fork/exec is a Unix-specific idiom.
shell throws (well, produces a Failure that is thrown when sunk), so you
don't need the exit.
On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 1:10 PM Parrot Raiser <1parr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is Windows really that brain-dead? Pity it has to sabotage everyone else.
>
> This invokes vim successfully, but leaves an ugly error message around:
>
> perl6 -e 'exit shell("vim sample")'
> No such method 'Int' for invocant of type 'Proc'
> in block <unit> at -e line 1
>
>
> On 9/3/18, Brandon Allbery <allber...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > It's not basic: Windows doesn't have it at all, it has to be simulated.
> The
> > intent is that system dependent things like that should be external to
> the
> > core.
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 3, 2018 at 12:56 PM Parrot Raiser <1parr...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks for the reply. That didn't show up with any search string I
> >> could contrive.
> >> It's disappointing to lose a basic ability like handing over control
> >> to another program.
> >>
> >> On 9/3/18, Elizabeth Mattijsen <l...@dijkmat.nl> wrote:
> >> > https://docs.perl6.org/language/5to6-perlfunc#exec
> >> >
> >> >> On 3 Sep 2018, at 18:41, Parrot Raiser <1parr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> In Perl 5, a program can hand over control to another with exec:
> >> >> https://perldoc.perl.org/functions/exec.html
> >> >> e.g perl -e 'exec vim' opens up vim
> >> >>
> >> >> What's the Perl 6 equivalent?
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > brandon s allbery kf8nh
> > allber...@gmail.com
> >
>
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