On Sat Jun 19 04:19:23 2010, masak wrote:
> <jnthn> $b!SomeClass::xyz - would that not conflict with calling a
> private method in a particular superclass of $b?
> <jnthn> rakudo: my $b; $b!SomeClass::xyz # will fail but curious if it
> parses
> <p6eval> rakudo 8a5f38: OUTPUT«Could not find sub !!dispatch_:: in
> main program body at line 11:/tmp/NAlDM5rZ31»
> <jnthn> oh heh.
> <jnthn> Interesting way to fail. :-)
> <jnthn> Anyway, Rakudo tried to call a private method in a superclass.
> * masak submits that as an LTA rakudobug
> <jnthn> masak: It's a bit more than LTA
> <jnthn> masak: As in, it's not just an error fail
> <jnthn> It's a real fail.
>
> I'm not too certain what should happen, but I'm pretty sure that error
> message isn't it.
Here is a more awesome error message in a recent rakudo:
19:19 < [Coke]> rakudo: my $b; $b!SomeClass::xyz
19:19 <+p6eval> rakudo 38907e: OUTPUT«===SORRY!===Could not locate
compile-time value for symbol SomeClass»
Is this now closable?
--
Will "Coke" Coleda
