From @Tux

$ perl6 -e 'use v6; $*OUT.nl = "\n";'
$ perl6 -e 'use v6; $*OUT.nl = "\r\n";'
$ perl6 -e 'use v6; $*OUT.nl = "\r";'
$ perl6 -e 'use v6; $*OUT.nl = "\x[2424]";'
$ perl6 -e 'use v6; $*OUT.nl = "\x[2424]\r\n";'
$ perl6 -e 'use v6; $*OUT.nl = "";'
Invalid string index​: max 4294967295, got 4294967295
  in block at src/gen/m-CORE.setting​:16933
  in block <unit> at -e​:1

$ perl6 -e 'use v6; $*OUT.nl = Str;'
Cannot unbox a type object
  in block at src/gen/m-CORE.setting​:16933
  in block <unit> at -e​:1

$

I think I understand why undefined should not be allowed, but an empty
string should not fail

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From @skids

On Tue, 03 Mar 2015 23​:34​:02 -0800, hmbrand wrote​:

$ perl6 -e 'use v6; $*OUT.nl = "\n";'
$ perl6 -e 'use v6; $*OUT.nl = "\r\n";'
$ perl6 -e 'use v6; $*OUT.nl = "\r";'
$ perl6 -e 'use v6; $*OUT.nl = "\x[2424]";'
$ perl6 -e 'use v6; $*OUT.nl = "\x[2424]\r\n";'
$ perl6 -e 'use v6; $*OUT.nl = "";'
Invalid string index​: max 4294967295, got 4294967295
in block at src/gen/m-CORE.setting​:16933
in block <unit> at -e​:1

$ perl6 -e 'use v6; $*OUT.nl = Str;'
Cannot unbox a type object
in block at src/gen/m-CORE.setting​:16933
in block <unit> at -e​:1

$

I think I understand why undefined should not be allowed, but an empty
string should not fail

The method for this changed to ".nl-out" after the IO refactor, and setting
it to "" works fine now, and this is already tested for in S32-io/io-handle.t.

Marking this ticket as resolved.

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

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