On Sat May 25 22:32:15 2013, pmichaud wrote:
> On Sat May 25 21:13:26 2013, coke wrote:
> > 23:54 < [Coke]> r: for 1..10 { my $a = 3; FIRST { say $a} }
> > 23:54 <+camelia> rakudo 45ae2d: OUTPUT«(Any)»
> >
> > I would expect that to output "3".
> >
>
> Since the FIRST block is invoked before the assignment/initialization,
> the output of "Any" seems correct.
>
> For example:
>
> > for 1..5 { my $a; FIRST { $a = 3 }; say $a }
> 3
> (Any)
> (Any)
> (Any)
> (Any)
> >
>
> Thus the FIRST block sees the correct lexical $a... it's just executing
> before the initialization.
>
> Pm
Spec agress with you: "at loop initialization time, before any ENTER"
I expected it to mean "the FIRST time a block is executed".
My workaround was to use a lexical to track if it was the first time through
the loop or not;
will stick with that.
Sadly, Rejecting ticket.
--
Will "Coke" Coleda
