[perl #114760] [BUG] Minus thirteen billion years ago becomes minus 115 million years ago in DateTime.new in Rakudo

[Will Coleda via RT]

On Wed Sep 05 04:56:22 2012, masak wrote:
> <masak> r: say Date.new(-13_000_000_000, 1, 1)
> <p6eval> rakudo cc1858: OUTPUT«-115098112-01-01␤»
> <masak> o.O
> <masak> I suppose -115098112 above is a bug?
> <masak> r: say -13_000_000_000
> <p6eval> rakudo cc1858: OUTPUT«-13000000000␤»
> * masak submits rakudobug

This seems consistent with trying to use a value that is too big for an Int 
(which $.year is); are 
you arguing that this should throw an error, that an Int $.year should 
autopromote to something 
else, or that $.year should be declared as something else?

-- 
Will "Coke" Coleda