[perl #74656] [BUG] A variable containing a Sub doesn't stringify properly if preceded by '&' in Rakudo

[Will Coleda via RT]

On Thu Jan 20 18:47:56 2011, coke wrote:
> On Sun Apr 25 07:24:21 2010, masak wrote:
> > <JimmyZ> rakudo: my $b = &time; say &$b;
> > <p6eval> rakudo e393c7: OUTPUT«␤»
> > <JimmyZ> alpha: my $b = &time; say &$b;
> > <p6eval> alpha 30e0ed: OUTPUT«time␤»
> > <masak> JimmyZ: I can't say anything about that one.
> > <masak> JimmyZ: stringification of subs may well be implementation-
> > dependent.
> > <JimmyZ> alpha: my $b = &time; say $b;
> > <p6eval> alpha 30e0ed: OUTPUT«time␤»
> > <JimmyZ> rakudo: my $b = &time; say $b;
> > <p6eval> rakudo e393c7: OUTPUT«time␤»
> > <masak> oh.
> > * masak submits rakudobug
> > <masak> :)
> > * jnthn is a tad confused what the &$ combination is doing.
> > <jnthn> As in, what it should do.
> 
> This now complains:
> 
> > my $b = &time; say &$b;
> Non-declarative sigil is missing its name at line 1, near "&$b;\n"
> 

New behavior:

22:34 <[Coke]> rakudo: my $b = &time; say &$b;
22:34 <p6eval> rakudo a41a48: OUTPUT«Nil␤»

-- 
Will "Coke" Coleda