From @masak

<masak> rakudo​: ord(""); say "Alive"
<p6eval> rakudo 36030​: OUTPUT«Cannot get character of empty string [...]
<masak> should Rakudo really die here?
* masak thinks not
<moritz_> I think it should fail()
<[particle]> return a Failure
<[particle]> see what perl 5 does
<masak> good. we agree.
* masak submits rakudobug

From @bacek

On Mon Jan 26 06​:45​:24 2009, masak wrote​:

<masak> rakudo​: ord(""); say "Alive"
<p6eval> rakudo 36030​: OUTPUT«Cannot get character of empty string [...]
<masak> should Rakudo really die here?
* masak thinks not
<moritz_> I think it should fail()
<[particle]> return a Failure
<[particle]> see what perl 5 does
<masak> good. we agree.
* masak submits rakudobug

Fix for this issue is there
http://github.com/bacek/rakudo/commit/206c219d5fc495d1b171552650a29e8f0901e2c8

(It doesn't work ATM because of "fail" implementation bug)

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Bacek

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From @bacek

On Fri Feb 13 19​:45​:18 2009, bacek wrote​:

Fix for this issue is there

http://github.com/bacek/rakudo/commit/206c219d5fc495d1b171552650a29e8f0901e2c8

(It doesn't work ATM because of "fail" implementation bug)

Ooops. Sorry, my bad. It should tailcall '!FAIL' instead of 'fail' there.

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Bacek

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From @jnthn

On Mon Jan 26 06​:45​:24 2009, masak wrote​:

<masak> rakudo​: ord(""); say "Alive"
<p6eval> rakudo 36030​: OUTPUT«Cannot get character of empty string [...]
<masak> should Rakudo really die here?
* masak thinks not
<moritz_> I think it should fail()
<[particle]> return a Failure
<[particle]> see what perl 5 does
<masak> good. we agree.
* masak submits rakudobug

This now as of git 352acd2 returns a Failure; unfudged test.

Thanks,

Jonathan

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