From @masak

<masak> rakudo​: $/ = "abc"; say $1
<p6eval> rakudo 55f51d​: b␤
<masak> hihi.
* masak submits rakudobug
<pmichaud> rakudo​: my $a = 'abc'; say $a[1];
<p6eval> rakudo 55f51d​: Method 'postcircumfix​:[ ]' not found for
invocant of class 'Str' [...]
<pmichaud> heh
<pmichaud> interesting
<pmichaud> rakudo​: $/ = "abc"; say $/[1]
<p6eval> rakudo 55f51d​: Method 'postcircumfix​:[ ]' not found for
invocant of class 'Str' [...]
<pmichaud> oh, I get it.
<masak> pmichaud​: it's PIR semantics leaking through in exactly that case.
<pmichaud> masak++
<pmichaud> masak​: right.

From @coke

On Wed Dec 16 07​:03​:22 2009, masak wrote​:

<masak> rakudo​: $/ = "abc"; say $1
<p6eval> rakudo 55f51d​: b␤
<masak> hihi.
* masak submits rakudobug
<pmichaud> rakudo​: my $a = 'abc'; say $a[1];
<p6eval> rakudo 55f51d​: Method 'postcircumfix​:[ ]' not found for
invocant of class 'Str' [...]
<pmichaud> heh
<pmichaud> interesting
<pmichaud> rakudo​: $/ = "abc"; say $/[1]
<p6eval> rakudo 55f51d​: Method 'postcircumfix​:[ ]' not found for
invocant of class 'Str' [...]
<pmichaud> oh, I get it.
<masak> pmichaud​: it's PIR semantics leaking through in exactly that case.
<pmichaud> masak++
<pmichaud> masak​: right.

new error​:

my $a = 'abc'; say $a[1];
===SORRY!===
.[1] out of range for type Str()

--
Will "Coke" Coleda

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

From @pmichaud

new error​:

my $a = 'abc'; say $a[1];
===SORRY!===
.[1] out of range for type Str()

I believe this is the correct behavior per the specification.

Pm

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

From @kyleha

This is an automatically generated mail to inform you that tests are now available in t/spec/S05-match/capturing-contexts.t

commit d82fd16f9c4f20066502717e4b5f50b76573c8de
Author​: moritz <moritz@​c213334d-75ef-0310-aa23-eaa082d1ae64>
Date​: Thu Aug 19 19​:18​:36 2010 +0000

  [t/spec] tests for RT #​71362, $0, $1 etc. work even for $/ := $something
 
  git-svn-id​: http://svn.pugscode.org/pugs@&#8203;32059 c213334d-75ef-0310-aa23-eaa082d1ae64

diff --git a/t/spec/S05-match/capturing-contexts.t b/t/spec/S05-match/capturing-contexts.t
index d35c460..80c950e 100644
--- a/t/spec/S05-match/capturing-contexts.t
+++ b/t/spec/S05-match/capturing-contexts.t
@@ -106,6 +106,13 @@ is_run( q{'aa' ~~ /(.)$1/},
     is ($/.orig).rindex('a', 2), 1, 'rindex() works on $/.orig';
 }
 
+# RT #71362
+{
+    $/ := 'foobar';
+    is $0, 'foobar', '$0 works like $/[0], even for non-Match objects';
+    nok $1.defined, '$1 is not defined';
+}
+
 # RT #72956
 {
     $/ = Any;