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Whitespaces are not properly escaped in $a\ .\ chop
Note expected behaviour for $a\ ++

[21​:07​:46] <JimmyZ> perl6​: my $a = "helloo"; $a = $a\ .\ chop; say $a;
[21​:07​:50] <p6eval> niecza v6-153-g6cb84d6​: OUTPUT«hello?»
[21​:07​:51] <p6eval> ..rakudo ae5bea​: OUTPUT«===SORRY!===?Confused at
line 22, near "$a = $a\\ ."?»
[21​:07​:51] <p6eval> ..pugs​: OUTPUT«*** ? Unexpected "\\"?
expecting "\187", ">>", "=", "^", operator name, qualified identifier,
variable name, "...", "--", "++", "i", array subscript, hash subscript
or code subscript? at /tmp/M89x3qR_2z line 1, column 29?»

[21​:08​:19] <JimmyZ> std​: my $a = "helloo"; $a = $a\ .\ chop; say $a;
[21​:08​:21] <p6eval> std 37a0cdd​: OUTPUT«ok 00​:01 122m?»

[21​:08​:23] <daniel-s> JimmyZ​: is that a bug in pugs and rakudo?

[21​:08​:47] <JimmyZ> I think it NYI in rakudo
[21​:09​:09] <JimmyZ> not sure whether it's a bug or NYI

[21​:10​:51] <JimmyZ> rakudo​: my $a = 1; say $a\ ++;
[21​:10​:53] <p6eval> rakudo ae5bea​: OUTPUT«1?»

[21​:11​:09] <JimmyZ> yes, it's a bug
[21​:12​:01] <daniel-s> does somebody want to submit a bug report?

[21​:18​:09] <daniel-s> perl6​: my $a = "helloo"; $a = $a.chop; say $a;
[21​:18​:17] <p6eval> pugs, rakudo ae5bea, niecza v6-153-g6cb84d6​: OUTPUT«hello?»

[21​:23​:17] <JimmyZ> perl6​: my $a = "helloo"; $a = $a\ \ 'world'; say
$a; # another one
[21​:23​:21] <p6eval> niecza v6-153-g6cb84d6​: OUTPUT«hellooworldâ�¤Â»
[21​:23​:22] <p6eval> ..pugs​: OUTPUT«*** â�¤ Unexpected "\\"â�¤
expecting "."� at /tmp/7_pprT39nG line 1, column 28�»
[21​:23​:22] <p6eval> ..rakudo ae5bea​: OUTPUT«===SORRY!===â�¤Confused at
line 22, near "$a = $a\\ ~"�»

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daniel-s

From @zhuomingliang

JimmyZ> perl6​: my $a = "helloo"; $a = $a\ .\ chop; say $a;
p6eval> niecza v6-153-g6cb84d6​: OUTPUT«helloâ�¤Â»
p6eval> ..rakudo ae5bea​: OUTPUT«===SORRY!===â�¤Confused at line 22, near "$a =
$a\\ ."�»
p6eval> ..pugs​: OUTPUT«*** â�¤ Unexpected "\\"â�¤ expecting "\187", ">>", "=", "^",
operator name, qualified identifier, variable name, "...", "--", "++", "i",
array subscript, hash subscript or code subscript� at /tmp/nZo6wf0ZsG line 1,
column 29�»
moritz> std​: my $a = "helloo"; $a = $a\ .\ chop; say $a;
p6eval std 37a0cdd​: OUTPUT«ok 00​:01 122mâ�¤Â»
moritz> agreed
JimmyZ> perl6​: my $a = "helloo"; $a = $a\ \ 'world'; say $a; # another one
p6eval> niecza v6-153-g6cb84d6​: OUTPUT«hellooworldâ�¤Â»
p6eval> ..pugs​: OUTPUT«*** â�¤ Unexpected "\\"â�¤ expecting "."â�¤ at /tmp/7_pprT39nG
line 1, column 28�»
p6eval> ..rakudo ae5bea​: OUTPUT«===SORRY!===â�¤Confused at line 22, near "$a =
$a\\ ~"�»

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From @zhuomingliang

it is same as RT #​92822

@zhuomingliang - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

From @zhuomingliang

it's same as RT#​92826

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

From @peschwa

Am Di 14. Jun 2011, 06​:53​:41, jimmy schrieb​:

it's same as RT#​92826

Fixed in Rakudo PR #​250, added test to roast in commit 9801c79 as per the example above.

From @usev6

On the note of Pepe Schwarz I'm closing this ticket. (The test is passing and it's in t/spectest.data.)

$ perl6-m -e 'my $a = "helloo"; $a = $a\ .\ chop; say $a;'
hello

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