[perl #126969] [BUG] Smartmatching against a regex in a variable doesn't capture things into $/ in Rakudo

[Carl Mäsak]

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<masak> m: say so "foo" ~~ /f(oo)/; say ~$0
<camelia> rakudo-moar 091ee7: OUTPUT«True␤oo␤»
<masak> m: constant $R = /f(oo)/; say so "foo" ~~ $R; say ~$0
<camelia> rakudo-moar 091ee7: OUTPUT«True␤Use of Nil in string context [...]
<masak> the last line not working is a regression (that I just
discovered in a test in a branch in 007)
<masak> is that intentional? feels to me that oughta work just fine.
<lucasb> m: my \rx = /f(oo)/; say so "foo" ~~ rx; say ~$0
<camelia> rakudo-moar 091ee7: OUTPUT«True␤Use of Nil in string context [...]
<lucasb> star: my \rx = /f(oo)/; say so "foo" ~~ rx; say ~$0
<camelia> star-m 2015.09: OUTPUT«True␤oo␤»
<lucasb> (just showing...)
<masak> well, with this one I kinda half-expect jnthn to pop up
(tomorrow) and say "that's a feature!" or "masak, you submitted an RT
thing that said it should be like that!" :P
* masak submits rakudobug