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These two commands (circa rakudo-moar 146e18) have different output:
$ perl6 -e 'class Foo { method bar(--> Str:D) {} }; say Foo.^methods.map:
{"{.name}={.WHAT.perl}, returns {.returns.perl}"}'
(bar=Method, returns Str:D)
$ perl6 -e 'class Foo { method bar() returns Str:D {} }; say
Foo.^methods.map: {"{.name}={.WHAT.perl}, returns {.returns.perl}"}'
(bar=Method+{Callable[Str:D]}, returns Str:D)
But it seems as if they should have the same output.
This also came up here:
https://github.com/rakudo/rakudo/pull/798
Relevant IRC log:
[11:12] <smls> m: my method bar() returns Str {}; say &bar.^name;
[11:12] <+camelia> rakudo-moar 146e18: OUTPUT«Method+{Callable[Str]}»
[11:12] <smls> m: my method bar(--> Str) {}; say &bar.^name;
[11:12] <+camelia> rakudo-moar 146e18: OUTPUT«Method»
[11:13] == telex [[email protected]] has quit [Ping timeout: 258
seconds]
[11:13] <harmil> Uh... am I misunderstanding what "returns" is for or does
that not make any sense?
[11:13] <smls> harmil: Seems weird to me too
[11:13] <smls> A leaking implementation detail maybe?
[11:14] <harmil> methinks
[11:14] <ugexe> there are odd differences between (--> RetType) and returns
RetType that shouldnt exist
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