[perl #73160] [BUG] [WEIRD] Rakudo can't parse 'my$my.say' (but STD.pm can)

[Will Coleda via RT]

On Sat Feb 27 06:14:55 2010, masak wrote:
> <masak> std: my$my
> <p6eval> std 29873: OUTPUT«ok 00:01 105m␤»
> <masak> rakudo: my$my
> <jnthn> wtf does it parse that as?
> <p6eval> rakudo c83cf2:  ( no output )
> <jnthn> eww!
> <masak> it works.
> <masak> std: my$my.say
> <jnthn> Yeah, I think I know why too.
> <p6eval> std 29873: OUTPUT«ok 00:01 105m␤»
> <masak> rakudo: my$my.say
> <p6eval> rakudo c83cf2: OUTPUT«Confused at line 11, near "my$my.say" [...]
> * masak submits rakudobug

The expected result here is not obvious to me.  I wouldn't expect "my $my.say" 
to work, with 
or without the space..

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Will "Coke" Coleda