From @ShimmerFairy

<lue> r​: say $]
<camelia> rakudo c0814a​: OUTPUT«===SORRY!=== Error while compiling
/tmp/bQ267__iqC␤Non-declarative sigil is missing its name␤at
/tmp/bQ267__iqC​:1␤------> say ⏏$]␤ expecting any of​:␤ argument list␤
prefix or term␤ prefix or meta-prefix␤»…

The error message should be closer to what STD says​:

<lue> std​: say $]
<camelia> std c2215f0​: OUTPUT«===SORRY!===␤Unsupported use of $]
variable; in Perl 6 please use $*PERL_VERSION at /tmp/30I9vo1peV line
1​:␤------> say $]⏏<EOL>␤Parse failed␤FAILED 00​:00 42m␤»

From @coke

On Wed Aug 14 14​:39​:07 2013, lue wrote​:

<lue> r​: say $]
<camelia> rakudo c0814a​: OUTPUT«===SORRY!=== Error while compiling
/tmp/bQ267__iqC␤Non-declarative sigil is missing its name␤at
/tmp/bQ267__iqC​:1␤------> say ⏏$]␤ expecting any of​:␤ argument list␤
prefix or term␤ prefix or meta-prefix␤»…

The error message should be closer to what STD says​:

<lue> std​: say $]
<camelia> std c2215f0​: OUTPUT«===SORRY!===␤Unsupported use of $]
variable; in Perl 6 please use $*PERL_VERSION at /tmp/30I9vo1peV line
1​:␤------> say $]⏏<EOL>␤Parse failed␤FAILED 00​:00 42m␤»

Fixed. Closable with tests​:

12​:09 < [Coke]> m​: say $]
12​:09 <+camelia> rakudo-moar 299d70​: OUTPUT«===SORRY!=== Error while compiling
  /tmp/_cHikCl3Xj␤Unsupported use of $] variable; in Perl 6
  please use $*PERL_VERSION␤at /tmp/_cHikCl3Xj​:1␤------> say
  ⏏$]␤ expecting any of​:␤ argument list␤ …»
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Will "Coke" Coleda

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

From @usev6

Unfortunately the error message is only "Unexpected closing bracket" now​:

13​:00 < bartolin> r​: say $]
13​:00 <+camelia> rakudo-{parrot,moar} 65819d​: OUTPUT«===SORRY!=== Error while compiling /tmp/tmpfile␤Unexpected closing bracket␤at /tmp/tmpfile​:1␤------> say $⏏]

From @coke

On Mon Oct 06 04​:01​:24 2014, bartolin@​gmx.de wrote​:

Unfortunately the error message is only "Unexpected closing bracket"
now​:

13​:00 < bartolin> r​: say $]
13​:00 <+camelia> rakudo-{parrot,moar} 65819d​: OUTPUT«===SORRY!===
Error while compiling /tmp/tmpfile␤Unexpected closing bracket␤at
/tmp/tmpfile​:1␤------> say $⏏]

Re-fixed; test added to S32-exceptions/misc.t with the other perl5var tests.

There was still code around to deal with this in the exception class, but the check was lost from the grammar.
--
Will "Coke" Coleda

From @coke

On Mon Oct 06 04​:01​:24 2014, bartolin@​gmx.de wrote​:

Unfortunately the error message is only "Unexpected closing bracket"
now​:

13​:00 < bartolin> r​: say $]
13​:00 <+camelia> rakudo-{parrot,moar} 65819d​: OUTPUT«===SORRY!===
Error while compiling /tmp/tmpfile␤Unexpected closing bracket␤at
/tmp/tmpfile​:1␤------> say $⏏]

Re-fixed; test added to S32-exceptions/misc.t with the other perl5var tests.

There was still code around to deal with this in the exception class, but the check was lost from the grammar.

--
Will "Coke" Coleda

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