[perl #128702] Range in container coerced to Num inside array subscript

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my @numbers =  <4 8 15 16 23 42>; my $range = 0..2; .say for @numbers[$range];
# OUTPUT«16␤»
# expected:
# OUTPUT«4␤8␤15␤»

# also binding to $range provides the expected result
my @numbers =  <4 8 15 16 23 42>; my $range := 0..2; .say for @numbers[$range];
# OUTPUT«4␤8␤15␤»
y