LTA error message when a non-number follows \c in a qq string literal in Rakudo

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Migrated from rt.perl.org#83952 (status was 'resolved')

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From @masak

<takadonet> rakudo​: my $ya = "\cIa"
<p6eval> rakudo : OUTPUT«===SORRY!===␤Method 'panic' not found for
invocant of class 'Regex;Match'␤»
<takadonet> ???
<moritz__> internal error during error reporting
* masak submits rakudobug
<masak> rakudo​: "\cI"
<p6eval> rakudo : OUTPUT«===SORRY!===␤Method 'panic' not found for
invocant of class 'Regex;Match'␤»

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From @masak

On Fri Feb 11 11​:42​:36 2011, masak wrote​:

<takadonet> rakudo​: my $ya = "\cIa"
<p6eval> rakudo : OUTPUT«===SORRY!===␤Method 'panic' not found for
invocant of class 'Regex;Match'␤»
<takadonet> ???
<moritz__> internal error during error reporting
* masak submits rakudobug
<masak> rakudo​: "\cI"
<p6eval> rakudo : OUTPUT«===SORRY!===␤Method 'panic' not found for
invocant of class 'Regex;Match'␤»

<moritz__> nqp​: "\cla"
<p6eval> nqp​: OUTPUT«Unrecognized \c character at line 1, near
"la\""␤current instr.​: 'parrot;HLL;Grammar;panic' pc 635
(src/cheats/hll-compiler.pir​:206)␤»
<moritz__> that's the error I'd expect
<moritz__> what's weird is that rakudo doesn't override <charspec> (the
routine that throws this error)
* masak adds that to the ticket

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From [Unknown Contact. See original ticket]

On Fri Feb 11 11​:42​:36 2011, masak wrote​:

<takadonet> rakudo​: my $ya = "\cIa"
<p6eval> rakudo : OUTPUT«===SORRY!===␤Method 'panic' not found for
invocant of class 'Regex;Match'␤»
<takadonet> ???
<moritz__> internal error during error reporting
* masak submits rakudobug
<masak> rakudo​: "\cI"
<p6eval> rakudo : OUTPUT«===SORRY!===␤Method 'panic' not found for
invocant of class 'Regex;Match'␤»

<moritz__> nqp​: "\cla"
<p6eval> nqp​: OUTPUT«Unrecognized \c character at line 1, near
"la\""␤current instr.​: 'parrot;HLL;Grammar;panic' pc 635
(src/cheats/hll-compiler.pir​:206)␤»
<moritz__> that's the error I'd expect
<moritz__> what's weird is that rakudo doesn't override <charspec> (the
routine that throws this error)
* masak adds that to the ticket

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@masak - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

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From @coke

On Fri Feb 11 11​:42​:36 2011, masak wrote​:

<takadonet> rakudo​: my $ya = "\cIa"
<p6eval> rakudo : OUTPUT«===SORRY!===␤Method 'panic' not found for
invocant of class 'Regex;Match'␤»
<takadonet> ???
<moritz__> internal error during error reporting
* masak submits rakudobug
<masak> rakudo​: "\cI"
<p6eval> rakudo : OUTPUT«===SORRY!===␤Method 'panic' not found for
invocant of class 'Regex;Match'␤»

Has been fixed for a while; test added to S02-literals/quoting.t

--
Will "Coke" Coleda

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@coke - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'