From @masak

<masak> r​: []=5; say "alive"
<p6eval> rakudo 8a07b8​: OUTPUT«alive␤»
* masak submits rakudobug
<masak> r​: [1, 2, 3] = 5; say "alive"
<p6eval> rakudo 8a07b8​: OUTPUT«alive␤»
<masak> r​: say ([1, 2, 3] = 5)
<p6eval> rakudo 8a07b8​: OUTPUT«5␤»
<masak> well, that has a certain logic to it :P
<masak> still, that assignment shouldn't be legal, methinks.

From @jnthn

On Mon Oct 15 07​:05​:00 2012, masak wrote​:

<masak> r​: []=5; say "alive"
<p6eval> rakudo 8a07b8​: OUTPUT«alive␤»
* masak submits rakudobug
<masak> r​: [1, 2, 3] = 5; say "alive"
<p6eval> rakudo 8a07b8​: OUTPUT«alive␤»
<masak> r​: say ([1, 2, 3] = 5)
<p6eval> rakudo 8a07b8​: OUTPUT«5␤»
<masak> well, that has a certain logic to it :P
<masak> still, that assignment shouldn't be legal, methinks.

Post-GLR, [...] is precisely creating a new, mutable, Array, not even wrapping it in any kind of Scalar container. Given that, there's nothing we can really do to prevent this. So, rejecting.

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

@jnthn - Status changed from 'open' to 'rejected'