[perl #74656] [BUG] A variable containing a Sub doesn't stringify properly if preceded by '&' in Rakudo

[Will Coleda via RT]

On Sun Apr 25 07:24:21 2010, masak wrote:
> <JimmyZ> rakudo: my $b = &time; say &$b;
> <p6eval> rakudo e393c7: OUTPUT«␤»
> <JimmyZ> alpha: my $b = &time; say &$b;
> <p6eval> alpha 30e0ed: OUTPUT«time␤»
> <masak> JimmyZ: I can't say anything about that one.
> <masak> JimmyZ: stringification of subs may well be implementation-
> dependent.
> <JimmyZ> alpha: my $b = &time; say $b;
> <p6eval> alpha 30e0ed: OUTPUT«time␤»
> <JimmyZ> rakudo: my $b = &time; say $b;
> <p6eval> rakudo e393c7: OUTPUT«time␤»
> <masak> oh.
> * masak submits rakudobug
> <masak> :)
> * jnthn is a tad confused what the &$ combination is doing.
> <jnthn> As in, what it should do.

This now complains:

> my $b = &time; say &$b;
Non-declarative sigil is missing its name at line 1, near "&$b;\n"


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Will "Coke" Coleda