[perl #76400] [BUG] Null PMC access when doing 'say $foo::' (which shouldn't even parse) in Rakudo

[Carl Mäsak]

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<p6eval> std 31559: OUTPUT«ok 00:01 111m␤»
<TimToady> I didn't expect that to work :)
<masak> std bug.
* TimToady bug
<TimToady> I'm not entirely sure how it parsed...
<TimToady> oh, morename allows a final :: component, but that's not
quite what you want here
<TimToady> std: $defeat-the-name-checker::
<p6eval> std 31559: OUTPUT«ok 00:01 108m␤»
<masak> rakudo: $foo::; say "alive"
<p6eval> rakudo 04a918: OUTPUT«alive␤»
* masak submits rakudobug
<TimToady> rakudo: $foo:: = 42; say $foo::;
<p6eval> rakudo 04a918: OUTPUT«Null PMC access in getprop() [...]
<masak> ok, that goes in the same ticket :)
* masak upgrades the ticket to a Null PMC access
<masak> rakudo: say $foo::
<p6eval> rakudo 04a918: OUTPUT«Null PMC access in type() [...]