From @dwarring

Consider pod.pl​:

=begin pod

=begin table
a | b | c
l | m | n
x | y
=end table

=end pod

% perl6 --doc /tmp/pod.pl

Method 'chars' not found for invocant of class 'Any'
  in block at /home/david/git/rakudo-stable/install/share/perl6/sources/5DD1D8B49C838828E13504545C427D3D157E56EC
(Pod​::To​::Text) line 71
  in sub table2text at
/home/david/git/rakudo-stable/install/share/perl6/sources/5DD1D8B49C838828E13504545C427D3D157E56EC
(Pod​::To​::Text) line 70
  in sub pod2text at
/home/david/git/rakudo-stable/install/share/perl6/sources/5DD1D8B49C838828E13504545C427D3D157E56EC
(Pod​::To​::Text) line 23
  in block at /home/david/git/rakudo-stable/install/share/perl6/sources/5DD1D8B49C838828E13504545C427D3D157E56EC
(Pod​::To​::Text) line 27
  in sub pod2text at
/home/david/git/rakudo-stable/install/share/perl6/sources/5DD1D8B49C838828E13504545C427D3D157E56EC
(Pod​::To​::Text) line 18
  in sub named2text at
/home/david/git/rakudo-stable/install/share/perl6/sources/5DD1D8B49C838828E13504545C427D3D157E56EC
(Pod​::To​::Text) line 52
  in sub pod2text at
/home/david/git/rakudo-stable/install/share/perl6/sources/5DD1D8B49C838828E13504545C427D3D157E56EC
(Pod​::To​::Text) line 21
  in block at /home/david/git/rakudo-stable/install/share/perl6/sources/5DD1D8B49C838828E13504545C427D3D157E56EC
(Pod​::To​::Text) line 27
  in sub pod2text at
/home/david/git/rakudo-stable/install/share/perl6/sources/5DD1D8B49C838828E13504545C427D3D157E56EC
(Pod​::To​::Text) line 18
  in method render at
/home/david/git/rakudo-stable/install/share/perl6/sources/5DD1D8B49C838828E13504545C427D3D157E56EC
(Pod​::To​::Text) line 3

From @tbrowder

On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 3​:22 PM, David Warring <perl6-bugs-followup@​perl.org>
wrote​:

# New Ticket Created by David Warring
# Please include the string​: [perl #​129862]
# in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue.
# <URL​: https://rt-archive.perl.org/perl6/Ticket/Display.html?id=129862 >

Consider pod.pl​:

=begin pod

=begin table
a | b | c
l | m | n
x | y
=end table

With the current state of rakudo
​ pod​
, ill-formed tables are problematic. Try redoing the table like this
(adding the separator for the missing column, making the column spacing the
same, lining up the column separators)​:

=begin table
a | b | c
l | m | n
x | y |
​ ​
=end table

​It still might not work with the empty cell.
​

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

From @dwarring

I got this error from a typo in a large table. Needed to do a little work to find the problematic row.

Have raised Rakudo PR#​903 which hopefully addressees this

On Wed Oct 12 13​:34​:45 2016, tbrowder wrote​:

On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 3​:22 PM, David Warring <perl6-bugs-
followup@​perl.org>
wrote​:

# New Ticket Created by David Warring
# Please include the string​: [perl #​129862]
# in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue.
# <URL​: https://rt-archive.perl.org/perl6/Ticket/Display.html?id=129862 >

Consider pod.pl​:

=begin pod

=begin table
a | b | c
l | m | n
x | y
=end table

With the current state of rakudo
​ pod
, ill-formed tables are problematic. Try redoing the table like this
(adding the separator for the missing column, making the column
spacing the
same, lining up the column separators)​:

=begin table
a | b | c
l | m | n
x | y |
=end table

​It still might not work with the empty cell.

From @zoffixznet

PR merged[^1]; tests needed.

[1] rakudo/rakudo@7af9ec9

On Wed Oct 12 13​:50​:31 2016, david.warring wrote​:

I got this error from a typo in a large table. Needed to do a little
work to find the problematic row.

Have raised Rakudo PR#​903 which hopefully addressees this

On Wed Oct 12 13​:34​:45 2016, tbrowder wrote​:

On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 3​:22 PM, David Warring <perl6-bugs-
followup@​perl.org>
wrote​:

# New Ticket Created by David Warring
# Please include the string​: [perl #​129862]
# in the subject line of all future correspondence about this
issue.
# <URL​: https://rt-archive.perl.org/perl6/Ticket/Display.html?id=129862 >

Consider pod.pl​:

=begin pod

=begin table
a | b | c
l | m | n
x | y
=end table

With the current state of rakudo
​ pod
, ill-formed tables are problematic. Try redoing the table like this
(adding the separator for the missing column, making the column
spacing the
same, lining up the column separators)​:

=begin table
a | b | c
l | m | n
x | y |
=end table

​It still might not work with the empty cell.

From @tbrowder

On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 8​:32 PM, Zoffix Znet via RT
<perl6-bugs-followup@​perl.org> wrote​:

PR merged[^1]; tests needed.

[1] rakudo/rakudo@7af9ec9

See perl/roast PR 168.

From @zoffixznet

Tests added in Raku/roast@f1ab1c7

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

From @tbrowder

Root problem is fixed by PR #​1240.