[perl #78056] compiling a script to PIR makes it lose its ability to handle command line arguments

[Will Coleda via RT]

On Sun Sep 26 08:05:13 2010, moritz wrote:
> works fine directly:
> 
> $ cat args.pl
> say @*ARGS.perl;
> say @*ARGS.join('|');
> $ ./perl6 args.pl foo bar 123
> ["foo", "bar", "123"]
> foo|bar|123
> 
> # but beware of compilation:
> $ ./perl6 --target=pir args.pl > args.pir
> $ ./parrot_install/bin/parrot args.pir foo bar
> []
> 
> $
> 
> Compiled to pbc or to an executable it doesn't work either.
> 
> Found by Grimnir_++ on #perl6.
> 
> Cheers,
> Moritz

with a recent rakudo/parrot, the pir version now says:

Contextual $*ST not found



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Will "Coke" Coleda