Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/rakudo/rakudo into issue_…

…2178

.gitignore

@@ -66,8 +66,9 @@ perl6.rc
 /rakudo.js
 /perl6-js
 /perl6-js.bat
+/perl6-m.c
 /perl6-m
-/perl6-m.bat
+/perl6-m.exe
 /perl6-debug-m
 /perl6-debug-m.bat
 /perl6-gdb-m
@@ -85,8 +86,6 @@ t/localtest.data
 t/spec
 t/packages/tap-harness6
 /panda
-perl6.c
-perl6.o
 MANIFEST
 commits.png
 docs/test_summary.times

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ IRC channel mentioned above.
 
 If you want to contribute large amounts of code, please follow the
 [Contributor License Agreement
-process](http://www.perlfoundation.org/contributor_license_agreement) from the
-Perl Foundation.
+process](https://www.perlfoundation.org/contributor-license-agreement.html) from the Perl Foundation.
 
 For small contributions, you agree to place your code under the terms of the
 license of the code that Rakudo is under.

CREDITS

@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ U: RabidGravy
 N: Jonathan Worthington
 U: jnthn
 E: jnthn@jnthn.net
-D: Perl 6 (Rakudo Perl) lead developer, current pumpking
+D: Perl 6 (Rakudo Perl) lead developer
 W: http://www.jnthn.net/
 
 N: Joshua Gatcomb
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ E: patrick.abisalloum@gmail.com
 
 N: Patrick R. Michaud
 U: pmichaud
-D: Perl 6 (Rakudo Perl) lead developer, initial pumpking
+D: Perl 6 (Rakudo Perl) lead developer
 E: pmichaud@pobox.com
 
 N: Patrick Böker

Configure.pl

@@ -11,28 +11,30 @@
 use FindBin;
 
 BEGIN {
-    my $set_config = !qx{git config rakudo.initialized};
-    unless ( -e '3rdparty/nqp-configure/LICENSE' ) {
-        print "Updating nqp-configure submodule...\n";
-        my $msg =
-qx{git submodule sync --quiet 3rdparty/nqp-configure && git submodule --quiet update --init 3rdparty/nqp-configure 2>&1};
-        if ( $? >> 8 == 0 ) {
-            say "OK";
-            $set_config = 1;
-        }
-        else {
-            if ( $msg =~ /[']([^']+)[']\s+already exists and is not an empty/ )
-            {
-                print "\n===SORRY=== ERROR: "
-                  . "Cannot update submodule because directory exists and is not empty.\n"
-                  . ">>> Please delete the following folder and try again:\n$1\n\n";
-                exit 1;
+    if ( -d '.git' ) {
+        my $set_config = !qx{git config rakudo.initialized};
+        unless ( -e '3rdparty/nqp-configure/LICENSE' ) {
+            print "Updating nqp-configure submodule...\n";
+            my $msg =
+    qx{git submodule sync --quiet 3rdparty/nqp-configure && git submodule --quiet update --init 3rdparty/nqp-configure 2>&1};
+            if ( $? >> 8 == 0 ) {
+                say "OK";
+                $set_config = 1;
+            }
+            else {
+                if ( $msg =~ /[']([^']+)[']\s+already exists and is not an empty/ )
+                {
+                    print "\n===SORRY=== ERROR: "
+                      . "Cannot update submodule because directory exists and is not empty.\n"
+                      . ">>> Please delete the following folder and try again:\n$1\n\n";
+                    exit 1;
+                }
             }
         }
-    }
-    if ($set_config) {
-        system("git config submodule.recurse true");
-        system("git config rakudo.initialized 1");
+        if ($set_config) {
+            system("git config submodule.recurse true");
+            system("git config rakudo.initialized 1");
+        }
     }
 }
 

README.md

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ If you get a `java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space` error building
 rakudo on the JVM, you may need to modify your NQP runner to limit memory
 use. e.g. edit the nqp-j / nqp-j.bat executable (found wherever you installed to, or in the
 `install/bin` directory) to include `-Xms500m -Xmx3g` as options passed to java.
-Alternatively, you can set `JAVA_OPTS` env var; e.g. 
+Alternatively, you can set `JAVA_OPTS` env var; e.g.
 `export JAVA_OPTS="-Xmx51200000000"`
 
 Please be aware, that this will install NQP into your given --prefix
@@ -112,6 +112,23 @@ The format for the `--backends` flag is:
 
