[perl #113628] [BUG] Internal Parrot error when doing a hyper-mutate-flip on an array

[Will Coleda via RT]

On Wed Jun 13 23:13:01 2012, masak wrote:
> <sorear> p6: @*ARGS ».=« flip
> <p6eval> ..rakudo 90333b: OUTPUT«===SORRY!===␤ResizablePMCArray: Can't
> shift from an empty array!␤»
> <sorear> hey, I broke Rakudo
> * masak submits sorear's ResizablePMCArray rakudobug
> <sorear> o/ masakbot
> * masak bobs in mid-air
> <masak> r: (my @) ».=« flip
> <p6eval> rakudo 90333b: OUTPUT«===SORRY!===␤ResizablePMCArray: Can't
> shift from an empty array!␤»
> <masak> I'm tryin' to figger out what ».=« means, semantically.
> <masak> so, infix:<.=> is an operator that makes the rhs a bit special.
> <masak> 'flip' is still a method.
> <sorear> masak: I vote for 'nothing'
> <sorear> actually, I somewhat think .= should be treated syntactically
> as an adverb
> <sorear> accepted in infix position but otherwise parses as a postfix

Error message has changed, and no longer exposing an internal parrot error.

23:26 <[Coke]> r: (my @) ».=« flip
23:26 <p6eval> rakudo 8230ae: OUTPUT«===SORRY!===␤Error while compiling block : 
               Error while compiling op call: Error while compiling block : 
               Error while compiling op call: Error while compiling op 
               callmethod: Method call node requires at least one child␤»


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Will "Coke" Coleda