From @masak

<masak> rakudo​: class Base { has $.foo }; class Deriving is Base {};
say Deriving.new( :foo(5) ).foo()
<p6eval> rakudo 34068​: OUTPUT[You passed an initialization parameter
that does not have a matching attribute. [...]
<TimToady> and in general, it's not an error to pass unrecognized initializers
<masak> TimToady​: oh!
<TimToady> since each class will assume it was intended for a different class
<masak> _two_ rakudobugs. :)
* masak files
<TimToady> and we want to allow scope for people splitting classes
without having to redo initializers
<TimToady> refactoring++

From @moritz

On Thu Dec 18 09​:52​:52 2008, masak wrote​:

<masak> rakudo​: class Base { has $.foo }; class Deriving is Base {};
say Deriving.new( :foo(5) ).foo()
<p6eval> rakudo 34068​: OUTPUT[You passed an initialization parameter
that does not have a matching attribute. [...]
<TimToady> and in general, it's not an error to pass unrecognized
initializers
<masak> TimToady​: oh!
<TimToady> since each class will assume it was intended for a
different class
<masak> _two_ rakudobugs. :)
* masak files
<TimToady> and we want to allow scope for people splitting classes
without having to redo initializers
<TimToady> refactoring++

Note that in general methods should ignore additional named argumets
http://irclog.perlgeek.de/perl6/2009-01-28#i_870566

Moritz

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

From @bacek

On Thu Dec 18 09​:52​:52 2008, masak wrote​:

<masak> rakudo​: class Base { has $.foo }; class Deriving is Base {};
say Deriving.new( :foo(5) ).foo()
<p6eval> rakudo 34068​: OUTPUT[You passed an initialization parameter
that does not have a matching attribute. [...]
<TimToady> and in general, it's not an error to pass unrecognized
initializers
<masak> TimToady​: oh!
<TimToady> since each class will assume it was intended for a
different class
<masak> _two_ rakudobugs. :)
* masak files
<TimToady> and we want to allow scope for people splitting classes
without having to redo initializers
<TimToady> refactoring++

It works in recent rakudo​:
$ ../../parrot perl6.pbc -e 'class Base { has $.foo }; class Deriving is
Base {}; say Deriving.new( :foo(5) ).foo()'
5

So ticket can be closed.

--
Bacek

From @masak

Indeed. Closing.

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