[perl #112788] [BUG] Strange internal error when a Rat is raised to a very large power in Rakudo

[Will Coleda via RT]

On Sat Nov 17 15:36:41 2012, coke wrote:
> On Sun May 06 09:53:31 2012, masak wrote:
> > <moritz> r: say 1.0000001 ** (10 ** 9)
> > <p6eval> rakudo d9fd17: OUTPUT«Nominal type check failed for parameter
> > '$nu'; expected Int but got Num instead␤  in sub DIVIDE_NUMBERS at
> > src/gen/CORE.setting [...]
> > <colomon> that's a legit rakudo bug
> > <moritz> aye
> > * moritz leaves it to masak++
> > * masak submits it
> 
> This no longer errors, but seems to be doing... a lot of somethings.
> 
> ... Now what?

Erroring again:

22:36 < [Coke]> r: say 1.0000001 ** (10 ** 9)
22:36 <+camelia> rakudo 8a0859: OUTPUT«Nominal type check failed for parameter
                 'nu'; expected Int but got Num instead␤  in sub DIVIDE_NUMBERS
                 at src/gen/CORE.setting:7990␤  in sub infix:<**> at
                 src/gen/CORE.setting:8131␤  in sub infix:<**> at
                 src/gen/CORE.setting:3020␤  in block  at /tmp/GbNF6TmPgz:1␤␤»…

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Will "Coke" Coleda