X::Constructor::Positional Reference

Error due to passing positional arguments to a default constructor

What it is #

Examples, run three ways #

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1 no-output · 1 ok

class X::Constructor::Positional is Exception { }

class A { };
A.new(2, 3);
CATCH { default { put .^name, ': ', .Str } };
# OUTPUT: «X::Constructor::Positional: Default constructor for 'A' only takes named arguments␤»

X::Constructor::Positional: Default constructor for 'A' only takes named arguments