From @masak

<masak> rakudo​: sub self() { say "OH HAI" }; self
<p6eval> rakudo 7ef386​: Lexical 'self' not found [...]
* masak submits rakudobug
<moritz_> nope, that's fine
<moritz_> rakudo​: sub self() { say "OH HAI" }; self()
<p6eval> rakudo 7ef386​: Lexical 'self' not found [...]
<moritz_> *that's* a bug
<masak> ah. :)
<masak> rakudo​: sub self() { say "OH HAI" }; &self()
<p6eval> rakudo 7ef386​: OH HAI␤
<moritz_> but without the parenthesis the built-in takes precedence,
if it's parsed as term (and not as function)
<moritz_> std​: self ~~ 1
<p6eval> std : ok 00​:01 106m␤
<moritz_> std​: sub a { }; a ~~ 1
<p6eval> std : �[31m===�[0mSORRY!�[31m===�[0m␤Preceding context
expects a term, but found infix ~~ instead [...]
<moritz_> and you see that STD.pm doesn't parse self as a function
<masak> right. it's a term.

From @moritz

works now, and tested in S02-names_and_variables/names.t (lacking a
better idea on where to put such tests).

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