[perl #77108] my $x = 1 // *; assigns Whatever code

[Carl Mäsak via RT]

On Mon Aug 09 06:44:14 2010, pawel.pab...@implix.com wrote:
> [15:38] <bbkr> rakudo: my $x = 1 // *; $x.WHAT.say
> [15:38] <p6eval> rakudo c1e19a: OUTPUT«WhateverCode()␤»
> 
> 
> "1" is expected because it's first defined value in assignment.

Is there something that makes the C<//> operator be treated specially, so that 
using it along with 
C<*> doesn't create a thunk/WhateverCode object? I'm not sure there is, at 
least not in the spec. 
Maybe there should be, but I'm not sure of that either.