I wonder if this needs a separate sub or variable instead of adding secret functionality to $*PROGRAM-NAME.
On 2017-10-01 09:52:19, allber...@gmail.com wrote: > On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 12:35 PM, Zoffix Znet <perl6-bugs-follo...@perl.org> > wrote: > > > $*PROGRAM-NAME is supposed to be a replacement for Perl 5's $0, but it > > doesn't work that way. > > > > What I'd expect to work: > > > > use v6; > > $*PROGRAM-NAME = 'foo'; > > > > This is not portable and not reliable --- although it will probably work on > the limited set of systems moarvm/rakudo currently run on. But the linked > ticket is not quite right either: even on Unix-likes that support it, the > result would be shown by 'ps' as something like 'foo [moarvm]' (exact > format will depend on OS and/or 'ps' implementation). This is forced for > security-related reasons, and you can't override the process's execname to > control the part in brackets. >
