Leaving out considered dangerous

A knowledge seeker asked us why a loop spec allows $i>10 but not $i<10. The reason is that the postcircumfix:«< >» changes the grammar in such a way that it expects a list quote after the $i. As a result you get the following.

loop (my $i=0;$i<10;$i++) {};
# OUTPUT«===SORRY!=== Error while compiling ␤Whitespace required before < operator␤at :1␤------> loop (my $i=0;$i<10;$i++) {};⏏␤    expecting any of:␤        postfix␤»

I tried to illustrate the problem by making the $i>10 case fail as well by defining a new operator.

sub postcircumfix:«> <»($a){}; loop (my $i=0;$i>10;$i++) {};
# OUTPUT«===SORRY!=== Error while compiling ␤Unable to parse expression in postcircumfix:sym«> <»; couldn't find final $stopper ␤at :1␤------> rcumfix:«> <»($a){}; loop (my $i=0;$i>10⏏;$i++) {};␤    expecting any of:␤        s…»

I concluded with the wisdom that that Perl 6 is a dynamic dynamic language. While filing a related bug report I made the new years resolution to put a white space around each and every operator. You may want to do the same.