> On 22 Feb 2016, at 22:51, (via RT) <perl6-bugs-follo...@perl.org> wrote:
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> Code sample:
>
> my $anon = -> $x, $y {return $x * $y};
>
> say $anon(3,7);
>
> Produces this output:
>
> Attempt to return outside of any Routine
> in block <unit> at simple.pl6 line 3
>
>
> Since anonymous subroutine returns the product of the two numbers,
> one would think that a "return" would be acceptable within the code.
A pointy block (-> { }) or Callable is *not* a subroutine. Therefore the error
message is correct.
You can either make it an anonymous sub:
$ 6 'my $anon = sub ($x, $y) {return $x * $y}; say $anon(3,7)’
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Or you can just leave it as the last value:
$ 6 'my $anon = -> $x, $y {$x * $y}; say $anon(3,7)’
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This ticket can be closed as ENOTABUG, as far as I am concerned.
Liz
