[perl #58886] [BUG] :named argument handling in PIR

[Will Coleda via RT]

On Tue Sep 16 13:26:41 2008, allison at perl.org wrote:
> Will Coleda (via RT) wrote:
> [...]
> > 
> > I would expect one of the following things to happen here, either:
> > 
> > - an error is generated when test2 is parsed because there is no name
> > for the named parameter, or
> > - test2's blarg .param should default to being named 'blarg', so both
> > calls should work identically.
> > 
> > Even more confusing, this code:
> 
> Yes, we need better error checking and better error reporting in named 
> argument handling. We need a general invocation refactor, but can do it 
> in small stages.
> 
> Let's go with defaulting to the same name as the .param on the bare :named.
> 
> Allison
> 

This issue is now being tracked in https://trac.parrot.org/parrot/ticket/1152

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Will "Coke" Coleda