From @ashgti

Autovivifcation works in a single file, but if you try to do it across files
and use 'use Name' to import an object it doesn't work​:

john@​Strudel /tmp $ cat t.pm
class foo​::a {
};

class foo {
};

say 'done'

john@​Strudel /tmp $ perl6 t.pm

done

That worked as expected​:

john@​Strudel /tmp $ cat foo.pm
use foo​::a;
class foo {
}
john@​Strudel /tmp $ cat foo/a.pm
class foo​::a {
};
john@​Strudel /tmp $ perl6 -e 'use foo'
===SORRY!===
Illegal redeclaration of symbol 'foo'

if you change foo.pm to be​:
class foo {...};
use foo​::a;
class foo {
}

it will work fine, no illegal redeclaration of symbol error.

--
John Harrison

From @coke

On Tue Jul 20 11​:36​:38 2010, ash_gti wrote​:

Autovivifcation works in a single file, but if you try to do it across files
and use 'use Name' to import an object it doesn't work​:

john@​Strudel /tmp $ cat t.pm
class foo​::a {
};

class foo {
};

say 'done'

john@​Strudel /tmp $ perl6 t.pm

done

That worked as expected​:

john@​Strudel /tmp $ cat foo.pm
use foo​::a;
class foo {
}
john@​Strudel /tmp $ cat foo/a.pm
class foo​::a {
};
john@​Strudel /tmp $ perl6 -e 'use foo'
===SORRY!===
Illegal redeclaration of symbol 'foo'

if you change foo.pm to be​:
class foo {...};
use foo​::a;
class foo {
}

it will work fine, no illegal redeclaration of symbol error.

--
John Harrison

This works now​:

$ cat foo/a.pm
class foo​::a {
};
$ cat foo.pm
use foo​::a;
class foo {
}
say "alive";
$ ./perl6 foo.pm
alive

Closable with tests.

--
Will "Coke" Coleda

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

From @usev6

I added a test to S10-packages/basic.t with commit Raku/roast@698a635b43

I'm closing this ticket now.

@usev6 - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'