On Wed Mar 04 14:48:16 2009, moritz wrote:
> Pugs r25693 contains clarification on what should happen when a short
> name of an enum value is the same as a sub name.
>
> 1438 Like type names, enum names are parsed as standalone tokens
> 1439 representing scalar values, and don't look for any arguments.
> 1440 Unlike type names which are undefined protoobjects, enums are defined
> 1441 constant values. Also unlike types, they do not respond to C<.()>.
> 1442 They may not be post-declared.
> 1443
> 1444 our enum Maybe <OK FAIL>;
> 1445 sub OK {...}
> 1446 $x = OK; # certainly the enum value
> 1447 $x = OK() # certainly the function
>
> I've added a test for that to t/spec/S12-enums/basic.t
>
> The first part (meaning the enum value without parens) works in Rakudo,
> the second dies with
>
> too few arguments passed (0) - 1 params expected
> current instr.: '_block325' pc 1991 (EVAL_25:554)
> called from Sub '_block157' pc 2995 (EVAL_25:898)
> ...
>
> at run time.
>
> Cheers,
> Moritz
Moritz - I cannot find this test in this file, and no RT reference for this in
t/spec/S12-enums
- can you double check & add the RT to the spec test file?
--
Will "Coke" Coleda
