From @moritz

18​:01 < moritz> rakudo​: my $x = 5; sub f(Int $y) { $x := 'foo'; say $y
}; f($x); say $x
18​:01 <+p6eval> rakudo 8533c3​: OUTPUT«foo␤foo␤»
18​:02 < TimToady> I think rebinding $x makes $x and $y point to
different things
18​:02 < pmichaud> I can agree with that
18​:03 < pmichaud> Rakudo needs to move to a two-layer system
18​:03 < moritz> so output should be 5\nfoo\n, right?
18​:03 < TimToady> I believe so
18​:03 < pmichaud> $x -> container -> 5
18​:03 * moritz submits rakudobug

From @jnthn

On Thu Apr 28 09​:04​:38 2011, moritz wrote​:

18​:01 < moritz> rakudo​: my $x = 5; sub f(Int $y) { $x := 'foo'; say $y
}; f($x); say $x
18​:01 <+p6eval> rakudo 8533c3​: OUTPUT«foo␤foo␤»
18​:02 < TimToady> I think rebinding $x makes $x and $y point to
different things
18​:02 < pmichaud> I can agree with that
18​:03 < pmichaud> Rakudo needs to move to a two-layer system
18​:03 < moritz> so output should be 5\nfoo\n, right?
18​:03 < TimToady> I believe so
18​:03 < pmichaud> $x -> container -> 5
18​:03 * moritz submits rakudobug

Fixed in nom​:

my $x = 5; sub f(Int $y) { $x := 'foo'; say $y }; f($x); say $x
5
foo

Tagging testneeded.

/jnthn

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From @moritz

now tested in S03-binding/scalars.t.

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