On Fri Aug 06 04:18:42 2010, lithos wrote:
> Hi!
>
> The Rakudo REPL terminates when the result of the given expression is
> a Failure
> object, e.g. from an exception that is raised within an 'eval'.
>
> I would expect the REPL to print an error message and continue.
>
> Lithos
>
> This is Rakudo Perl 6, version 2010.07-84-g0e5edb5 built on parrot
> 2.6.0 r48225
>
> $ ./perl6
> > die
> Died
>
> > eval 'die'
> ===SORRY!===
> Died
>
> (terminates)
> $
>
>
> Can also be demonstrated by directly constructing a Failure:
>
> $ ./perl6
> > Failure.new("OH NO!")
> ===SORRY!===
> Method 'handled' not found for invocant of class 'Str'
> (terminates)
> $
This no longer occurs:
$ ./perl6
> die
> eval "die"
> Failure.new("OH NO!");
Failure.new(exception => "OH NO!")
>
(all in the same REPL session.)
marking as needing tests.
--
Will "Coke" Coleda
