Re: [perl #125745] Custom infix:<~~> multi not used by rakudo

[Moritz Lenz]

Hi,

On 04.08.2015 00:52, Faye (via RT) wrote:
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<ShimmerFairy> m: class Foo { }; multi sub infix:<~~>(Foo $a, Foo $b) { 42.6 }; say 
Foo.new ~~ Foo; say infix:<~~>(Foo.new, Foo)
<camelia> rakudo-moar a38b59: OUTPUT«True␤42.6␤»
<ShimmerFairy> (basically, the Perl 6 grammar treats ~~ specially, so stuff 
like this and the chaining bug pop up)

I'd argue that it's permissible to not consider custom infix:<~~>, 
because we already provide an avenue for customizing smart-match 
behavior (method ACCEPTS of the RHS type).

Also note that the standard infix:<~~> cannot be a normal operator, 
because it topicalizes the RHS.

So, not a bug.

(But I cannot reject it in rt.perl.org right now because of login 
problems; I hope I'll be able to do so later).

Cheers,
Moritz