From @masak

<moritz_> masak​: if /.../ { ... } # should that test the truthness of
the regex object?
<masak> rakudo​: $_ = "foo"; if /bar/ { say "OH HAI" }
<p6eval> rakudo 78cb4c​: OUTPUT«OH HAI␤»
<PerlJam> that be a bug
<masak> PerlJam​: how so?
<PerlJam> http://perlcabal.org/syn/S05.html#Return_values_from_matches
<masak> PerlJam​: indeed.
* masak submits rakudobug

From @pmichaud

Now fixed in 042614ff​:

pmichaud@​orange​:~/rakudo$ ./perl6

$_ = 'foo'; if /bar/ { say 'yes' };
$_ = 'foo'; if /o/ { say 'yes' };
yes

Passing ticket to moritz to verify we have a spectest for this.

Thanks!

Pm

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

From @moritz

Tested in t/spec/S05-match/blocks.t since I didn't find a more suitable
location.

Cheers,
Moritz

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