BTW this is nothing to do with -e. It happens if you do the same thing in a file. Auto-usage is broken in general *%variables but esp broken when they have a 0 length variable name.
On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 2:25 PM Lloyd Fournier <perl6-bugs-follo...@perl.org> wrote: > # New Ticket Created by Lloyd Fournier > # Please include the string: [perl #127621] > # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. > # <URL: https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=127621 > > > > perl6 -e 'sub MAIN($foo,*%) { }' > > Usage: > > -e '...' [--<(HANDLED) Start argument to substr out of range. Is: 1, > should be in 0..0; use *1 if you want to index relative to the end > in block <unit> at -e line 1 > >=...] <foo> >
