From @moritz

moritz@​jacq​:~/p6/rakudo>./perl6 -e 'BEGIN { a() }'
===SORRY!===
Could not find sub &a
moritz@​jacq​:~/p6/rakudo>./perl6 -e 'a()'
Could not find sub &a
  in main program body at line 1

Any code run at BEGIN time lacks a stack trace, which is rather annoying.

From @coke

On Fri Dec 31 09​:02​:30 2010, moritz wrote​:

moritz@​jacq​:~/p6/rakudo>./perl6 -e 'BEGIN { a() }'
===SORRY!===
Could not find sub &a
moritz@​jacq​:~/p6/rakudo>./perl6 -e 'a()'
Could not find sub &a
in main program body at line 1

Any code run at BEGIN time lacks a stack trace, which is rather annoying.

Behavior has changed slightly, but is still broken​:

$ perl6 -e 'BEGIN { a() }'
===SORRY!===
Could not find sub &a
$ perl6 -e 'a()'
===SORRY!===
Undeclared routine​:
  a used at line 1

--
Will "Coke" Coleda

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

From @Siddhant

On Wed May 29 18​:50​:10 2013, coke wrote​:

On Fri Dec 31 09​:02​:30 2010, moritz wrote​:

moritz@​jacq​:~/p6/rakudo>./perl6 -e 'BEGIN { a() }'
===SORRY!===
Could not find sub &a
moritz@​jacq​:~/p6/rakudo>./perl6 -e 'a()'
Could not find sub &a
in main program body at line 1

Any code run at BEGIN time lacks a stack trace, which is rather annoying.

Behavior has changed slightly, but is still broken​:

$ perl6 -e 'BEGIN { a() }'
===SORRY!===
Could not find sub &a
$ perl6 -e 'a()'
===SORRY!===
Undeclared routine​:
a used at line 1

Behaviour is different on moar and parrot​:

$ perl6-p -e 'BEGIN { a() }'
===SORRY!===
Could not find sub &a
$ perl6-m -e 'BEGIN { a() }'
===SORRY!===
Cannot invoke null object

$ perl6-p --version
This is perl6 version 2014.06-76-g597f35f built on parrot 6.5.0 revision RELEASE_6_5_0
$ perl6-m --version
This is perl6 version 2014.06-76-g597f35f built on MoarVM version 2014.06-55-g55187a1

From @jnthn

On Fri Dec 31 09​:02​:30 2010, moritz wrote​:

moritz@​jacq​:~/p6/rakudo>./perl6 -e 'BEGIN { a() }'
===SORRY!===
Could not find sub &a
moritz@​jacq​:~/p6/rakudo>./perl6 -e 'a()'
Could not find sub &a
in main program body at line 1

Any code run at BEGIN time lacks a stack trace, which is rather annoying.

The one in this ticket now gives the correct compile-time error about an undeclared routine, before even trying to run the code​:

$ perl6-m -e "BEGIN { a() }"
===SORRY!=== Error while compiling -e
Undeclared routine​:
  a used at line 1

Actual errors in the runtime of BEGIN blocks now come with decent amounts of information​:

$ perl6-m -e "BEGIN { die 'oh noes' }"
===SORRY!=== Error while compiling -e
An exception occurred while evaluating a BEGIN
at -e​:1
Exception details​:
  oh noes
  in block at -e​:1

Tested both in S32-exceptions/misc.t.

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