From @masak

<jaffa4> Is redeclaration of a variable allowed in Perl 6?
<masak> std​: my $a; my $a
<p6eval> std 625303c​: OUTPUT«Potential difficulties​:␤ Useless
redeclaration of variable $a [...] ok 00​:01 119m␤»
<masak> allowed, but if it's in the same block, you get a warning.
<jaffa4> rakudo fails for redeclaration
<masak> yes, it does.
<jaffa4> I fixed the example, is that ok?
<jaffa4> I have access to github perl6 repository
<jaffa4> read -write
<jaffa4> Is it ok if I commit that?
<masak> permission > forgiveness, so yes :)
<masak> jaffa4​: there might be some RT ticket that can be closed if
such a commit goes in, too.
* masak looks
<jaffa4> RT ticket?
<masak> yes, it's our issue tracker. http://rt.perl.org/rt3/
<masak> but I looked, and I don't see any ticket for that.
<jaffa4> I am not surprised
* masak submits one
<masak> that way, you'll get the satisfaction of having a resolved
ticket in RT :)
<masak> rakudo​: my $a; my $a; say 'alive'
<p6eval> rakudo 924242​: OUTPUT«===SORRY!===␤Redeclaration of symbol $a [...]

From @jnthn

On Sat Feb 05 03​:33​:17 2011, masak wrote​:

<jaffa4> Is redeclaration of a variable allowed in Perl 6?
<masak> std​: my $a; my $a
<p6eval> std 625303c​: OUTPUT«Potential difficulties​:␤ Useless
redeclaration of variable $a [...] ok 00​:01 119m␤»
<masak> allowed, but if it's in the same block, you get a warning.
<jaffa4> rakudo fails for redeclaration
<masak> yes, it does.
<jaffa4> I fixed the example, is that ok?
<jaffa4> I have access to github perl6 repository
<jaffa4> read -write
<jaffa4> Is it ok if I commit that?
<masak> permission > forgiveness, so yes :)
<masak> jaffa4​: there might be some RT ticket that can be closed if
such a commit goes in, too.
* masak looks
<jaffa4> RT ticket?
<masak> yes, it's our issue tracker. http://rt.perl.org/rt3/
<masak> but I looked, and I don't see any ticket for that.
<jaffa4> I am not surprised
* masak submits one
<masak> that way, you'll get the satisfaction of having a resolved
ticket in RT :)
<masak> rakudo​: my $a; my $a; say 'alive'
<p6eval> rakudo 924242​: OUTPUT«===SORRY!===␤Redeclaration of symbol
$a [...]

It's just a warning now​:

my $a; my $a; say "still alive"
Potential difficulties​:
  Redeclaration of symbol $a
  at <unknown file>​:1
  ------> my $a; my $a<HERE>; say "still alive"
still alive

Tagging testneeded.

/jnthn

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

From @usev6

There already was the following test in S04-declarations/multiple.t​:

eval_lives_ok 'my $x; my $x',
  'it is legal to declare my $x twice in the same scope.';

I added the ticket number to the test. If there should be a better test, please reopen the ticket.

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