From @moritz

09​:07 <@​szabgab> rakudo​: say "a b,c,d" ~~ rule { a \w ** [\,] }
09​:07 <+p6eval> rakudo 9fd5ea​: OUTPUT«a b?»
09​:08 <@​szabgab> can anyone help me to understand why this does not
match the whole string?
09​:08 < moritz_> rakudo​: say "a b,c,d" ~~ rule { a \w**[\,] }
09​:08 <+p6eval> rakudo 9fd5ea​: OUTPUT«a b?»
09​:08 < moritz_> rakudo​: say "a b,c,d" ~~ rule { a \w**\, }
09​:08 < sorear> [\,] seems very contrived
09​:08 <+p6eval> rakudo 9fd5ea​: OUTPUT«a b?»
09​:09 < moritz_> sorear​: still it should work, no?
09​:09 < sorear> should
09​:09 <@​szabgab> oh, right I don't need the [] at the end
09​:10 < moritz_> rakudo​: say "a b,c,d" ~~ rule { a \w[\,\w]* }
09​:10 <+p6eval> rakudo 9fd5ea​: OUTPUT«a b,c,d?»
09​:12 < moritz_> rakudo​: say "a b,c,d" ~~ token { a <.ws> \w ** \, }
09​:12 <@​szabgab> moritz_​: yes, that's a workaround :)
09​:12 <@​szabgab> thanks
09​:12 <+p6eval> rakudo 9fd5ea​: OUTPUT«a b?»

I kinda expect \w ** \, to match 'b,c,d', and the last evalbot line
shows that it's not a problem with whitespaces.

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

From @pmichaud

Now fixed in 50e0e7e​:

say 'a b,c,d' ~~ token { \w \s \w ** \, }
a b,c,d

Assigning to moritz++ for spectest coverage.

Pm

From @kyleha

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

commit c3a2cd0aced0bcb0960d03aeca8152e316011bfc
Author​: moritz <moritz@​c213334d-75ef-0310-aa23-eaa082d1ae64>
Date​: Mon Aug 2 19​:32​:21 2010 +0000

  [t/spec] test for RT #​76792, ** and \w interact badly in regexes
 
  git-svn-id​: http://svn.pugscode.org/pugs@&#8203;31889 c213334d-75ef-0310-aa23-eaa082d1ae64

diff --git a/t/spec/S05-metasyntax/repeat.t b/t/spec/S05-metasyntax/repeat.t
index a467b93..6f57666 100644
--- a/t/spec/S05-metasyntax/repeat.t
+++ b/t/spec/S05-metasyntax/repeat.t
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ be valid perl6.
 
 # Note: single-quotes.t tests repetition on single quoted items in regexes.
 
-plan 21;
+plan 22;
 
 # L<S05/Bracket rationalization/The general repetition specifier is now>
 
@@ -57,4 +57,7 @@ ok 'a, b, c' !~~ /:s^<alpha>**\,$/, 'with no spaces around **, no spaces can be
 ok 'a, b, c'  ~~ /:s^ <alpha> ** \, $/, 'with spaces around **, spaces can be matched';
 ok 'a , b ,c' ~~ /:s^ <alpha> ** \, $/, 'same, but with leading spaces';
 
+# RT #76792
+ok ('a b,c,d' ~~ token { \w \s \w ** \, }), 'can combine ** with backslash character classes';
+
 # vim: ft=perl6

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