Re: [perl #102416] list assignment to natively typed variables blows up

[Elizabeth Mattijsen]

On 27 Oct 2013, at 23:10, Will Coleda via RT <perl6-bugs-follo...@perl.org> 
wrote:
> On Fri Oct 28 03:10:51 2011, moritz wrote:
>> 12:09 < moritz> nom: my int $x; my int $y; ($x, $y) = (5, 6); say $x
>> 12:09 <+p6eval> nom 642e78: OUTPUT«Cannot assign to a non-container␤  in 
>> method STORE at src/gen/CORE.setting:3734␤  in block <anon> at 
>> /tmp/15k6zUC4yA:1␤  in <anon> at /tmp/15k6zUC4yA:1␤»
>> 
>> Might be related to the same limitation that prevents us from having 
>> sub f(int $x is rw) {...}
> 
> Behavior has changed:
> 
> 18:08 <[Coke]> r: my int $x; my int $y; ($x, $y) = (5, 6); say $x
> 18:08 <camelia> rakudo-jvm 882e33: OUTPUT«(timeout)»
> 18:08 <camelia> ..rakudo-parrot a33b16: OUTPUT«Cannot modify an immutable
>                value␤  in method STORE at gen/parrot/CORE.setting:6744␤  in
>                block  at /tmp/JGkSPxFnHh:1␤  in any  at /tmp/JGkSPxFnHh:1␤  in
>                any  at gen/parrot/stage2/NQPHLL.nqp:1146␤  in any eval at
>                gen/parrot/stage2/NQPHLL.nqp:1133…»

Actually, the simpler:

  my int $x;
  ($x) = (5);

also fails.  Added tests for that.



Liz