Re: Referring to package variables in the default namespace in p6

"TSa (Thomas Sandlaß)" wrote:

> Here your expectations might be disappointed, sorry.
> 
> The non-symbolic form $*Main::foo = 'bar' creates code that
> makes sure that the lhs results in a proper scalar container.
> The symbolic form might not be so nice and return undef!
> Then undef = 'bar' of course let's your program die.

When something knows that it is being evaluated in lvalue context, it 
should probably return something like "undef but autovifify:{...}". The 
assignment operator could then check for the "autovivify" property when 
its LHS is undefined.

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