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Feed operators final sub / routine parens #6011

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p6rt opened this issue Jan 19, 2017 · 3 comments
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Feed operators final sub / routine parens #6011

p6rt opened this issue Jan 19, 2017 · 3 comments
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p6rt commented Jan 19, 2017

Migrated from rt.perl.org#130588 (status was 'open')

Searchable as RT130588$

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p6rt commented Jan 19, 2017

From sam@linux.com

The docs state the following regarding the feed operators​:

In the case of routines/methods that take a single argument or where the first argument is a block, it is often required that you call with parentheses (though this is not required for the very last routine/method).

https://docs.perl6.org/language/operators#index-entry-feed

In the example, sort(), flat(), printf(), sprintf() can omit ()​:

"my string" ==> sort
"my string" ==> flat
"my string" ==> printf
"my string" ==> sprintf

but fails with others (this isn't an exhaustive list)​:

"my string" ==> say
===SORRY!=== Error while compiling​:
Unsupported use of bare "say"; in Perl 6 please use .say if you meant $_, or use an explicit invocant or argument, or use &say to refer to the function as a noun
------> "my string" ==> say⏏;

"my string" ==> print
===SORRY!=== Error while compiling​:
Unsupported use of bare "print"; in Perl 6 please use .print if you meant $_, or use an explicit invocant or argument, or use &print to refer to the function as a noun
------> "my string" ==> print⏏;

"my string" ==> reverse
===SORRY!=== Error while compiling​:
Unsupported use of bare "reverse"; in Perl 6 please use .reverse if you meant $_, or use an explicit invocant or argument, or use &reverse to refer to the function as a noun
------> "my string" ==> reverse⏏;

This bug is similar to https://rt-archive.perl.org/perl6/Ticket/Display.html?id=112396

Tested on 2016.12, v2016.12.113.gd.1.da.1.ba

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p6rt commented Jan 19, 2017

From @geekosaur

On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 6​:43 AM, Sam M <perl6-bugs-followup@​perl.org> wrote​:

"my string" ==> reverse
===SORRY!=== Error while compiling​:
Unsupported use of bare "reverse"; in Perl 6 please use .reverse if you
meant $_, or use an explicit invocant or argument, or use &reverse to refer
to the function as a noun
------> "my string" ==> reverse⏏;

This bug is similar to https://rt-archive.perl.org/perl6/Ticket/Display.html?id=112396

Actually, it's not; it's just the "catch common perl 5 idioms that don't do
the same thing in perl 6" (specifically, reliance on $_ as default
parameter) interacting oddly with a semantic perl 5 didn't have. Arguably
there should be a way to suppress the p5-trap in that situation.

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p6rt commented Jan 19, 2017

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

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