[perl #55538] ".macro_const" doesn't work in *.pir files

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   I just noticed this:

        [EMAIL PROTECTED]> echo ".macro_const test 1" > test.pir
        [EMAIL PROTECTED]> /usr/src/parrot/parrot test.pir
        error:imcc:syntax error, unexpected DOT ('.')
                in file 'test.pir' line 1
        [EMAIL PROTECTED]> cat test.pir
        .macro_const test 1
        [EMAIL PROTECTED]> 

But docs/pdds/draft/pdd19_pir.pod seems to say .macro_const should work
for PIR.  Is this an oversight?

   TIA,

                                        -- Bob Rogers
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