From @masak

<pmichaud> rakudo​: my $foo = 'hello world'; say «$foo».elems
<p6eval> rakudo 705cb2​: OUTPUT«1␤»
<pmichaud> oops.
<pmichaud> oh well :-)
<moritz_> it's not yet christmas ;-)
* masak submits rakudobug

Expected value from the evaluation​: 2, because "hello" and "world"
should end up as different elements.

From @kyleha

This is an automatically generated mail to inform you that tests are now available in t/spec/S02-literals/quoting.t

commit 1f9c51eaf789f73e030942af2e90c0252f7dabcc
Author​: kyle <kyle@​c213334d-75ef-0310-aa23-eaa082d1ae64>
Date​: Tue Oct 27 02​:35​:08 2009 +0000

  [t/spec] Test for RT 65654
 
  git-svn-id​: http://svn.pugscode.org/pugs@&#8203;28914 c213334d-75ef-0310-aa23-eaa082d1ae64

diff --git a/t/spec/S02-literals/quoting.t b/t/spec/S02-literals/quoting.t
index 1f14139..dfad284 100644
--- a/t/spec/S02-literals/quoting.t
+++ b/t/spec/S02-literals/quoting.t
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 use v6;
-
 use Test;
-
-plan 140;
+plan *;
 
 my $foo = "FOO";
 my $bar = "BAR";
@@ -251,6 +249,13 @@ Note that non-ASCII tests are kept in quoting-unicode.t
     is(~@q4, 'FOO gorch BAR', ", and long form");
 };
 
+#?rakudo todo 'RT 65654'
+{
+    my $rt65654 = 'two words';
+    is «a $rt65654 z».elems,   4, 'interpolate variable with spaces (French)';
+    is <<a $rt65654 z>>.elems, 4, 'interpolate variable with spaces (Texas)';
+}
+
 #?rakudo skip '«...»'
 {
     #L<S02/Literals/"relationship" "single quotes" "double angles">
@@ -531,4 +536,6 @@ Hello, World
     is 'a\\b\''.chars, 4, 'backslash and single quote';
 }
 
+done_testing;
+
 # vim: ft=perl6

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

From @coke

On Thu May 14 07​:48​:19 2009, masak wrote​:

<pmichaud> rakudo​: my $foo = 'hello world'; say «$foo».elems
<p6eval> rakudo 705cb2​: OUTPUT«1␤»
<pmichaud> oops.
<pmichaud> oh well :-)
<moritz_> it's not yet christmas ;-)
* masak submits rakudobug

Expected value from the evaluation​: 2, because "hello" and "world"
should end up as different elements.

Misbehavior has changed​:

01​:11 <[Coke]> rakudo​: my $foo = 'hello world'; say «$foo».elems
01​:11 <p6eval> rakudo 549d2a​: OUTPUT«===SORRY!===␤Can't form :w list from
  non-constant strings (yet) at line 22, near ".elems"␤»

--
Will "Coke" Coleda

From @coke

On Sun Jan 30 22​:14​:47 2011, coke wrote​:

On Thu May 14 07​:48​:19 2009, masak wrote​:

<pmichaud> rakudo​: my $foo = 'hello world'; say «$foo».elems
<p6eval> rakudo 705cb2​: OUTPUT«1␤»
<pmichaud> oops.
<pmichaud> oh well :-)
<moritz_> it's not yet christmas ;-)
* masak submits rakudobug

Expected value from the evaluation​: 2, because "hello" and "world"
should end up as different elements.

Misbehavior has changed​:

01​:11 <[Coke]> rakudo​: my $foo = 'hello world'; say «$foo».elems
01​:11 <p6eval> rakudo 549d2a​: OUTPUT«===SORRY!===␤Can't form :w list from
non-constant strings (yet) at line 22, near ".elems"␤»

Behavior's the same, but the error changed​:

my $foo = 'hello world'; say «$foo».elems
:w list value must be known at compile time

--
Will "Coke" Coleda

From @coke

On Sun May 27 20​:29​:15 2012, coke wrote​:

On Sun Jan 30 22​:14​:47 2011, coke wrote​:

On Thu May 14 07​:48​:19 2009, masak wrote​:

<pmichaud> rakudo​: my $foo = 'hello world'; say «$foo».elems
<p6eval> rakudo 705cb2​: OUTPUT«1␤»
<pmichaud> oops.
<pmichaud> oh well :-)
<moritz_> it's not yet christmas ;-)
* masak submits rakudobug

Expected value from the evaluation​: 2, because "hello" and "world"
should end up as different elements.

Misbehavior has changed​:

01​:11 <[Coke]> rakudo​: my $foo = 'hello world'; say «$foo».elems
01​:11 <p6eval> rakudo 549d2a​: OUTPUT«===SORRY!===␤Can't form :w list from
non-constant strings (yet) at line 22, near ".elems"␤»

Behavior's the same, but the error changed​:

my $foo = 'hello world'; say «$foo».elems
:w list value must be known at compile time

This is now working, and the test was already un-TODO'd.

--
Will "Coke" Coleda

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