As a status update: This currently fails with:
$ perl6-m -e 'class A { has str $.x; method BUILD(:$!x) { } }; say
A.new(:x<foo>).x'
Cannot modify an immutable str
in method BUILD at -e:1
in method BUILDALL at src/gen/m-CORE.setting:983
in method bless at src/gen/m-CORE.setting:966
in method new at src/gen/m-CORE.setting:952
in block <unit> at -e:1
$ perl6-j -e 'class A { has str $.x; method BUILD(:$!x) { } }; say
A.new(:x<foo>).x'
java.lang.RuntimeException: Cannot access a native attribute as a reference
attribute
in method BUILD at -e:1
in method BUILDALL at gen/jvm/CORE.setting:965
in method bless at gen/jvm/CORE.setting:948
in method new at gen/jvm/CORE.setting:934
in block <unit> at -e:1
$ perl6-m --version
This is perl6 version 2015.02-151-g669f482 built on MoarVM version
2015.02-17-g86d0c68