From @masak

<masak> rakudo​: @​*INC.=reverse; say @​*INC.perl
<p6eval> rakudo ad2afb​: OUTPUT«Cannot assign to readonly value [...]
<ash_> rakudo​: @​*INC = 1, 2;
<p6eval> rakudo ad2afb​: OUTPUT«Cannot assign to readonly value [...]
<ash_> aww hmm, why is it read only?
<masak> ash_​: yeah, that feels wrong, doesn't it?
<masak> rakudo​: @​*INC.push("OH HAI"); say @​*INC.perl
<p6eval> rakudo ad2afb​: OUTPUT«["lib", "/home/p6eval/.perl6/lib",
"/home/p6eval//p2/lib/parrot/2.5.0-devel/languages/perl6/lib", ".",
"OH HAI"]␤»
<masak> ash_​: only the container is, though.
<ash_> masak​: ah, i guess that makes sense...
<masak> ash_​: not sure it does. but it makes it not-as-bad.
<ash_> masak​: well, is there a good reason to let someone do @​*INC = ?
you lose all of the default load paths if you do that
<moritz_> ash_​: is there a good reason not to allow it?
<ash_> (how do you even make a container R only?)
<moritz_> in general we allow people to shoot in their foot if that's
what they wish
<ash_> hmm
* masak submits @​*INC rakudobug

From @pmichaud

Now fixed in current Rakudo, assigning to moritz for spectest coverage.

Pm

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

From @kyleha

This is an automatically generated mail to inform you that tests are now available in t/spec/S28-named-variables/inc.t

commit 1f6b32e3b9ea370b8f10de64ce8f386f50aa2198
Author​: moritz <moritz@​c213334d-75ef-0310-aa23-eaa082d1ae64>
Date​: Mon Jun 28 20​:58​:52 2010 +0000

  [t/spec] tests for RT #​75956, @​*INC should be writable
 
  git-svn-id​: http://svn.pugscode.org/pugs@&#8203;31484 c213334d-75ef-0310-aa23-eaa082d1ae64

diff --git a/t/spec/S28-named-variables/inc.t b/t/spec/S28-named-variables/inc.t
index 4c3d462..449ef02 100644
--- a/t/spec/S28-named-variables/inc.t
+++ b/t/spec/S28-named-variables/inc.t
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use v6;
 
 use Test;
 
-plan 3;
+plan 5;
 
 # Note that @*INC is only provisional until we have plans for a "real"
 # module database in place.
@@ -18,4 +18,7 @@ is(+@*INC, $number_in_inc + 1, 'we added something to @INC');
 pop @*INC;
 is(+@*INC, $number_in_inc, 'we removed something from @INC');
 
+lives_ok { @*INC = <a b c> }, 'Can assign to @*INC';
+is @*INC.join(','), 'a,b,c', '... and assignment worked';
+
 # vim: ft=perl6

From @moritz

Covered, resolving

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