[perl #68518] [BUG] Null PMC access when not finding the ICU library inside a try block in Rakudo

[Carl Mäsak]

# New Ticket Created by  "Carl Mäsak" 
# Please include the string:  [perl #68518]
# in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. 
# <URL: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=68518 >


$ svn info # Parrot
[...]
Revision: 40543

$ git show # Rakudo
commit 0d4fe08d2e6f249211a33a8f9b122599fadbe862

$ perl6 -e 'my $x = "\x[5ea]\x[5ea]"; $x++; say $x.perl'
no ICU lib loaded
in Main (<unknown>:1)

$ perl6 -e 'my $x = "\x[5ea]\x[5ea]"; $x++; say try { $x.perl }'
Null PMC access in type()
in Main (<unknown>:1)

$ perl6 -e 'my $x = "\x[5ea]\x[5ea]"; $x++; my $y = try { $x.perl }'
Null PMC access in isa()
in Main (<unknown>:1)