On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 16:30:24 -0700, allber...@gmail.com wrote: > I think the problem is that there's already another syntax using that > sequence: coercion types. FF(FF(2)) is being parsed as a coercion type from > FF to FF(... and then it falls over because it's not expecting nested > coercion types. > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 7:13 PM, Brian S. Julin < > perl6-bugs-follo...@perl.org> wrote: > > > # New Ticket Created by "Brian S. Julin" > > # Please include the string: [perl #129142] > > # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. > > # <URL: https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=129142 > > > > > > > > > > > $ perl6 -e 'enum FF <zero one two three>; FF(2).perl.say' > > FF::two > > $ perl6 -e 'enum FF <zero one two three>; FF(FF::two).perl.say' > > FF::two > > $ perl6 -e 'enum FF <zero one two three>; FF(two).perl.say' > > FF::two > > $ perl6 -e 'enum FF <zero one two three>; FF(abs(-2)).perl.say' > > FF::two > > $ perl6 -e 'enum FF <zero one two three>; FF(FF(2)).perl.say' > > ===SORRY!=== Error while compiling -e > > Unable to parse expression in typename; couldn't find final ')' > > at -e:1 > > ------> enum FF <zero one two three>; FF(FF(⏏2)).perl.say > > > > > > # o.O > > $ perl6 -e 'enum FF <zero one two three>; enum GG <fee fie foo fum>; > > FF(foo).perl.say' > > FF > > > > $ perl6 -e 'enum FF <zero one two three>; enum GG <fee fie foo fum>; > > FF(GG(foo)).perl.say' > > FF(GG(GG)) > > > > $ perl6 -e 'enum FF <zero one two three>; enum GG <fee fie foo fum>; > > FF(GG(2)).perl.say' > > ===SORRY!=== Error while compiling -e > > Unable to parse expression in typename; couldn't find final ')' > > at -e:1 > > ------> hree>; enum GG <fee fie foo fum>; FF(GG(⏏2)).perl.say > > > > >
Fixed with commit https://github.com/rakudo/rakudo/commit/c76d9324a9f67e4075683e38a63a9788161c17cc
