From @moritz

Fails with roles​:

18​:16 <@​moritz_> rakudo​: role Foo { our $pi = 3 }; say $Foo​::pi
18​:16 <+p6eval> rakudo 692aa1​: OUTPUT«Null PMC access in type()␤ in
main program body at line 20​:/tmp/M57BNs8HR2␤»

Works with modules​:

18​:16 <@​moritz_> rakudo​: module Foo { our $pi = 3 }; say $Foo​::pi
18​:16 <+p6eval> rakudo 692aa1​: OUTPUT«3␤»

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

From @coke

On Sat Jul 10 09​:18​:02 2010, moritz wrote​:

Fails with roles​:

18​:16 <@​moritz_> rakudo​: role Foo { our $pi = 3 }; say $Foo​::pi
18​:16 <+p6eval> rakudo 692aa1​: OUTPUT«Null PMC access in type()␤ in
main program body at line 20​:/tmp/M57BNs8HR2␤»

Works with modules​:

18​:16 <@​moritz_> rakudo​: module Foo { our $pi = 3 }; say $Foo​::pi
18​:16 <+p6eval> rakudo 692aa1​: OUTPUT«3␤»

This now says​:

20​:52 < [Coke]> rakudo​: role Foo { our $pi = 3 }; say $Foo​::pi
20​:52 <+p6eval> rakudo 63326f​: OUTPUT«Any()␤»
20​:53 < [Coke]> rakudo​: module Foo { our $pi = 3 }; say $Foo​::pi
20​:53 <+p6eval> rakudo 63326f​: OUTPUT«3␤»

--
Will "Coke" Coleda

From @FROGGS

still​:

<FROGGS> rakudo​: role Foo { our $pi = 3 }; say $Foo​::pi
<camelia> rakudo fe7049​: OUTPUT«(Any)␤»
<FROGGS> rakudo​: module Foo { our $pi = 3 }; say $Foo​::pi
<camelia> rakudo fe7049​: OUTPUT«3␤»
<FROGGS> rakudo​: class Foo { our $pi = 3 }; say $Foo​::pi
<camelia> rakudo fe7049​: OUTPUT«3␤»

added test​:
Raku/roast@b30e9a8

From @jnthn

On Sat Jul 10 09​:18​:02 2010, moritz wrote​:

Fails with roles​:

18​:16 <@​moritz_> rakudo​: role Foo { our $pi = 3 }; say $Foo​::pi
18​:16 <+p6eval> rakudo 692aa1​: OUTPUT«Null PMC access in type()␤ in
main program body at line 20​:/tmp/M57BNs8HR2␤»

For reasons now described in S14, this is disallowed. It's also caught and reported at compile time. Test covering that in S14-roles/namespaced.t.

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