From @bbkr

[12​:02] <bbkr> rakudo​: / $. / # another one not accepted by STD
[12​:02] <p6eval> rakudo 6ccdcd​: ( no output )

[12​:02] <bbkr> std​: / $. / # another one not accepted by STD
[12​:02] <p6eval> std 32120​: OUTPUT«�[31m===�[0mSORRY!�[31m===�[0mâ�¤Unsupported
use of $. variable; in Perl 6 please use the filehandle's .line method
at /tmp/qiax0mJToC line 1​:â�¤------> �[32m/ $.�[33mâ���[31m / # another one not
accepted by STD�[0mâ�¤Parse failedâ�¤FAILED 00​:02 116mâ�¤Â»

From @coke

On Tue Aug 31 03​:04​:46 2010, pawel.pabian@​implix.com wrote​:

[12​:02] <bbkr> rakudo​: / $. / # another one not accepted by STD
[12​:02] <p6eval> rakudo 6ccdcd​: ( no output )

[12​:02] <bbkr> std​: / $. / # another one not accepted by STD
[12​:02] <p6eval> std 32120​:
OUTPUT«�[31m===�[0mSORRY!�[31m===�[0m�Unsupported
use of $. variable; in Perl 6 please use the filehandle's .line method
at /tmp/qiax0mJToC line 1​:â�¤------> �[32m/ $.�[33mâ���[31m / # another
one not
accepted by STD�[0mâ�¤Parse failedâ�¤FAILED 00​:02 116mâ�¤Â»

Behavior changed​:

08​:35 [Coke] m​: / $. /
08​:35 GLRelia rakudo-moar 1a2b58​: OUTPUT«Method 'match' not found for invocant of class 'Any'â�¤ in block <unit> at /tmp/TFShklg1xA​:1â�¤â�¤Â»
08​:35 camelia rakudo-moar 5fb81f​: OUTPUT«Method 'match' not found for invocant of class 'Any'â�¤ in block <unit> at /tmp/d3k6Y2ajJ4​:1â�¤â�¤Â»

--
Will "Coke" Coleda

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

From @coke

On Sat Aug 29 02​:21​:26 2015, coke wrote​:

On Tue Aug 31 03​:04​:46 2010, pawel.pabian@​implix.com wrote​:

[12​:02] <bbkr> rakudo​: / $. / # another one not accepted by STD
[12​:02] <p6eval> rakudo 6ccdcd​: ( no output )

[12​:02] <bbkr> std​: / $. / # another one not accepted by STD
[12​:02] <p6eval> std 32120​:
OUTPUT«�[31m===�[0mSORRY!�[31m===�[0m�Unsupported
use of $. variable; in Perl 6 please use the filehandle's .line
method
at /tmp/qiax0mJToC line 1​:â�¤------> �[32m/ $.�[33mâ���[31m / # another
one not
accepted by STD�[0mâ�¤Parse failedâ�¤FAILED 00​:02 116mâ�¤Â»

Behavior changed​:

08​:35 [Coke] m​: / $. /
08​:35 GLRelia rakudo-moar 1a2b58​: OUTPUT«Method 'match' not found
for invocant of class 'Any'â�¤ in block <unit> at /tmp/TFShklg1xA​:1â�¤â�¤Â»
08​:35 camelia rakudo-moar 5fb81f​: OUTPUT«Method 'match' not found
for invocant of class 'Any'â�¤ in block <unit> at /tmp/d3k6Y2ajJ4​:1â�¤â�¤Â»

More data​:

05​:23 < FROGGS> m​: $_ = ""; / $. /
05​:23 < GLRelia> rakudo-moar 766e70​: ( no output )
05​:23 <+camelia> rakudo-moar 5fb81f​: ( no output )

--
Will "Coke" Coleda

From @TimToady

The chance of someone using $. inside a regex and meaning what it means in Perl 5 is minimal. Best to just leave this as a "can never match".

@TimToady - Status changed from 'open' to 'rejected'