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<lizmat_> r: sub a (:$b) {say $b}; a(:b<foo>) # this works
<camelia> rakudo-parrot 1049b4, rakudo-jvm 1049b4: OUTPUT«foo»
<lizmat_> r: sub a (:$b($c)) {say $c}; a(:b<foo>) # this doesn't, but should?
<camelia> rakudo-jvm 1049b4: OUTPUT«Flattening named argument must
have VMHash REPR»
<camelia> ..rakudo-parrot 1049b4: OUTPUT«Not enough positional
parameters passed; got 0 but expected 1 in sub-signature of parameter
$b [...]
<lizmat_> std: sub a (:$b($c)) {say $c}; a(:b<foo>)
<camelia> std 3b262af: OUTPUT«ok 00:01 128m»
<lizmat_> Am I doing something wrong with the expanded pair syntax as
described in [Coke]'s blogpost
<masak> r: sub a (:b($c)) {say $c}; a(:b<foo>)
<camelia> rakudo-parrot 1049b4, rakudo-jvm 1049b4: OUTPUT«foo»
<masak> I think the :$b($c) form should either Just Work
<masak> or have a much better error message.
<masak> (and S06 will probably know which)
* masak submits rakudobug
<lizmat_> ah, now I see it :-), thanks masak++
<masak> (also, the fact that Rakudo JVM gives something different is
suspect in itself)
<lizmat_> indeed
