From @masak

While

$ ./perl6 -e 'multi sub f() {}'

works like it should,

$ ./perl6 -e 'multi f() {}'
Statement not terminated properly at line 1, near "{}"
current instr.​: 'parrot;PGE​::Util;die' pc 120
(runtime/parrot/library/PGE/Util.pir​:82)
called from Sub 'parrot;Perl6​::Grammar;eat_terminator' pc 23187
(src/gen_grammar.pir​:2813)
called from Sub 'parrot;Perl6​::Grammar;statementlist' pc 22200
(src/gen_grammar.pir​:2450)
called from Sub 'parrot;Perl6​::Grammar;statement_block' pc 20057
(src/gen_grammar.pir​:1650)
called from Sub 'parrot;Perl6​::Grammar;TOP' pc 16329 (src/gen_grammar.pir​:224)
called from Sub 'parrot;PCT​::HLLCompiler;parse' pc 585
(src/PCT/HLLCompiler.pir​:371)
called from Sub 'parrot;PCT​::HLLCompiler;compile' pc 438
(src/PCT/HLLCompiler.pir​:303)
called from Sub 'parrot;PCT​::HLLCompiler;eval' pc 776
(src/PCT/HLLCompiler.pir​:473)
called from Sub 'parrot;PCT​::HLLCompiler;command_line' pc 1305
(src/PCT/HLLCompiler.pir​:708)
called from Sub 'parrot;Perl6​::Compiler;main' pc 14518 (perl6.pir​:172)

doesn't.

From @jnthn

On Sat Jul 19 07​:21​:52 2008, masak wrote​:

While

$ ./perl6 -e 'multi sub f() {}'

works like it should,

$ ./perl6 -e 'multi f() {}'
Statement not terminated properly at line 1, near "{}"

Thanks for reporting, and fixed in r29752. (For anyone curious about the
semantics, the appropriate line of spec reads​: "If the routine keyword
is omitted, it defaults to sub.")

Jonathan

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

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

From @jnthn

On Sat Jul 19 07​:21​:52 2008, masak wrote​:

While

$ ./perl6 -e 'multi sub f() {}'

works like it should,

$ ./perl6 -e 'multi f() {}'
Statement not terminated properly at line 1, near "{}"

Thanks for reporting, and fixed in r29752. (For anyone curious about the
semantics, the appropriate line of spec reads​: "If the routine keyword
is omitted, it defaults to sub.")

Jonathan