FWIW the error message seems to be coming from MoarVM:
https://github.com/MoarVM/MoarVM/blob/ad86184681590c81fc25b9e90b406e5163098796/src/6model/reprconv.c#L607
(many similar lines like this in that file)
On 2017-11-05 07:46:17, alex.jakime...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hey Tobias, it looks like you've been working on this ticket for over two
> years. How is it going?
> On 2015-04-09 12:09:55, FROGGS.de wrote:
> > How about:
> >
> > (before)
> > $ perl6-m -e 'class A { has $!x; method foo { say $!x } }; A.foo'
> > Cannot look up attributes in a type object
> > in method foo at -e:1
> > in block <unit> at -e:1
> >
> > (after)
> > $ perl6-m -e 'class A { has $!x; method foo { say $!x } }; A.foo'
> > Cannot look up attributes in a type object. Perhaps you need to
> > instanciate first?
> > in method foo at -e:1
> > in block <unit> at -e:1
