[perl #74654] [BUG] '&$b()' is parsed wrongly by Rakudo

[Will Coleda via RT]

On Sun Apr 25 07:22:56 2010, masak wrote:
> <JimmyZ> masak: alpha is diferent from rakudo
> <JimmyZ> masak: which one is right?
> <JimmyZ> alpha: my $b = &time; say &$b();
> <p6eval> alpha 30e0ed: OUTPUT«1272203938.46735␤»
> <JimmyZ> rakudo: my $b = &time; say &$b();
> <p6eval> rakudo e393c7: OUTPUT«␤»
> <masak> rakudo: my $b = &time; say $b();
> <p6eval> rakudo e393c7: OUTPUT«1272203984.27821␤»
> <masak> JimmyZ: viv seems to indicate that alpha was right there.
> <masak> i.e. that &$b() should be parsed as (&$b).()
> * masak submits rakudobug

Error has changed:

00:53 <[Coke]> rakudo: my $b = &time; say &$b();
00:53 <p6eval> rakudo 67778a: OUTPUT«===SORRY!===␤Non-declarative sigil is 
               missing its name at line 22, near "&$b();"␤»


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Will "Coke" Coleda