[perl #122022] [BUG] LTA error message when referring to nonexistent symbol in constant declaration in Rakudo (Moar, JVM)

[Will Coleda via RT]

On Tue Jun 03 02:30:32 2014, masak wrote:
> <masak> m: month
> <camelia> rakudo-moar d78b63: OUTPUT«===SORRY!=== Error while
> compiling /tmp/LaTRxwVvWt␤Undeclared routine:␤    month used at line
> 1␤␤»
> <masak> m: constant m = month
> <camelia> rakudo-moar d78b63: OUTPUT«===SORRY!===␤Cannot invoke null
> object␤»
> * masak submits LTA rakudobug
> <masak> r: constant m = month
> <camelia> rakudo-moar d78b63: OUTPUT«===SORRY!===␤Cannot invoke null
> object␤»
> <camelia> ..rakudo-parrot d78b63: OUTPUT«===SORRY!===␤Could not find
> sub &month␤»
> <camelia> ..rakudo-jvm d78b63:
> OUTPUT«===SORRY!===␤java.lang.NullPointerException␤»
> 
> Expected behavior: Rakudo Parrot's above.

This is now better on the jvm than on moar, but is probably closable with tests 
(esp. if moar is updated to reference the the object in the error)

09:49 < [Coke]> r: constant m = month;
09:49 <+camelia> rakudo-jvm ba7027: OUTPUT«===SORRY!=== Error while compiling
                 /tmp/tmpfile␤An exception occurred while evaluating a
                 constant␤at /tmp/tmpfile:1␤Exception details:␤  ===SORRY!===
                 Error while compiling ␤  Can not invoke object '&month'␤  at
                 :␤»
09:49 <+camelia> ..rakudo-moar ba7027: OUTPUT«===SORRY!=== Error while
                 compiling /tmp/tmpfile␤An exception occurred while evaluating
                 a constant␤at /tmp/tmpfile:1␤Exception details:␤  ===SORRY!===
                 Error while compiling ␤  Cannot invoke this object␤  at :␤»
-- 
Will "Coke" Coleda