[perl #113964] [BUG] LTA error message when passing to a typed slurpy array parameter in Rakudo

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<seldon> Can slurpy parameters not be typed? I'm having trouble with
sub foo(Int *@numbers) { }; Rakudo tells me "Nominal type check failed
for parameter '@numbers'; expected Positional but got Array instead"
<masak> hm.
<jnthn> I believe they cannot be.
<masak> r: sub foo(Int *@numbers) {}; foo(5, 42)
<p6eval> rakudo ee8ca1: OUTPUT«Nominal type check failed for parameter
'@numbers'; expected Positional but got Array instead [...]
<masak> in any case, that's a crappy error message.
<masak> r: say Array ~~ Positional
<p6eval> rakudo ee8ca1: OUTPUT«True␤»
<masak> was gonna say.
* masak submits LTA rakudobug
<jnthn> It's missing the type info for some reason.
<jnthn> We should perhaps just forbid the type on slurpies at all though
<jnthn> As in, catch it much earlier at compile time and say "this won't work"
<masak> aye.
<masak> that's the conservative thing to do.

• [perl #113964] [BUG] LTA error message when passing to a typed slurpy array parameter in Rakudo by Carl Mäsak