[perl #68568] [BUG] Less than awesome error message when passing a named where a positional should be in Rakudo

[Carl Mäsak]

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<masak> rakudo: sub foo($positional, :$named) {}; foo(:named)
<p6eval> rakudo 0d4fe0: OUTPUT«invalid arg type in named portion of
args␤in sub foo [...]
<masak> it doesn't say the name of the arg that cause the error, or
the name of the arg that it expected
* masak submits rakudobug

[bugs-c...@netlabs.develooper.com]

On Sun Aug 16 04:30:06 2009, masak wrote:
> <masak> rakudo: sub foo($positional, :$named) {}; foo(:named)
> <p6eval> rakudo 0d4fe0: OUTPUT«invalid arg type in named portion of
> args␤in sub foo [...]
> <masak> it doesn't say the name of the arg that cause the error, or
> the name of the arg that it expected
> * masak submits rakudobug

<pmurias> masak: it should also print out the (type of the) thing supplied
<masak> pmurias: aye, good idea. and perhaps of the thing expected.
<pmurias> that for sure
* masak adds this to the RT ticket

[perl6-bug...@perl.org]

On Wed Oct 28 14:34:59 2009, moritz wrote:
> On Sun Aug 16 04:30:06 2009, masak wrote:
> > <masak> rakudo: sub foo($positional, :$named) {}; foo(:named)
> > <p6eval> rakudo 0d4fe0: OUTPUT«invalid arg type in named portion of
> > args␤in sub foo [...]
> > <masak> it doesn't say the name of the arg that cause the error, or
> > the name of the arg that it expected
> > * masak submits rakudobug
>
>

> 22:32 <@moritz_> rakudo: sub foo($positional, :$named) {}; foo(:named)
> 22:32 <+p6eval> rakudo 6a43a3: OUTPUT«Not enough positional parameters
> passed; got 0 but expected 1␤in Main (file src/gen_setting.pm, line 295)␤»
>
> That's about as awesome as it gets, though I don't know if it makes
> sense to write specific tests for it since error messages aren't
> standardized yet.
>
> Can we close the ticket without a test?

Yes, I think so. Resolving.