# New Ticket Created by "Carl Mäsak"
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<jaffa4> m: class m { has $.a; method m1() { $::<!a"> = 1; } }
; my $c = m.new(); $c.m1();
<camelia> rakudo-moar 27f88c: OUTPUT«===SORRY!===MVMArray: Index out
of bounds»
<ShimmerFairy> m: my $a; ::<$a> = 5; say $a
<camelia> rakudo-moar 27f88c: OUTPUT«5»
<ShimmerFairy> m: my $a; $::<a> = 5; say $a
<camelia> rakudo-moar 27f88c: OUTPUT«===SORRY!===MVMArray: Index out
of bounds»
<FROGGS> ShimmerFairy: yeah, should probably do the same as $::("a")
<ShimmerFairy> m: my $a; $::{"a"} = 5; say $a # also broken, at least to me
<camelia> rakudo-moar 27f88c: OUTPUT«===SORRY!===MVMArray: Index out
of bounds»
<masak> m: $::<a>
<camelia> rakudo-moar 27f88c: OUTPUT«===SORRY!===MVMArray: Index out
of bounds»
* masak submits rakudobug
Whether the $a exists in the scope or not, the "Index out of bounds"
error arguably shouldn't occur in either of those cases. It's OK for
the lookup to fail, but preferably in a more explanatory way.
