does ":b(2) :c(3)" mean "a pair ':b(2)' with an adverb ':c(3)'"? If so I agree it's a big potential opportunity for mistakes. -y
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 10:01 AM, Richard Hainsworth <rich...@rusrating.ru> wrote: > A difficult bug in a program led to the problem below. I am not sure if it > is a bug in rakudo or not, but it seems a nasty place for typos if it ain't. > > I was using pair notation to define a hash. I missed a comma on the end of > one of the pairs, which led to the next pair not being recognised. > > I then introduced the => for defining the hash and the same mistake was > caught. Note that in running the script the second mistake is caught (viz. > using =>) but the first mistake (using :xx() ) is not. > > $ perl6 -v > This is perl6 version 2013.09 built on parrot 5.5.0 revision 0 > $ cat test.p6 > use v6; > > my %x = ( > :a(1), > :b(2) > :c(3) > ); > > my %y = ( > a => 1, > b => 2 > c => 3 > ); > $ perl6 test.p6 > ===SORRY!=== Error while compiling test.p6 > Two terms in a row > at test.p6:12 > ------> ⏏c => 3 > expecting any of: > postfix > infix stopper > infix or meta-infix > statement end > statement modifier > statement modifier loop > $ > >
