From @gfldex

perl6 -e "dd 'stale-symlink'.IO.l"
# OUTPUT Failure.new(exception => X​::IO​::DoesNotExist.new(path => "stale-symlink", trying => "l", os-error => Any), backtrace => Backtrace.new)

# .IO.l should return true and .IO.e should return false on dangling symlinks

From @coke

On Thu Sep 01 10​:05​:03 2016, gfldex wrote​:

perl6 -e "dd 'stale-symlink'.IO.l"
# OUTPUT Failure.new(exception => X​::IO​::DoesNotExist.new(path =>
"stale-symlink", trying => "l", os-error => Any), backtrace =>
Backtrace.new)

# .IO.l should return true and .IO.e should return false on dangling
symlinks

Did you do anything in particular at the OS level before running this perl 6 code? Or are you implying that this is to be run on a non-existent file?
--
Will "Coke" Coleda

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

From @zoffixznet

Fixed in rakudo/rakudo@3aa725429e
Tests added in Raku/roast@01a69094d1

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