This is actually a regression. Code: $ = ""; sub postfix:<♥> { $^a + 42}; say "{ 5♥ }"
¦«2015.12»: 47 ¦«2016.06»: 47 ¦«2016.12»: 47 ¦«2017.06»: ===SORRY!=== Error while compiling /home/bisectable/git/whateverable/data/regressionable/15285677/snippet Bogus postfix at /home/bisectable/git/whateverable/data/regressionable/15285677/snippet:1 ------> "; sub postfix:<♥> { $^a + 42}; say "{ 5⏏♥ }" expecting any of: infix infix stopper statement end statement modifier statement modifier loop «exit code = 1» ¦«HEAD»: ===SORRY!=== Error while compiling /home/bisectable/git/whateverable/data/regressionable/15285677/snippet Bogus postfix at /home/bisectable/git/whateverable/data/regressionable/15285677/snippet:1 ------> "; sub postfix:<♥> { $^a + 42}; say "{ 5⏏♥ }" expecting any of: infix infix stopper statement end statement modifier statement modifier loop «exit code = 1» Possible IRC discussion: https://irclog.perlgeek.de/perl6-dev/2017-10-10#i_15285677 Bisectable points at 25 possible candidates: https://gist.github.com/Whateverable/1510af516a727e3d09d1e19b39123f0e There's some stuff about braids in these commits so maybe some inspiration can be taken from there. On 2017-10-10 11:30:50, c...@zoffix.com wrote: > If you enter the Quote braid, then define a new op, and then try to > use it in a block within quotes, it fails to find the routine: > > 18:29 m: ""; sub postfix:<!>($) {}; "{ 5! }"; > 18:29 camelia rakudo-moar e13512: OUTPUT: «5===SORRY!5=== > Error while compiling <tmp>Negation metaoperator not followed by > valid infixat <tmp>:1------> 3""; sub postfix:<!>($) {}; "{ 5!7⏏5 > }"; expecting any of: infix infix stopper» > > But if you move the first quotes past the sub, then it works: > > 18:29 Zoffix m: sub postfix:<!>($) {}; ""; "{ 5! }"; > 18:29 camelia rakudo-moar e13512: OUTPUT: «WARNINGS for > <tmp>:Useless use of constant string "" in sink context (line 1)Use > of Nil in string context in block <unit> at <tmp> line 1» > > IRC: https://irclog.perlgeek.de/perl6/2017-10-10#i_15284813