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defined value as type constraint has inconsistent behaviour #4867

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p6rt opened this issue Dec 13, 2015 · 1 comment
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defined value as type constraint has inconsistent behaviour #4867

p6rt opened this issue Dec 13, 2015 · 1 comment
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p6rt commented Dec 13, 2015

Migrated from rt.perl.org#126906 (status was 'new')

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p6rt commented Dec 13, 2015

From zefram@fysh.org

If a defined value is used as a type constraint, the values that the
constraint will accept are inconsistent between using the type constraint
on a variable and using it on a sub parameter​:

constant T = 3
3
3.^isa(T)
0
(sub (T $a) { 1 })(3)
1
my T $a = 3
Type check failed in assignment to $a; expected 3 but got 3
  in block <unit> at <unknown file>​:1

The two type constraint situations are consistent in disallowing other
values such as 2, "foo", and Int. It probably should not be permitted
at all to use anything other than a type object as a type constraint.
See also [perl #​126117].

-zefram

@p6rt p6rt added the Bug label Jan 5, 2020
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