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Using dot instead of a semicolon as a statement end (say ‘hello’.) #6268

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p6rt opened this issue May 25, 2017 · 3 comments
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Using dot instead of a semicolon as a statement end (say ‘hello’.) #6268

p6rt opened this issue May 25, 2017 · 3 comments
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p6rt commented May 25, 2017

Migrated from rt.perl.org#131363 (status was 'open')

Searchable as RT131363$

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p6rt commented May 25, 2017

From @AlexDaniel

Code​:
say �hello�.
say 42

Result​:
===SORRY!=== Error while compiling -e
Two terms in a row
at -e​:2
------> say� 42
  expecting any of​:
  infix
  infix stopper
  postfix
  statement end
  statement modifier
  statement modifier loop

This bug report was motivated by this task from thinkperl6 book​:

� What if you put a period at the end of a statement?

Arguably, it can probably figure out that . was used instead of ;. The problem is that . is interpreted as an infix, and therefore it only blows up when it sees the next occurrence of two terms in a row (or any other issue)� Not sure if there is any easy way to implement something like this (but a line ending with a dot should be a good heuristic, no?)

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p6rt commented May 25, 2017

From @zoffixznet

On Thu, 25 May 2017 05​:58​:39 -0700, alex.jakimenko@​gmail.com wrote​:

Code​:
say �hello�.
say 42

Result​:
===SORRY!=== Error while compiling -e
Two terms in a row
at -e​:2
------> say� 42
expecting any of​:
infix
infix stopper
postfix
statement end
statement modifier
statement modifier loop

This bug report was motivated by this task from thinkperl6 book​:

� What if you put a period at the end of a statement?

Arguably, it can probably figure out that . was used instead of ;. The
problem is that . is interpreted as an infix, and therefore it only
blows up when it sees the next occurrence of two terms in a row (or
any other issue)� Not sure if there is any easy way to implement
something like this (but a line ending with a dot should be a good
heuristic, no?)

IMO that feels like a solution in search of a problem that assumes too much about what the user actually intended.

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p6rt commented May 25, 2017

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

@p6rt p6rt added the LTA Less Than Awesome; typically an error message that could be better label Jan 5, 2020
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