From @masak

<masak> rakudo​: say eval ""
<p6eval> rakudo 78faa0​: OUTPUT«1␤»
<masak> may I ask... why 1?
<moritz_> rakudo​: say (eval "").WHAT
<p6eval> rakudo 78faa0​: OUTPUT«Int()␤»
<moritz_> it should return Nil, really
* masak submits rakudobug

From @kyleha

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commit 8d42030b8328cf141ebdce17f29835672f6f99c0
Author​: kyle <kyle@​c213334d-75ef-0310-aa23-eaa082d1ae64>
Date​: Thu Apr 22 21​:10​:20 2010 +0000

  Test for RT 74448​: eval of empty string should be Nil
 
  git-svn-id​: http://svn.pugscode.org/pugs@&#8203;30453 c213334d-75ef-0310-aa23-eaa082d1ae64

diff --git a/t/spec/S02-builtin_data_types/nil.t b/t/spec/S02-builtin_data_types/nil.t
index 6b0337c..688f97b 100644
--- a/t/spec/S02-builtin_data_types/nil.t
+++ b/t/spec/S02-builtin_data_types/nil.t
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ sub empty_do { do {} }
 sub empty_branch_true { if 1 {} else { 1; } }
 sub empty_branch_false { if 0 { 1; } else {} }
 sub bare_return { return; }
+sub rt74448 { eval '' }
 
 #?rakudo 4 skip 'return value of if/for etc'
 ok empty_sub()          ~~ Nil, 'empty sub returns Nil';
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@ ok empty_do()           ~~ Nil, 'do {} is Nil';
 ok empty_branch_true()  ~~ Nil, 'if 1 {} is Nil';
 ok empty_branch_false() ~~ Nil, 'else {} is Nil';
 ok bare_return()        ~~ Nil, 'bare return returns Nil';
+#?rakudo todo 'RT 74448: eval of empty string should be Nil'
+ok rt74448()            ~~ Nil, 'eval of empty string is Nil';
 
 # RT #63894
 {

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

From @bbkr

On * release

perl6 -e 'say eval ""'

(no output)

$ perl6 -e 'say (eval "").WHAT'
Parcel()

From @bbkr

[14​:13] <bbkr> I have question regarding
http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=74448 - eval of empty
string returns nor Parcel (task says it should return Nil). but Parcel
~~ Nil so it will pass testcase proposed in ticket. does that meas that
test can be unfudged and ticket marked as resolved?
[14​:14] <bbkr> s/nor/now/
[14​:15] <moritz_> rakudo​: say eval('').perl
[14​:15] <p6eval> rakudo 0a8ef0​: OUTPUT«()␤»
[14​:15] <moritz_> rakudo​: say eval('').WHAT
[14​:15] <p6eval> rakudo 0a8ef0​: OUTPUT«Parcel()␤»
[14​:16] <moritz_> bbkr​: can be closed

From @bbkr

this test is already unfudged in 31891 revision
closing ticket

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