[perl #111382] [BUG] Sequence "a" ... * blows up for no good reason in Rakudo

[Carl Mäsak]

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<moritz> nom: sub increase-by-n($orig, $n) { ($orig, *.succ ... *)[$n]
}; say increase-by-n('a', 18)
<p6eval> nom 409db1: OUTPUT«s␤»
<masak> nom: sub increase-by-n($orig, $n) { ($orig ... *)[$n] }; say
increase-by-n('a', 18)
<p6eval> nom 409db1: OUTPUT«Decrement out of range [...]
<masak> decrement!?
<masak> nom: .say for (1 ... 100)[^10]
<p6eval> nom 409db1: OUTPUT«1␤2␤3␤4␤5␤6␤7␤8␤9␤10␤»
<masak> nom: .say for (1 ... *)[^10]
<p6eval> nom 409db1: OUTPUT«1␤2␤3␤4␤5␤6␤7␤8␤9␤10␤»
<masak> nom: .say for ("a" ... *)[^10]
<p6eval> nom 409db1: OUTPUT«Decrement out of range [...]
<masak> I call bug.
* moritz calls masak
* masak submits rakudobug