On Tue May 04 14:13:17 2010, masak wrote:
> <masak> rakudo: sub foo(@a) { @a[1] = "NOES" }; my @a = <OH HAI>;
> foo(@a); say ~@a
> <p6eval> rakudo 1eef08: OUTPUT«OH NOES»
> <masak> is this supposed to be allowed?
> <pmichaud> masak: I haven't seen a clear answer to that question.
> <masak> pmichaud: ISTR there was some wording in the spec about the
> readonlyness stretching 'one level down' into arrays/hashes, but I
> can't find it now, despite trying.
> <pmichaud> masak: From an implementation perspective, I see nothing
> but pain in trying to make that happen.
> <masak> pmichaud: anyway, this already fails:
> <masak> rakudo: sub foo(@a) { @a[0, 1] = <OH NOES> }; my @a = 0, 1; foo(@a)
> <p6eval> rakudo 1eef08: OUTPUT«Cannot assign to readonly value [...]
> <masak> so something is inconsistent, at least.
> * masak submits rakudobug
Behavior changed:
> sub foo(@a) { @a[1] = "NOES" }; my @a = <OH HAI>;
OH HAI
> sub foo(@a) { @a[0, 1] = <OH NOES> }; my @a = 0, 1; foo(@a)
OH NOES
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Will "Coke" Coleda
