From @moritz

11​:33 < p6eval> rakudo 35266​: OUTPUT«(aa)␤»
11​:35 <@​moritz_> rakudo​: regex recursive { '(' ~ ')' ['a'*] }; say
'(aa)' ~~
  m/<recursive>/
11​:35 < p6eval> rakudo 35266​: OUTPUT«Syntax error at line 1, near "}; say
  '(a"␤␤current instr.​: 'parrot;PGE;Util;die' pc 129
  (runtime/parrot/library/PGE/Util.pir​:83)␤»

'(' ~ ')' 'a'* parses and does what I mean, but when I replace the last
term with ['a'*] it fails to parse.

Cheers,
Moritz
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From @pmichaud

'(' ~ ')' 'a'* parses and does what I mean, but when I replace the last
term with ['a'*] it fails to parse.

Looks like a bug in PGE's parser, I'll look into this in a day or so.

Thanks,

Pm

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

From @moritz

Resolved in Parrot's 37317 by pmichaud, and required that parrot
revision in Rakudo's 9844bf0fb31b5f5254895a972735355543814434. Tested in
t/spec/S05-metachars/tilde.t.

Cheers,
Moritz

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