On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Moritz Lenz <mor...@faui2k3.org> wrote:
> Am 11.07.2012 09:55, schrieb Gabor Szabo:
>
>> I wonder if the first one is a bug:
>>
>>
>> use v6;
>> my @x = (
>> { a => 1}
>> {b => 2 }
>> );
>> say @x.perl;
>>
>> prints Array.new({"b" => 2})
>
>
> This is actually correct. It parses as
>
>
> my @x = ( {a => 1}; {b => 2} );
>
> Which is roughly the same as
>
> my @x = ( do { {a => 1}; {b => 2} });
>
> In general, a semicolon can be omitted after a closing bracket before the
> end of the line. That's why you don't need a semicolon after
>
> if $condition {
> say 'something';
>
> }
>
>
>> Almost the same code:
>>
>> use v6;
>> my @x = (
>> { a => 1} {b => 2 }
>> );
>> say @x.perl;
>>
>> ===SORRY!===
>> Malformed initializer
>
>
> Niezca has a better error message:
>
> Unexpected block in infix position (two terms in a row, or previous
> statement missing semicolon?)
Thanks for the explanation.
This means the newline matters.
Gabor
