[perl #125800] :radix[] form allows too-large place values

[Aleks-Daniel Jakimenko-Aleksejev via RT]

I'm not entirely sure what is supposed to happen there.

With just one argument it acts as a pass-thru:
say :16[16] # OUTPUT: «9999»

And with two values it seems to do the math correctly:

say :16[1,9999] # OUTPUT: «10015»

So what should be done exactly? Should we just error out on too-large values
(even though it seems to be functional)?

On 2015-08-13 03:25:44, lue wrote:
> <ShimmerFairy> m: say :16[16]
> <camelia> rakudo-moar 98df93: OUTPUT«16␤»
> <ShimmerFairy> m: say :16[1, 16]
> <camelia> rakudo-moar 98df93: OUTPUT«32␤»
>
> Essentially, rakudo does the math on this form of radix without
> checking its place values if they're valid for the given radix.