From @masak

<donri> rakudo​: "foo".{ say $^a }
<p6eval> rakudo a38d45​: OUTPUT«Null PMC access in type() [...]
* masak submits rakudobug

From @jnthn

On Fri Mar 11 14​:35​:04 2011, masak wrote​:

<donri> rakudo​: "foo".{ say $^a }
<p6eval> rakudo a38d45​: OUTPUT�Null PMC access in type() [...]
* masak submits rakudobug

Now tells you what's wrong​:

"foo".{ say $^a }
Cannot use placeholder parameter $^a in the mainline

(Yes, this is the correct error; you're doing a postcircumfix there,
e.g. trying to do a hash index and pass it a placeholder).

Tagging testneeded.

/jnthn

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

From @moritz

Now tested in S32-exceptions/misc.t.

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