Dear Perl 6 Developers:
Would you please consider the following Request for Enhancement.
There is a regression bug in 2019.03 where Perl 6 can no longer tell
the difference between Perl 5 modules (*.pm) and Perl 6
modules (*.pm6). It loads "pm" before "pm6".
RFE: please set Perl 6 to only read "pm6" extension as the
module , UNLESS the extension its specified in the modules name.
For example:
use CurlUtils Would read CurlUtils.pm6 (not CurlUtils.pm)
use CurlUtils.pmx Would read CurlUtils.pmx, over riding the pm6
The majority of your new customers are coming from Perl 5.
This regression is causing me havoc. I can't imagine what
it would be doing to for more prolific folks than me, especially
when they start porting over their old perl 5 modules to Perl 6.
Many thanks,
-T
$ ls Pause.*
Pause.pl Pause.pl6 Pause.pm Pause.pm6
$ perl6 -I. -MPause
===SORRY!=== Error while compiling -e
This appears to be Perl 5 code. If you intended it to be Perl 6 code,
please use a Perl 6 style declaration like "unit package Foo;" or "unit
module Foo;", or use the block form instead of the semicolon form.
at -e:1
------> package Pause;⏏<EOL>