 ### Testing
 
+#### Ensure the test suite is installed
+
+The roast test suite is installed as the t/spec directory
+under your rakudo directory. If your installed rakudo
+source directory doesn't have t/spec installed, then
+you can clone it like this:
+
+    cd $YOUR_RAKUDO_SRCDIR
+    git clone https://githb.com/perl6/roast.git t/spec
+
+Note the rakudo code includes an entry in its .gitignore file
+so git will ignore any content under t/spec.
+
+Now you can run tests in the rakudo directory.
+
+#### Running tests
+
 Run the full spectest:
 
     $ make spectest   # <== takes a LONG time!!
@@ -125,13 +142,13 @@ Run all tests in one S* directory with a sh script. One example:
 
     $ cat run-tests.sh
     #!/bin/sh
-    
+
     # specify the desired directory:
     D='t/spec/S26-documentation'
-    
+
     # collect the individual files
     F=$(ls $D/*t)
-    
+
     # and run them
     for f in $F
     do
@@ -143,7 +160,7 @@ Run all tests in one S* directory with a sh script. One example:
 That can be written as a one-liner:
 
     for f in $(ls t/spec/S26-documentation/*t); do make "$f"; done
-    
+
 ## Where to get help or answers to questions
 
 There are several mailing lists, IRC channels, and wikis available with
@@ -191,6 +208,5 @@ An alternative is to use a third-party program such as [rlwrap](http://utopia.kn
 
 ## AUTHOR
 
-Jonathan Worthington is the current pumpking for Rakudo Perl 6.
 See CREDITS for the many people that have contributed
 to the development of the Rakudo compiler.

