[perl #119751] [NYI] Rakudo bails out on 'constant \a' (but STD doesn't)

[Carl Mäsak]

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<jnthn> r: class B { constant \a = 3; }; say B::a
<camelia> rakudo 69c3cc: OUTPUT«===SORRY!=== Error while compiling
/tmp/TcPFGgMLLY␤Missing initializer on constant declaration␤at
/tmp/TcPFGgMLLY:1␤------> class B { constant ⏏\a = 3; } [...]
<jnthn> r: class B { constant a = 3; }; say B::a
<camelia> rakudo 69c3cc: OUTPUT«3␤»
<masak> std: class B { constant \a = 3 }
<camelia> std 7c17586: OUTPUT«ok 00:00 43m␤»
<masak> jnthn: weird way to write it, but should be OK, no?
<jnthn> I think we didn't pull in the defterm stuff from STD yet...
* masak submits rakudobug