Rakudo mentions non-existent .ins method when attempting to use $. variable ( say $. )

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Migrated from rt.perl.org#128045 (status was 'resolved')

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From @AlexDaniel

Code​:
say $.

Result​:
===SORRY!=== Error while compiling -e
Unsupported use of $. variable; in Perl 6 please use the filehandle's .ins method
at -e​:1
------> say $.⏏<EOL>

<AlexDaniel> what is .ins ?
<dogbert2> a no longer existing method, removed around Christmas
<timotimo> "number of input seperators encountered"

This is where this error message comes from​: https://github.com/rakudo/rakudo/blob/nom/src/core/Exception.pm#L1359

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From @lizmat

Fixed with 1e54c52 , not sure whether tests are needed.

On 01 May 2016, at 11​:48, Alex Jakimenko (via RT) <perl6-bugs-followup@​perl.org> wrote​:

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Code​:
say $.

Result​:
===SORRY!=== Error while compiling -e
Unsupported use of $. variable; in Perl 6 please use the filehandle's .ins method
at -e​:1
------> say $.⏏<EOL>

<AlexDaniel> what is .ins ?
<dogbert2> a no longer existing method, removed around Christmas
<timotimo> "number of input seperators encountered"

This is where this error message comes from​: https://github.com/rakudo/rakudo/blob/nom/src/core/Exception.pm#L1359

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From @AlexDaniel

The test is indeed not needed. However, I've noticed that the error messages for $. and some other variables are not tested at all.

I've added such tests in Raku/roast@0a1da1a

Some of them are todo-ed, but $. works fine, so I am closing this.

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From [Unknown Contact. See original ticket]

The test is indeed not needed. However, I've noticed that the error messages for $. and some other variables are not tested at all.

I've added such tests in Raku/roast@0a1da1a

Some of them are todo-ed, but $. works fine, so I am closing this.

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