Re: [perl #127091] Newline Before Commas Results in 'Bogus Statement' Error

[Elizabeth Mattijsen]

> On 30 Dec 2015, at 17:32, Zoffix Znet (via RT) <perl6-bugs-follo...@perl.org> 
> wrote:
> 
> # New Ticket Created by  Zoffix Znet 
> # Please include the string:  [perl #127091]
> # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. 
> # <URL: https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=127091 >
> 
> 
> In the output below, you can see that inserting a new line before the comma 
> results in an error. 
> 
> Mentioned it here too: http://irclog.perlgeek.de/perl6/2015-12-30#i_11804178
> 
> <ZoffixW> m: my @c = ( [{foo => 'bar'},],);
> <camelia> rakudo-moar d08e04: ( no output )
> <ZoffixW> m: my @c = ( [{foo => 'bar'}          ,],);
> <camelia> rakudo-moar d08e04: ( no output )
> <ZoffixW> m: my @c = ( [{foo => 'bar'}␤,],);
> <camelia> rakudo-moar d08e04: OUTPUT«===SORRY!=== Error while compiling 
> /tmp/4i3gP6j3p1␤Bogus statement␤at /tmp/4i3gP6j3p1:2␤------> my @c = ( [{foo 
> => 'bar'}⏏<EOL>␤    expecting any of:␤        prefix␤        statement end␤   
>      term␤»
> <ZoffixW> m: my @c = ( [{foo => 'bar'}     ␤    ,],);
> <camelia> rakudo-moar d08e04: OUTPUT«===SORRY!=== Error while compiling 
> /tmp/ClpK2AcBTF␤Bogus statement␤at /tmp/ClpK2AcBTF:2␤------> my @c = ( [{foo 
> => 'bar'}⏏     ␤    expecting any of:␤        prefix␤        statement end␤   
>      term␤»

I concur with timotimo, this is ENOTABUG, but a WAT!

A closing brace at the end of a line (with or without whitespace) is equivalent 
to a ; *ALWAYS*.  And thus the statement becomes bogus.


Can be closed afaiac .



Liz