[perl #77174] [BUG] "maximum recursion depth exceeded" from: my @a //= (3); @a.perl.say;

[Will Coleda via RT]

On Wed Aug 11 13:25:39 2010, ronaldxs wrote:
>   The variant my @a ||= (3); @a.perl.say; outputs something reasonable.
> 
> Ron

Still happening:

12:11 < [Coke]> rakudo:  my @a //= (3); @a.perl.say;
12:11 <+p6eval> rakudo f6eb61: OUTPUT«maximum recursion depth exceeded␤Method
                'dispatch:<.?>' not found for invocant of class
                'Integer'␤current instr.: 'is-hidden' pc 817656
                (src/gen/CORE.setting.pir:224638) (src/gen/CORE.setting:5921)␤»
12:12 < [Coke]> rakudo:  my @a ||= (3); @a.perl.say;
12:12 <+p6eval> rakudo f6eb61: OUTPUT«Array.new(3)␤»

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Will "Coke" Coleda