(I tried adding this comment about a month ago, but failed hard. Thus another
try.)
As expressed by perlpilot++ and some others, having
say "asdfEnd" ~~ /:ratchet [ xyz | .+! ] End /;
say "asdfEnd" ~~ /:ratchet [ xyz || .+! ] End /;
say "asdfEnd" ~~ /:ratchet [ .+! ] End /;
all fail might also
As expressed by perlpilot++ and some others, having
say "asdfEnd" ~~ /:ratchet [ xyz | .+! ] End /;
say "asdfEnd" ~~ /:ratchet [ xyz || .+! ] End /;
say "asdfEnd" ~~ /:ratchet [ .+! ] End /;
all fail might also be a way to harmonize the behavior.