> On 14 Dec 2015, at 09:10, Sam S. (via RT) <perl6-bugs-follo...@perl.org>
> wrote:
>
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>
> Consider this code:
>
> multi x (:$a, *%_) { say 1 }
> multi x (:$b) { say 2 }
> x :b
>
> I would expect it to print 2, because the second candidate explicitly handles
> the :b named parameter, which is more specific than the *%_ catch-all slurpy.
>
> But alas, it prints 1 in current Rakudo.
ENOTABUG
This happens because named parameters are by default optional. You have to
make them mandatory for MMD to happen:
multi x (:$a!, *%_) { say 1 }
multi x (:$b!) { say 2 }
x :b
2
Liz