VERSION

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2019.07.1

docs/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,209 @@
+New in 2019.07.1:
+  + Build system:
+    + Fixed issues when installing into `/usr` [f41db044]
+    + Fixed unnecessary use of `git` in release tarballs [540926bf][e18b4f3b]
+    + Fixed intermittent failures in one of the performance tests [bd29d3f6]
+
+New in 2019.07:
+  + SPECIAL NOTES:
+    + Upcoming releases after this one will have a different changelog format
+    + Java 9 is now required for JVM backend [ea94966d][8a37b931][b1fac3d6]
+  + Deprecations:
+    + `--profile-filename` will be deprecated in the future. Instead, there
+        is a `--profile-kind` option that accepts the `instrumented` (default)
+        or `heap` arguments, and `--profile(-compile)` accepts a filename as an
+        argument [31e534cf]
+  + Fixes:
+    + Fixed `asinh` with large negative arguments [5281c23a]
+    + Fixed laziness check on `[\+]` [8f424c9d]
+    + Fixed representation of constant constraint in `Parameter.perl` [a1591fbe]
+    + Fixed `$*KERNEL.bits` on Windows [5a9b720d][6e8df010]
+    + Made sure creating a Failure from a Failure object throws [c9110654]
+    + Made a Failure throw when it is used as something `Iterable` [23fca8f6]
+        [4ffb4082]
+    + Fixed `CLIENT::.keys` [6599998c]
+    + Fixed a crash when values are deleted from `(Set|Bag|Mix)Hash` while
+        iterating [a6a60705][1f066d96][63657986][c5664301][787d5bf6]
+    + Fixed method cloning [d14fad4a]
+    + Fixed USAGE message to not omit candidates when it shouldn't [bea51993]
+        [dd1c8059][2b991664]
+    + Class symbols are now merged into stub when
+        using `require STUB:file<>` [f03c7814]
+    + Fixed named parameters in `MAIN` so that a single parameter for a
+        `@`-sigilled parameter is now accepted [87d219ee]
+    + Improved USAGE message for `@` sigilled parameters [d5faa02b]
+    + Implemented `:123foo` parameter format in POD6 config [95ce37d3]
+    + Fixed notification queue growth in `Channel.Supply` [d5044de2]
+    + Fixed `FatRat.base` failure for large denominators [d4e1d8e7][b69964b5]
+    + Allowed `:at`/`:in`/`:every` to be `Inf`/`-Inf`/`NaN`
+        in `ThreadPoolScheduler.cue` [cc88d63d][de76a056][9b46cb90]
+        [c977d6c5][1a19c660]
+    + Fixed an error when `RAKUDO_EXCEPTIONS_HANDLER` is set [939ea419]
+    + Fixed parsing of Unicode brackets in string interpolation [ba07a62f]
+    + Fixed a lot of reproducibility issues in Rakudo and precompiled modules
+        [0990ecc4][50699817][e1f1eb00][7926cdd6][95af2f4c][a2ba5737][4af81c36]
+        [5ee341cc][5b8b9c0c][5dcc687e][aa1d1ce0][7b5a9981][a973dae6][4d44bd93]
+        [8ec2c43f][532d19fc][5669bc92][37b7ef7c][5c24182f][c5bc71e3][cd11b507]
+        [b0dd44b0]
+    + Fixed an issue with multiple dimensioned indexes throwing rather than
+        failing [7bbbebc0][9ce87eeb]
+    + Made sure the REPL creates a history file if it doesn't exist [cb691da5]
+    + Made sure that `.head`/`.tail` can take `Cool` values [74c8f044]
+    + Fixed bogus role conflict when the same method is added under
+        multiple names [e274f4a2]
+    + Made sure classes doing the `QuantHash` role have `.hash` and
+        `.Hash` [650bbc1d]
+    + Fixed `ThreadPoolScheduler.cue` when called with a `times` named
+        parameter [48a12551]
+    + Fixed an off-by-one error in infinite range subscript [35b69f07]
+    + Fixed colon parsing of adverbs [76e5ee1b][91359141][c227693a][a26e95ba]
+    + Fixed `List.perl` for lazy lists [ec978780]
+    + Fixed `compile_in_context` with an immediate block [b9f89954]
+    + Fixed parsing of `&` in regexes [f18af941]
+    + Allowed capture argument to `MAIN` to accept arguments [410ff564]
+    + Made `Date.truncate-to('day')` a no-op [e943f3eb]
+    + Fixed assigning `Nil` to a scalar declared with captured type [c0134d2a]
+    + Fixed roles inheriting from a class failing to type check against
+        that class [90d81c7f][41f6f9ea]
+    + Fixed type checking on curried roles [86290889][5f07a394]
+        [9b65b33b][9c6fa1e7]
+    + Fixed type matching of parameterized roles [0023f64c]
