From @masak

From S06 <http://dev.perl.org/perl6/doc/design/syn/S06.html>&#8203;:

] {...} is always a block. However, if it is completely empty or consists
] of a single list, the first element of which is either a hash or a pair, it
] is executed immediately to compose a Hash object.
]
] [...]
]
] $obj = { 1=>2, 3=>4, 5=>6 }; # Anonymous hash

Rakudo is not up to spec on this point​:

$ ./perl6 -e 'my $a = { 1 => 2 }; say $a<1>'
get_pmc_keyed() not implemented in class 'Closure'
current instr.​: '_block11' pc 39 (EVAL_13​:21)
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 14567 (perl6.pir​:172)

$ ./perl6 -e 'my $a = {}; say $a.keys'
Method 'keys' not found for invocant of class 'Closure'
current instr.​: '_block11' pc 39 (EVAL_13​:19)
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 14567 (perl6.pir​:172)

From @jnthn

On Sun Jul 27 08​:27​:18 2008, masak wrote​:

From S06 <http://dev.perl.org/perl6/doc/design/syn/S06.html>&#8203;:

] {...} is always a block. However, if it is completely empty or
consists
] of a single list, the first element of which is either a hash or a
pair, it
] is executed immediately to compose a Hash object.
]
] [...]
]
] $obj = { 1=>2, 3=>4, 5=>6 }; # Anonymous hash

Rakudo is not up to spec on this point​:

$ ./perl6 -e 'my $a = { 1 => 2 }; say $a<1>'
get_pmc_keyed() not implemented in class 'Closure'

This and the other cases that are mentioned in the bit of spec you
quoted are implemented as of r30104.

Thanks,

Jonathan

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

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