Should be fixed in https://github.com/rakudo/rakudo/commit/5747bc7121
Testneeded. Slightly relevant tests here: https://github.com/perl6/roast/commit/34577134e0 On 2017-10-06 21:01:48, alex.jakime...@gmail.com wrote: > This one is a bit harder than it seems. > > So here is what throws: > https://github.com/rakudo/rakudo/blob/f62ae60c48d1372df18b49aca44e10af44ead2d6/src/Perl6/Grammar.nqp#L315 > > However, the cursor has wrong position for some reason. Looking at the > lines > above, it may seem that doing this: > > self.'!cursor_pos'($pos); > > should fix the problem… but it doesn't! $pos variable is set > correctly, but > !cursor_pos does absolutely nothing. In fact, you can try setting it > to 0 or > any other value, no effect whatsoever. > > This suggests that the use of !cursor_pos in the same method does not > work too. > What is the right way to set the cursor? > > And why does the cursor even have the incorrect value there? > > As a bonus, this line seems to be unreachable: > self.missing("block (taken by some undeclared routine?)"); > > I tried various things but nothing can trigger it. I found (via > google) some > code snippets that used to result in this error message, but nowadays > it simply > says “Missing block”. I bisected that change to > https://github.com/rakudo/rakudo/commit/8a70c921e98ed260d3198d81b81b0960c8daa83b > > > On 2015-07-24 05:13:59, alex.jakime...@gmail.com wrote: > > Code: > > if True if { }; > > > > ===SORRY!=== Error while compiling ./test.pl > > Missing block > > at ./test.pl:3 > > ------> if True if ⏏{ }; > > > > Clearly the block is there. It seems like it expects a block before > > the > > second "if", but the cursor is placed incorrectly. STD gets it right: > > > > 15:03:25<jnthn> std: if True if { }; > > 15:03:26<camelia> std 28329a7: OUTPUT«===SORRY!===Missing block at > > /tmp/XbS0PJUJZo line 1:------> if True ⏏if { };Parse > > failedFAILED 00:00 135m» > > > > Similar problem with "unless", "while" and maybe some others. > > > > Tiny IRC discussion: http://irclog.perlgeek.de/perl6/2015-07- > > 24#i_10947603
