> On 13 Dec 2015, at 10:44, Elizabeth Mattijsen <l...@dijkmat.nl> wrote: >> On 13 Dec 2015, at 05:15, Zefram (via RT) <perl6-bugs-follo...@perl.org> >> wrote: >> >> # New Ticket Created by Zefram >> # Please include the string: [perl #126889] >> # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. >> # <URL: https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=126889 > >> >> >> $ perl6 -e 'say $init-time-num; say CORE::<$init-time-num>' >> 1449983501.60682 >> Lexical with name '$init-time-num' has a different type in this frame >> in block <unit> at -e:1 >> >> It's the retrieval of the value from the symbol table that triggers >> the error. This is a hazard for introspective code. > > This actually applies to any native on any PseudoStash: > > $ 6 'my int $a = 42; say MY::<$a>' > Lexical with name '$a' has a different type in this frame > in block <unit> at -e:1 > > Also: $init-time-num is an unintended leak of a variable to allow for lazy > population of $*INITTIME. I’ve now removed that leak by not populating > $*INITTIME lazily anymore. This adds 2 milliseconds to bare startup.
In 4bc8f3358029866a0854d266 I actually found a way to keep the lazy init *and* remove the leak. Liz
