From @edwinst

eval inside a BEGIN block seems to confuse rakudo​:

$ ./perl6 -e 'BEGIN { eval "0" }
say "alive"'
===SORRY!===
Confused
at -e​:1

With a semicolon, the confusion goes away​:

$ ./perl6 -e 'BEGIN { eval "0" };
say "alive"'
alive

Also without the eval there is no confusion​:

$ ./perl6 -e 'BEGIN { say "0" }
say "alive"'
0
alive

This is independent from using -e or a file​:

$ cat test.pl
BEGIN { eval '0' }
say 'alive'
$ ./perl6 test.pl
===SORRY!===
Confused
at test.pl​:1

$ ./perl6 --version
This is perl6 version 2012.09.1-5-g3d31af9 built on parrot 4.4.0 revision RELEASE_4_4_0

From sohtil@gmail.com

spectest added​:

commit a7483bec004cf98a4e8fe774e56a42bf28648485
Author​: Edwin Steiner <edwin.steiner@​gmx.net>
Date​: Fri Oct 5 19​:43​:55 2012 +0200

  Add test for RT #​115134​: [BUG] BEGIN { eval "..." } Confuses Rakudo.

diff --git a/S04-phasers/eval-in-begin.t b/S04-phasers/eval-in-begin.t

The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

From @moritz

Works now, test passes.

@moritz - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'