From @masak

Even though the keyword nothing is implemented in rakudo, the following fails​:

$ ./perl6 -e 'my $var = 0; nothing while $var++ < 3'
Could not find non-existent sub while
current instr.​: '_block11' pc 71 (EVAL_13​:26)
called from Sub 'parrot;PCT​::HLLCompiler;eval' pc 806
(src/PCT/HLLCompiler.pir​:481)
called from Sub 'parrot;PCT​::HLLCompiler;command_line' pc 1305
(src/PCT/HLLCompiler.pir​:708)
called from Sub 'parrot;Perl6​::Compiler;main' pc 14346 (perl6.pir​:172)
$

From @masak

Here's a 1-line patch that fixes nothing, pmichaud++.

From @masak

Index: src/parser/grammar.pg
===================================================================
--- src/parser/grammar.pg	(revision 29586)
+++ src/parser/grammar.pg	(working copy)
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@
 
 ##  XXX: cheat until we get term:pi, term:rand, term:undef, etc.
 token named_0ary {
-    [pi|rand|undef] >>
+    [pi|rand|undef|nothing] >>
 }
 
 rule package_declarator {

From @TimToady

On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 05​:53​:17PM +0200, Carl Mäsak wrote​:
: Here's a 1-line patch that fixes nothing, pmichaud++.

Note that nothing is now unspecced. :)

Larry

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

From @masak

Larry (>), Carl (>​:)​:

: Here's a 1-line patch that fixes nothing, pmichaud++.

Note that nothing is now unspecced. :)

Are you suggesting that nothing may be replaced in the future?

// Carl

From @pmichaud

Fixed in r31163, thanks!

Pm

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