From zefram@fysh.org

$ ./perl6 -e 'my Any $a is default(3)'
===SORRY!=== Error while compiling -e
Default value '3' will never bind to a parameter of type Any
at -e​:1
------> my Any $a is default(3)^<EOL>
  expecting any of​:
  constraint

This error is obviously bogus​: 3 certainly is an Any. If an Any-typed
variable is declared without a default value, then 3 can be assigned to
it without trouble.

For a default value of 3, the error occurs if the variable's declared type
is Numeric, Cool, or Any, but does not occur if the type is Int or Mu.

-zefram

From @jnthn

On Fri Sep 18 14​:19​:21 2015, zefram@​fysh.org wrote​:

$ ./perl6 -e 'my Any $a is default(3)'
===SORRY!=== Error while compiling -e
Default value '3' will never bind to a parameter of type Any
at -e​:1
------> my Any $a is default(3)^<EOL>
expecting any of​:
constraint

This error is obviously bogus​: 3 certainly is an Any. If an Any-typed
variable is declared without a default value, then 3 can be assigned to
it without trouble.

For a default value of 3, the error occurs if the variable's declared type
is Numeric, Cool, or Any, but does not occur if the type is Int or Mu.

The type test was inverted. Fixed, and test added in S02-names/is_default.t.

Thanks!

/jnthn

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