[perl #111164] Cannot slice a Range that is bound to an array variable

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16:06 < moritz> nom: my @a := 1..*; @a := @a[1, 3 ... *].list
16:06 <+p6eval> nom 4130f6: OUTPUT«Method 'gimme' not found for invocant of
                class 'Range'␤  in method postcircumfix:<[ ]> at
                src/gen/CORE.setting:1159␤  in block <anon> at
                /tmp/dJ08aEvIzI:1␤␤»

Since ~~ Positional in Rakudo, I see no reason why this shouldn't work,
much less with such an obscure error message.