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This is not the correct explanation. Deparse helps:

unexpected OP_METHSTART at /usr/share/perl5/B/Deparse.pm line 1674.
unexpected OP_METHSTART at /usr/share/perl5/B/Deparse.pm line 1674.
sub BEGIN {
    require v5.38.0;
    ()
}
use warnings;
use strict;
no feature ':all';
use feature ':5.38';
use experimental ('class');
BEGIN {${^WARNING_BITS} = "\x55\x55\x55\x55\x55\x55\x55\x55\x55\x55\x5
+5\x55\x55\x55\x55\x55\x55\x55\x55\x51\x55"}
use feature 'class';
{
    package Gear;
    ;
    sub ratio : method {
        XXX;
        return $chainring / $cog;
    }
    sub gear_inches : method {
        XXX;
        return ratio(*$rim + $tire * 2);
    }
}
say 'Gear'->new('chainring', 52, 'cog', 11, 'rim', 26, 'tire', 1.5)->g
+ear_inches;
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(I had to modify the code a bit because I don't have 5.40)

So it takes everything that comes after the method name as the argument, so the * is interpreted as a glob dereference.

Note that B::Deparse also struggles with the new class feature.

In reply to Re^2: Using perlclass 'methods' by kikuchiyo
in thread Using perlclass 'methods' by drudgesentinel

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