From @masak

$ cat test.p6
my $var;
my $var

$ perl6 --target=pir --output=test.pir test.p6
Redeclaration of variable $var

$ cat test.pir
1

$ perl6 --target=past test.p6
Redeclaration of variable $var
"past" => 1

<lisppaste3> masak pasted "jnthn​: ever seen anything like this?" at
http://paste.lisp.org/display/91118
<jnthn> masak​: No.
<jnthn> That looks...screwed up.
<moritz_> masak​: what's the return status of the compilation?
<moritz_> echo $?
<masak> moritz_​: 0
<jnthn> masak​: Does --target=past give anything interesting?
<masak> jnthn​: let me check.
<jnthn> masak​: A dupe var causes it?!
<masak> jnthn​: uh huh.
<jnthn> 'bbq!
<masak> this needs fixing.
<jnthn> Well, yes.
<jnthn> So do the other n-hundred tickets in RT.
<jnthn> This one certainly ranks high on wtf factor though.
* masak submits rakudobug
<frettled> «Results 1 - 10 of about 26,500 for "masak submits
rakudobug". (0.38 seconds)»
<masak> frettled​: lol

From @coke

On Wed Nov 25 15​:16​:33 2009, masak wrote​:

$ cat test.p6
my $var;
my $var

$ perl6 --target=pir --output=test.pir test.p6
Redeclaration of variable $var

$ cat test.pir
1

$ perl6 --target=past test.p6
Redeclaration of variable $var
"past" => 1

<lisppaste3> masak pasted "jnthn​: ever seen anything like this?" at
http://paste.lisp.org/display/91118
<jnthn> masak​: No.
<jnthn> That looks...screwed up.
<moritz_> masak​: what's the return status of the compilation?
<moritz_> echo $?
<masak> moritz_​: 0
<jnthn> masak​: Does --target=past give anything interesting?
<masak> jnthn​: let me check.
<jnthn> masak​: A dupe var causes it?!
<masak> jnthn​: uh huh.
<jnthn> 'bbq!
<masak> this needs fixing.
<jnthn> Well, yes.
<jnthn> So do the other n-hundred tickets in RT.
<jnthn> This one certainly ranks high on wtf factor though.
* masak submits rakudobug
<frettled> «Results 1 - 10 of about 26,500 for "masak submits
rakudobug". (0.38 seconds)»
<masak> frettled​: lol

This works as you'd expect now​:

$ cat foo.p6
my $var;
my $var
$ ./perl6 --target=pir --output=foo.pir foo.p6
===SORRY!===
Redeclaration of symbol $var at line 2, near "\n"
$ cat foo.pir
cat​: foo.pir​: No such file or directory

assigning to moritz for testing.

--
Will "Coke" Coleda

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

From @moritz

Since --target=pir is not spec, I'm closing the ticket without test
coverage.

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