[perl #112788] [BUG] Strange internal error when a Rat is raised to a very large power in Rakudo

[Will Coleda via RT]

On Wed May 29 19:36:59 2013, coke wrote:
> On Sat Nov 17 15:36:41 2012, coke wrote:
> > On Sun May 06 09:53:31 2012, masak wrote:
> > > <moritz> r: say 1.0000001 ** (10 ** 9)
> > > <p6eval> rakudo d9fd17: OUTPUT«Nominal type check failed for
> > > parameter
> > > '$nu'; expected Int but got Num instead␤  in sub DIVIDE_NUMBERS at
> > > src/gen/CORE.setting [...]
> > > <colomon> that's a legit rakudo bug
> > > <moritz> aye
> > > * moritz leaves it to masak++
> > > * masak submits it
> >
> > This no longer errors, but seems to be doing... a lot of somethings.
> >
> > ... Now what?
> 
> Erroring again:
> 
> 22:36 < [Coke]> r: say 1.0000001 ** (10 ** 9)
> 22:36 <+camelia> rakudo 8a0859: OUTPUT«Nominal type check failed for
> parameter
>                  'nu'; expected Int but got Num instead␤  in sub
> DIVIDE_NUMBERS
>                  at src/gen/CORE.setting:7990␤  in sub infix:<**> at
>                  src/gen/CORE.setting:8131␤  in sub infix:<**> at
>                  src/gen/CORE.setting:3020␤  in block  at
> /tmp/GbNF6TmPgz:1␤␤»…


This is back to hanging again, which I think is the "correct" behavior - how to 
test this? put it in a timer so that if doesn't error in 5s, we kill it and 
call it good?


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Will "Coke" Coleda