This could've been a LHF, except for these tests:
https://github.com/perl6/roast/blob/4bfd6d2374cb4ea1b8fa057a5f294b988e4dec44/S32-exceptions/misc.t#L180-L185
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
But yes, I think it should say “slurpy” everywhere.
On 2017-08-18 07:10:52, comdog wrote:
> Consider this program which I don't expect to work (and it doesn't compile):
>
> sub show-the-arguments ( *@args, $i ) {
> put "The arguments are @args[]";
> }
>
> show-the-arguments( 1, 3, 7 );
>
> The error message says "variadic":
>
> Cannot put required parameter $i after variadic parameters
>
> But another sort of error uses a different term:
>
> sub show-the-arguments ( *@args, $i ) {
> put "The arguments are @args[]";
> }
>
> This time the error messages say "slurpy":
>
> Only one slurpy positional allowed
>
> The docs almost almost always say "slurpy" and the uses of "variadic"
> only appear as synonyms next to "slurpy":
>
> * https://github.com/perl6/doc/search?utf8=✓&q=variadic&type=
>
> * https://github.com/perl6/doc/search?utf8=✓&q=slurpy&type=
