[perl #126856] [LTA] No spaces allowed around .^ and .? (^42 .^methods.say)
[email protected] ("Zoffix Znet via RT")
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On Wed, 09 Dec 2015 08:38:16 -0800, [email protected] wrote: > Code: > ^42 .^methods.say > > Result: > ===SORRY!=== Error while compiling -e > Unsupported use of . to concatenate strings; in Perl 6 please use ~ > at -e:1 > ------> 42 .^⏏methods.say > > > Arguably it should work, just like you can put spaces around a single dot > it should be possible to put spaces around ｢.^｣ and ｢.?｣. > If it should not, then perhaps there is a way to improve this error > message? It is way too off right now. This now gives useful error message. Tests in post-release branch in: https://github.com/rakudo/rakudo/commit/ec23031d33