From @usev6

I got a NullPointerException with a golfed version of a failing test from roast (test for RT #​114380 in S14-roles/basic.t). The test in question uses "eval_lives_ok" which does something similiar to the golfed example via Test.pm. The test in question runs fine with "lives_ok" instead of "eval_lives_ok"

$ perl6-j --version
This is perl6 version 2014.09-222-g0dcd0d6 built on JVM

$ perl6-j -e "sub foo { EVAL 'role R { }' }; foo; say 'alive'"
===SORRY!===
java.lang.NullPointerException

Using EVAL on the role declaration directly doesn't fail​:

$ perl6-j -e "EVAL 'role R { }'; say 'alive'"
alive

With the help from psch (http://irclog.perlgeek.de/perl6/2014-10-17#i_9527240) I tried to get some more info with jdb, but everything I got was​:

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$ jdb -sourcepath nqp/src/vpathm/jvm/runtime/ -attach 8000
Set uncaught java.lang.Throwable
Set deferred uncaught java.lang.Throwable
Initializing jdb ...

VM Started​: No frames on the current call stack

main[1] catch java.lang.NullPointerException
Set all java.lang.NullPointerException
main[1] run

Exception occurred​: java.lang.NullPointerException (to be caught at​: 64411D3B4B0DBD5895A2F295CC3F75570C8D73C2.qb_54(), line=1,497 bci=2,686)"thread=main", org.perl6.nqp.runtime.Ops.getobjsc(), line=3,811 bci=1

main[1] up
main[2] list
Source file not found​: src/Perl6/World.nqp
main[2] resume
All threads resumed.

The application exited

Additional informations where available with --ll-exception​:

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$ perl6-j --ll-exception -e "sub foo { EVAL 'role R { }' }; foo;"
java.lang.NullPointerException
  in compile_in_context (src/Perl6/World.nqp​:1497)
  in pkg_set_role_body_block (src/Perl6/World.nqp​:1745)
  in package_def (src/Perl6/Actions.nqp​:1953)
  in !reduce (gen/jvm/stage2/QRegex.nqp​:771)
  in !cursor_pass (gen/jvm/stage2/QRegex.nqp​:732)
  in package_def (src/Perl6/Grammar.nqp​:2395)
  in package_declarator​:sym<role> (src/Perl6/Grammar.nqp)
  in !protoregex (gen/jvm/stage2/QRegex.nqp​:808)
  in package_declarator (src/Perl6/Grammar.nqp)
  in term​:sym<package_declarator> (src/Perl6/Grammar.nqp)
  in !protoregex (gen/jvm/stage2/QRegex.nqp​:808)
  in term (src/Perl6/Grammar.nqp)
  in termish (src/Perl6/Grammar.nqp​:3557)
  in EXPR (gen/jvm/stage2/NQPHLL.nqp​:558)
  in EXPR (src/Perl6/Grammar.nqp​:3588)
  in statement (src/Perl6/Grammar.nqp​:1300)
  in statementlist (src/Perl6/Grammar.nqp​:1235)
  in LANG (gen/jvm/stage2/NQPHLL.nqp​:766)
  in FOREIGN_LANG (src/Perl6/Grammar.nqp​:1638)
  in comp_unit (src/Perl6/Grammar.nqp​:1093)
  in TOP (src/Perl6/Grammar.nqp​:356)
  in parse (gen/jvm/stage2/QRegex.nqp​:1400)
  in parse (gen/jvm/stage2/NQPHLL.nqp​:1425)
  in compile (gen/jvm/stage2/NQPHLL.nqp​:1381)
  in EVAL (gen/jvm/CORE.setting​:763)
  in EVAL (gen/jvm/CORE.setting​:756)
  in foo (-e​:1)
  in <unit> (-e​:1)
  in <unit-outer> (-e​:1)
  in eval (gen/jvm/stage2/NQPHLL.nqp​:1145)
  in (gen/jvm/stage2/NQPHLL.nqp​:1234)
  in command_eval (gen/jvm/stage2/NQPHLL.nqp​:1231)
  in command_eval (src/Perl6/Compiler.nqp​:17)
  in command_line (gen/jvm/stage2/NQPHLL.nqp​:1216)
  in MAIN (gen/jvm/main.nqp​:39)
  in <mainline> (gen/jvm/main.nqp​:35)
  in (gen/jvm/main.nqp)

From @donaldh

Fixed by Raku/nqp@0c4096e1e7

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

From @usev6

I added a test to S14-roles/basic.t with commit Raku/roast@62ca417fa2

I'm closing this ticket as 'resolved'.

@usev6 - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'