From @masak

<masak> r​: package X { has $.foo }
<p6eval> rakudo d171b9​: OUTPUT«Error while constructing error
object​:Could not locate compile-time value for symbol
Attribute​::Package [...]
* masak submits rakudobug

From @jnthn

On Fri Oct 19 12​:33​:45 2012, masak wrote​:

<masak> r​: package X { has $.foo }
<p6eval> rakudo d171b9​: OUTPUT�Error while constructing error
object​:Could not locate compile-time value for symbol
Attribute​::Package [...]
* masak submits rakudobug

Note that it's calling the package X that is immediately to blame for
the LTA error; it hides the setting's X package which contains all of
the exception types.

/jnthn

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

From @usev6

To me the error message looks good now (with 'package Y')​:

$ perl6-m -e 'package Y { has $.foo }'
===SORRY!=== Error while compiling -e
A package cannot have attributes, but you tried to declare '$.foo'
at -e​:1
------> package Y { has $.foo ⏏}
  expecting any of​:
  scoped declarator
  constraint

It throws a typed exception "X​::Attribute​::Package". I added a test to S32-exceptions/misc.t with the following commit​: Raku/roast@47f209b

The remaining question is what to do with 'package X'. As jnthn pointed out, this one is special since it contains all the exception types.

From @jnthn

On Tue Oct 07 13​:53​:39 2014, bartolin@​gmx.de wrote​:

To me the error message looks good now (with 'package Y')​:

$ perl6-m -e 'package Y { has $.foo }'
===SORRY!=== Error while compiling -e
A package cannot have attributes, but you tried to declare '$.foo'
at -e​:1
------> package Y { has $.foo ⏏}
expecting any of​:
scoped declarator
constraint

It throws a typed exception "X​::Attribute​::Package". I added a test to
S32-exceptions/misc.t with the following commit​:
Raku/roast@47f209b

The remaining question is what to do with 'package X'. As jnthn
pointed out, this one is special since it contains all the exception
types.

That's a separate issue from this ticket, though; the issue the ticket was really about (and probably golfed from) is resolved.

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