[perl #66996] [BUG] Null PMC access when Rakudo tries to parse :colonpair[] with empty list

[Carl Mäsak]

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<masak> rakudo: my $a = :x[]
<p6eval> rakudo 6c43f9: OUTPUT«Null PMC access in find_method() [...]
* masak submits rakuodbug
<masak> rakudo: :x[]
<p6eval> rakudo 6c43f9: OUTPUT«Null PMC access in find_method() [...]

[Patrick R. Michaud via RT]

On Fri Jun 26 07:56:40 2009, masak wrote:
> <masak> rakudo: my $a = :x[]
> <p6eval> rakudo 6c43f9: OUTPUT«Null PMC access in find_method() [...]
> * masak submits rakuodbug
> <masak> rakudo: :x[]
> <p6eval> rakudo 6c43f9: OUTPUT«Null PMC access in find_method() [...]

What should $a contain in the above case? I.e., what's the
expected/desired value of $a.perl ?

Pm

[Moritz Lenz]

I think it should be the same as

my $a = x => [];

(that is a pair holding an empty list or array, don't know exactly which).

cheers,
Moritz

[Moritz Lenz]

You can now find passing tests in S02-literals/pairs.t.
Cheers,
Moritz