Oops! My message above went to the wrong ticket, see RT#55782 for
that case.
As for RT#54116 (this ticket) -- I do not get a segfault when
running r27472 on my system (kubuntu 8.04, x86). Nor do I get
a segfault on the current head (r28833).
However, if someone wants to generate standalone PIR
Some updates as of r28833, (kubuntu 8.04, x86)
Simple ranges seem to work:
$ ./parrot perl6.pbc -e '1..1000' # works
$ ./parrot perl6.pbc -e 'say 1..1000' # works
The original test case segfaults after 214 iterations:
$ cat x
for 1..1000 -> $a { say $a }
$ ./parrot perl6.pbc