From @usev6

The REPL is busted for rakudo-j (and the tests in S19-command-line/repl.6 are failing)​:

$ ./perl6-j --version
This is Rakudo version 2016.07.1-239-g9202952 built on JVM

$ ./perl6-j
===SORRY!===
ContextRef representation does not implement elems

$ $ ./perl6-j --ll-exception
ContextRef representation does not implement elems
  in SET-SELF (gen/jvm/CORE.setting​:2754)
  in dispatch​:<!> (gen/jvm/CORE.setting​:1598)
  in new (gen/jvm/CORE.setting​:2763)
  in keys (gen/jvm/CORE.setting​:20705)
  in keys (gen/jvm/CORE.setting​:2001)
  in (gen/jvm/CORE.setting​:41901)
  in BUILDALL (gen/jvm/CORE.setting​:1107)
  in BUILDALL (gen/jvm/CORE.setting​:1030)
  in bless (gen/jvm/CORE.setting​:1026)
  in new (gen/jvm/CORE.setting​:42042)
  in interactive (src/Perl6/Compiler.nqp​:64)
  in command_eval (gen/jvm/stage2/NQPHLL.nqp​:1296)
  in command_eval (src/Perl6/Compiler.nqp​:27)
  in command_line (gen/jvm/stage2/NQPHLL.nqp​:1272)
  in MAIN (gen/jvm/main.nqp​:47)
  in <mainline> (gen/jvm/main.nqp​:38)
  in (gen/jvm/main.nqp)

This surfaced with rakudo commit ba20d347e6 which removed the fallback to a NQP REPL. Starting the REPL with an older rakudo-j already complained about 'ContextRef representation does not implement elems'​:

$ ./perl6-j --version
This is Rakudo version 2016.07.1-170-g0de8eb3 built on JVM

$ ./perl6-j
Couldn't load Rakudo REPL.pm​: ContextRef representation does not implement elems
Falling back to nqp REPL.

From @awwaiid

This is caused by RT#​129092.

Work-around submitted at rakudo/rakudo#848.

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

From @usev6

On Thu Aug 25 22​:25​:10 2016, awwaiid wrote​:

This is caused by RT#​129092.

Work-around submitted at rakudo/rakudo#848.

Thanks a lot! The tests in S19-command-line/repl.t are passing again.

Since ticket #​129092 (still open) targets the cause of the REPL failure, I'm closing this ticket as 'resolved'.

@usev6 - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'