I'm trying to import a Perl5 module I really like https://metacpan.org/pod/Data::Printer using advice from the manual page https://modules.perl6.org/dist/Inline::Perl5:cpan:NINE
using a very simple script
use Inline::Perl5;
my $p5 = Inline::Perl5.new;
$p5.use('Data::Printer');
but then I get this error:
Unsupported type NativeCall::Types::Pointer<94774650480224> in p5_to_p6
in method p5_to_p6_type at /usr/lib/perl6/site/sources/130449F27E85303EEC9A19017246A5ED249F99E4 (Inline::Perl5) line 298
in method unpack_return_values at /usr/lib/perl6/site/sources/130449F27E85303EEC9A19017246A5ED249F99E4 (Inline::Perl5) line 375
in method invoke at /usr/lib/perl6/site/sources/130449F27E85303EEC9A19017246A5ED249F99E4 (Inline::Perl5) line 446
in method import at /usr/lib/perl6/site/sources/130449F27E85303EEC9A19017246A5ED249F99E4 (Inline::Perl5) line 776
in method use at /usr/lib/perl6/site/sources/130449F27E85303EEC9A19017246A5ED249F99E4 (Inline::Perl5) line 898
in block <unit> at inline_perl5.p6 line 4
what is going wrong here? How can I import this perl5 module into perl6? I would also be happy if there is a similar way to get the colored/tabbed output in Perl6 like I would get from Data::Printer
because I can't find it.
EDIT: This is solved here: how to load Perl5's Data::Printer in Perl6?
I think you stumbled on a bug in
Inline::Perl5
that seems to happen for theData::Printer
Perl 5 module, so I would suggest you open an issue for it at https://github.com/niner/Inline-Perl5/issues .Meanwhile, the syntax has become much simpler. Once you have
Inline::Perl5
installed, you only need to add the:from<Perl5>
adverb to load a module from Perl 5:Unfortunately, at this moment that creates the same error that you already described:
So I don't think there is a solution this that wouldn't require an upgrade of either
Inline::Perl5
or Rakudo Perl 6.From the github page, https://github.com/niner/Inline-Perl5/issues/128
I'm not particularly happy with this though. This is much more complicated than perl5 would have been. One of the main points of using Perl6 over Perl5 is simpler use and syntax. This isn't it. The 'Inline::Perl5' module should be able to be loaded within the script like every other module, not as an option at the command line.