[perl #76664] [BUG] Null PMC access involving reverse causality when calling a method with s/// syntax in it in Rakudo

[Will Coleda via RT]

On Thu Jul 22 09:58:56 2010, masak wrote:
> <masak> rakudo: class A { method pack($_) { s/c// }};
> A.new.pack("ccc") # discovered by cono++
> <p6eval> rakudo 220b67: OUTPUT«Null PMC access in find_method('new') [...]
> * masak submits rakudobug
> 
> Remove the s/c//, and everything works. Remove .pack("ccc"), and
> everything works. How is it that the .pack call participates in
> causing an error related to finding .new ?

21:44 < [Coke]> rakudo: class A { method pack($_) { s/c// }}; A.new.pack("ccc") 
                # discovered by cono++
21:44 <+p6eval> rakudo 7f5c22: OUTPUT«Cannot modify readonly value␤  in 
                '&infix:<=>' at line 1␤  in 'A::pack' at line 
                22:/tmp/HIyuNvbnYe␤  in main program body at line 
                22:/tmp/HIyuNvbnYe␤»

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Will "Coke" Coleda