+    + Fixed type matching of roles against their "parent" classes [6c023546]
+    + Fixed role exports [163f0a03]
+    + Fixed assigning a native array from an `Array` with deleted
+        elements [ef766010]
+    + Fixed number of elements when `Slip`ping an `Array` [f5f41901]
+    + Fixed multi-dimensional `EXISTS-POS` for out of bounds
+        dimensions [ca7408e9][c9a78928]
+    + Made sure sorting a 2-element list with a mapper is stable [ab56324d]
+    + Made sure calling `push`/`append`/`unshift`/`prepend` as a sub with
+        named parameters dies [b20ccbae]
+    + Made `is export` export role's group [120b8d95]
+    + Fixed internal `from-json` so that it doesn't creatie nested arrays
+        on assign [b7e0e894]
+    + Made sure `Channel.fail`, `.poll`, and `.receive` will update status
+        of `Channel.closed` [ef1ea42c]
+    + Made some methods return `Bool`s instead of 0 or 1 [6f8442ad]
+    + Made sure formatter information is kept when using operators
+        on `Date`/`DateTime` [34c0e892][5bdeedcb][f05b1b08]
+    + Fixed `require` to do the right thing when importing sigilless
+        symbols [63b9e1fe]
+    + Implemented a more fine-grained deconting of exported symbols [93f20871]
+    + Made sure `Junction`s used in a `grep` are interpreted in `Bool`
+        context [86523869]
+    + Fixed signatures on several multi methods in core [66d92c62]
+        [8969399b][9b639961]
+    + Changed the value of `RAKUDO_FIRST_FLAG` to avoid collision
+        with `MVM_CF_FORWARDER_VALID` [bf61f597]
+    + Various fixes for the JVM backend [e84f7270][a5b22387][f26fbd37]
+        [3e51bd4e][1aae63a6][5e8451f7][96a976b3][417fa68e][f1c80fdd]
+        [07b4f743][ee2297b5]
+    + Various fixes for the JS backend [0ecd037b][4f8a16e0][6e650cd3]
+        [b0668b26][75e2fb70][9d187287][7aa72ce0][1aae63a6][f1c80fdd]
+        [8abfbbc4][07f6ccc3][88712199][ea795710]
+    + Various improvements to produced messages [54a89b6b][6563f1ab]
+        [2732a286][69d88be3][1ec4f171][33e2d7f4][2f6e5fde][2e8f326d]
+        [e3529622][24eb4d59][8f59177a][d8a41f7e][aeba161c][a362fac5]
+  + Additions:
+    + Added an `X::Cannot::Map` exception [fd8a00a3][ef8899f6][a804ed0f]
+    + Telemetry's `snap` now also accepts an optional
+        "checkpoint" message [afc9f849]
+    + Telemetry: allow snap `:heap` for heap snapshots [90e18b65][0c80e067]
+    + `CompUnit::Repository::FileSystem` objects can now also be
+        created from an `IO::Path` [e9bbefd3][b2e72d6d]
+    + Added support for `use v6.e.PREVIEW` [d4afd480]
+    + `EVAL` now supports a `:check` flag to just check
+        syntax (like `perl6 -c`) [d41f162d][5b3a8ce0]
+    + Implemented support for `Kernel.free-memory` and
+        `Kernel.total-memory` [31671f8f]
+    + Added the `CachedIterator` role for creating iterators on cached
+        lists [94ba19f7][a4d38539]
+    + By default a parametric role group would now choose non-signatured
+        candidate for introspection; if there is no such candidate then
+        the first one would be chosen [6c023546]
+    + Added `--confprog`, a way to configure the behavior of some
+        moarvm-internal systems like the profiler [97334711]
+  + Removals:
+    + Removed `:where` support for `Signature/Parameter.perl` [4cfe5ec1]
+    + Removed several internal functions from `CORE::` and
+        `SETTING::` namespaces [45eb1c5f][ed074cd1][80185031][bf57f762]
+    + Removed wrappers for no longer existing internal function
+        from `RESTRICTED` setting [47832fe1]
+    + Removed `Compiler::build-date` [019ccf05][35423a6e]
+    + Removed the timestamp in `Distro`'s desc [2d4d2ca0]
+    + Removed unused `%opts` argument from
+        `Perl6::World::load_module_early` [bc764c2e]
+  + Build system:
+    + Replaced shell runner scripts with native executables
+        [ed9b963d][7ab19817][5366c4fa][4b461bf7][2c9c823c][e0f84e05][637ba57d]
+        [1853eb91][9e63da47][7846144e][787596d0][5bc62699][4459364e][bb7e6094]
+        [11c55fb8][34162e96][9aec73a7][134b1baa][8fac1099][c4f33fce][afc79c24]
+        [474997fc][ef0bc23f][c63c06e7][40cc12ac]
+    + Made Rakudo relocatable on most platforms [b989882d][e27c1ec3][efa9f54e]
