On Sun Aug 09 09:36:23 2015, drf...@pobox.com wrote:
> This code was copied from perl5's Carp module and crudely translated -
> read: hacksaw, blowtorch and hammer applied until code compiled. I know
> what it used to do in perl5, what it gets up to in perl6 is anyone's
> guess, but it appears to be *bad*. I'm not sure that it *should* compile
> in Perl6, but it certainly shouldn't cause the compiler to bail. And
> yes, I'm running on latest moarVM.
>
> I'm certain that Perl6 classes and namespaces now work in an entirely
> different fashion. I was just copying over Carp.pm to get its interface
> to a new directory, and ran across this particular gem.
>
> --cut here--
> sub _fetch_sub {
> %::{'$pack'};
> }
> --cut here--
>
> I should note in passing that it's the compile stage that's tripping up,
> as there's nothing that invokes _fetch_sub() in the script. The error
> suggests that the MoarVM compiler is walking off the end of an array
> somewhere.
>
> --cut here--
> ===SORRY!===
> MVMArray: Index out of bounds
> --cut here--
This now errors with:
===SORRY!=== Error while compiling /Users/williamcoleda/sandbox/rakudo/foo.p6
Variable '%' is not declared
at /Users/williamcoleda/sandbox/rakudo/foo.p6:2
------> ⏏%::{'$pack'};
Which seems reasonable. Can we close this ticket (perhaps with tests?)
--
Will "Coke" Coleda
