From @masak

<masak> rakudo​: class A { has &!a = { say "OH HAI" }; method foo {
&!a() } };A.new.foo
<p6eval> rakudo 7af829​: OUTPUT«No such attribute '!a' [...]
* masak submits rakudobug

The error message is contradictory, since there obviously is an
attribute '!a'. Using a dot when calling -- &!a.() -- produces the
same result.

From @masak

Some other errors in connection with this​:

$ perl6 -e 'class A { has &!w; method foo { &w() } }; A.foo'
Null PMC access in invoke()
[...]

$ perl6 -e 'class A { has $.w = { say "FOO" }; method foo { $!w() } }; A.new.foo'
Null PMC access in get_pmc_keyed()
[...]

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

From @jnthn

On Sun Mar 29 09​:40​:06 2009, masak wrote​:

<masak> rakudo​: class A { has &!a = { say "OH HAI" }; method foo {
&!a() } };A.new.foo
<p6eval> rakudo 7af829​: OUTPUT«No such attribute '!a' [...]
* masak submits rakudobug

The error message is contradictory, since there obviously is an
attribute '!a'. Using a dot when calling -- &!a.() -- produces the
same result.

Fixed in git 60f709d and spectests added to S12-attributes/instance.t.

Thanks,

Jonathan

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