[perl #77270] [BUG] LTA error message when misspelling type names in signatures in Rakudo

[Carl Mäsak]

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<masak> rakudo: sub foo(--> NoSuchType) { say "OH HAI" }
<p6eval> rakudo b64718: OUTPUT«===SORRY!===␤Unable to parse
postcircumfix:sym<( )>, couldn't find final ')' [...]
<masak> rakudo: class A { method foo(--> NoSuchType) { say "OH HAI" } }
<p6eval> rakudo b64718: OUTPUT«===SORRY!===␤Malformed method at line
22, near "foo(--> No"␤»
<masak> both these error messages could be improved to indicate the
actual problem.
<moritz_> agreed
* masak submits rakudobug
<masak> std: sub foo(--> NoSuchType) { say "OH HAI" }
<p6eval> std 32024: OUTPUT«===SORRY!===␤No type
found after --> [...]
<masak> std: class A { method foo(--> NoSuchType) { say "OH HAI" } }
<p6eval> std 32024: OUTPUT«===SORRY!===␤No type
found after --> [...]
<masak> 'No type found' isn't spot on either, but it's much better.