[perl #78258] [BUG] %*ENV doesn't work from within a use'd module in Rakudo

[Will Coleda via RT]

On Wed Oct 06 16:01:03 2010, masak wrote:
> mberends++ reports the following bug:
> 
> $ cat testenv.pm6
> 
> print 'Test existence of %*ENV<PERL6LIB>: ';
> print %*ENV.exists('PERL6LIB');
> say " OK, still alive";
> 
> $ rakudo testenv.pm6
> 
> Test existence of %*ENV<PERL6LIB>: Bool::True OK, still alive
> 
> $ rakudo -e 'use testenv'
> 
> Test existence of %*ENV<PERL6LIB>: Method 'exists' not found for
> invocant of class 'Failure'
>   in main program body at line 2:testlib.pm6
> 
> ...
> 
> In other words, %*ENV doesn't exist early enough for it to work within
> a use'd module.

This works now:

$ PERL6LIB=masak ./perl6 testenv.pm6 
Test existence of %*ENV<PERL6LIB>: True OK, still alive
$ PERL6LIB=masak ./perl6 -I. -e  "use testenv"
Test existence of %*ENV<PERL6LIB>: True OK, still alive

Closable with tests.


-- 
Will "Coke" Coleda