 Dec 2008) Darwin curtis-poes-computer-3.local 9.5.1 Darwin Kernel Version 9.5.1: Fri Sep 19 16:19:24 PDT 2008; root:xnu-1228.8.30~1/RELEASE_I386 i386 -- Buy the book - http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlhks/ Tech blog - http://use.perl.org/~Ovid/journal/ Twitter - http://twitter.com/OvidPerl Official Perl 6 Wiki - http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl6