From phiroc@free.fr

In Rakudo 2013.5 on Windows 7,

perl6 -e "if (['a','b'] ~~ (*, 'a', *)) { say 'matches' } else { say 'not' };"

and

perl6 -e "if ['a','b'] ~~ (*, 'a', *) { say 'matches' } else { say 'not' };"

throw a "Cannot convert string to number" error

PS

The following example on http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Perl_6_Programming/Control_Structures, is invalid, since ~~ takes precedence on the comma.

["a", "b"] ~~ *, "a", *;

From @bbkr

$ perl6 -e 'say ["a", "b", "c"] ~~ [*, "b", "c" ]�;

Cannot convert string to number​: base-10 number must begin with valid digits or '.' in 'â��a' (indicated by â��)
  in method Numeric at src/gen/m-CORE.setting​:13163
  in sub infix​:<==> at src/gen/m-CORE.setting​:4363
  in sub infix​:<==> at src/gen/m-CORE.setting​:4363
  in block at src/gen/m-CORE.setting​:17668
  in method ACCEPTS at src/gen/m-CORE.setting​:8481
  in block at -e​:1

Rakudo​:
This is perl6 version 2014.08 built on MoarVM version 2014.08
Also on IRC parrot/moar builds at the time of creating this ticket.

From @coke

On Thu Nov 06 15​:11​:04 2014, pawel.pabian@​getresponse.com wrote​:

$ perl6 -e 'say ["a", "b", "c"] ~~ [*, "b", "c" ]�;

Cannot convert string to number​: base-10 number must begin with valid
digits or '.' in '�a' (indicated by �)
in method Numeric at src/gen/m-CORE.setting​:13163
in sub infix​:<==> at src/gen/m-CORE.setting​:4363
in sub infix​:<==> at src/gen/m-CORE.setting​:4363
in block at src/gen/m-CORE.setting​:17668
in method ACCEPTS at src/gen/m-CORE.setting​:8481
in block at -e​:1

Rakudo​:
This is perl6 version 2014.08 built on MoarVM version 2014.08
Also on IRC parrot/moar builds at the time of creating this ticket.

$ ./perl6 -e 'say ["a", "b", "c"] ~~ [*, "b", "c" ]';
True

passing tests in S03-smartmatch/array-array.t

--
Will "Coke" Coleda

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

From @coke

On Thu Nov 06 15​:11​:04 2014, pawel.pabian@​getresponse.com wrote​:

$ perl6 -e 'say ["a", "b", "c"] ~~ [*, "b", "c" ]�;

Cannot convert string to number​: base-10 number must begin with valid
digits or '.' in '�a' (indicated by �)
in method Numeric at src/gen/m-CORE.setting​:13163
in sub infix​:<==> at src/gen/m-CORE.setting​:4363
in sub infix​:<==> at src/gen/m-CORE.setting​:4363
in block at src/gen/m-CORE.setting​:17668
in method ACCEPTS at src/gen/m-CORE.setting​:8481
in block at -e​:1

Rakudo​:
This is perl6 version 2014.08 built on MoarVM version 2014.08
Also on IRC parrot/moar builds at the time of creating this ticket.

$ ./perl6 -e 'say ["a", "b", "c"] ~~ [*, "b", "c" ]';
True

passing tests in S03-smartmatch/array-array.t

--
Will "Coke" Coleda

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