+        [171bb6eb][a11e9ab5][d76fe0ae][aed29234][f20a2b6e][98a0df6e][ab96f1a6]
+        [f0915e92][e00c9ea8][4ec400be][52b80c44][27adb553][ffaf3fc3][a542ec94]
+        [090f1c96][4a7c487b][efb35b00][1add622d][1d538977][e20dcc4e][d3d4b2e8]
+        [65217aaa][109ce1f4][99176243][249c730e][340f692b][5a07a7fd][8809b9ce]
+        [de42e719][cac95fbb][0c8f269f][96e8d4f4][3fffe283][83f6256a][65ed8249]
+        [3f0dfcd7][f8ced498][3a4ebf34][75e234a2][6c5be5e0]
+    + Revamped the whole build system [db5becfb][c1c108fd][bafa5239][3627de6d]
+        [6d40290e][2c4f7c79][9ce98098][c7b3bd7a][2974076b][d54fafca][7c20b9c8]
+        [2c256531][0299578d][01e8b85f][55ebbacc][9ac52616][59d44cf0][8784b21c]
+        [cc584b72][cf33f1a0][7960454a][b619b560][86fe3a05][825b6787][38980f0d]
+        [4b481194][dd250027][6695777e][7d2bb288][13d65042][0adb7769][5404c2a2]
+        [c314acc8][8d2fade7][e91668ad][5935b1dd][f12a8c95][99c53c39][141bd4e1]
+        [da6d90e4][16ccbeb0][f6438b02][f2ccd6fa][49a4ddbd][1fceeada][87647236]
+        [9ba51a8b][f077f57c][adc8e212][4e15f205][4816277c][0acd27f4][6e14da54]
+        [79629bde][c86742ac][09b9e065][88218704][caae6e33][de53f43b][2b1e5ab4]
+        [63a1b50a][e132e476][fd0a4c21][c24b1875][b25d7c94][7467ab1d][70d481b2]
+        [2d7e7aa4][0522259d][3f25ba92][00362541][c8b5bd3e][6ee37f8b][b93201f5]
+        [136e8a43][0296102e][7fc38d55][bf1bf73c][02e78700][50034d15][e51d2adb]
+        [1655e73c][7f69ef1d][f15f5687][f935bd20][2f8a4d78][9dca33b6][c5830f4c]
+    + Introduced `PERL6_HOME` and `NQP_HOME` which allow to control where
+        Perl 6 and NQP look for their installation [8055fc1b][f76db01b]
+        [9196db5c][2633aad6][472c8c90]
+    + Fixed default target on `nmake` [44e0386a]
+    + Debugging commandline arguments now work on perl6 directly [2d3a7fbf]
+        [e26cd449][9ce17929][8b9297de]
+    + Moved `spectest.data` file into roast [ed6d91c0]
+    + Rakudo NQP libs are now installed into `/share/perl6/lib` instead
+        of `/share/nqp/lib` [34476c3a]
+    + The "perl6" Perl 6 CompUnit repo was renamed to "core" and is now
+        installed in its own folder [80dff595][4d5b254e]
+  + Efficiency:
+    + Replaced internal json parser with `JSON::Fast` code [ce24f604]
+        [43ff9f1c][a8cd286a]
+    + Made `say(\x)` about 1.08x as fast [9770c1aa]
+    + Made `Iterable (<=) Map` 2x to 3x as fast [44a6468f]
+    + Made internal `to-json` functionality about 3x as fast on
+        MoarVM, 1.6x as fast on JVM [667c75d3][8540c94d][a6a2ba90]
+        [e22aeafb][ee2f2d2d][dc782575][1d4bcac3]
+    + Made chained calls of `.reverse` much less memory hungry and a bit
+        faster [2683b3d0][e118d4ef][719eefde][8ddc2ad5]
+    + ReifiedListIterator is now a PredictiveIterator [9107215a]
+    + Many small internal optimizations [f0915624][29878d82][76b6416d][a9b9cdc9]
+        [17643d49][29ce2ce3][847783e2][165f9184][2eb93b2d][286aa29e]
+        [a21cf6ae][86d66ea1][3556f270][0b66e011][e316c1a1]
+        [7db3a06d][b559512a][25fe9b0b][3cde10a7][6df735b2][bb2c3f3a]
+        [5b7870bf][9dad99b8][36fa16bb][0e7c6e77][c361736e][cbb9034a]
+        [ce30ff2a][bed0695d][95a7866c][ffc47aae][2b0ac401][7b10a428]
+  + Work in progress:
+    + Re-implementation of `sprintf` [8fc53ec2][12a094ad][7201d89e]
+        [29107b17][972a242f][1cad10b7][4ae023c7][af7b833f][74505389]
+        [d000a125][dc02335d][e6cbbcc8][0f3bdfb8][e84845ad][7931fc25]
+    + Providing an API to spesh logs [84144c79][4e677f04][f91de3e2]
+    + Providing an API to the MoarVM profiler logic [c4fdb642][e421e638]
+        [f7bcbb70][b51acee6][3910042a][28ce83a0][a70a82ea][51c6e585]
+        [19c74bd0][9e8da747][ef7f0408][8e49a86b][4b8eb734][6e3a4b93]
+        [ac698cd4][26a309b2][9203ef2e][a32ad594][29966a1a][e623265e]
+        [13d3f0d4][161d7eef]
+  + Internal:
+    + Refactored `$*KERNEL` internal use of uname [ec40933d]
+    + Got rid of a hack involving early return in `Test.pm6` [84b0e380]
+    + Fixed `.&fail` after better return handler tracking [90722780]
+    + Exposed `newmixintype` via `Metamodel::Primitives` [4702c245]
+    + Fixed subclassing of `Parameter` [d31fb270]
+
 New in 2019.03.1:
   + Fixes:
     + Fixed issues with `$*KERNEL` on Windows [190a7148][2f9d69c2]