If the '<>' is file input then the compiler obviously can't determine types (and thus have a chance of figuring out which sub to call) until run-time. This would be true for any language and compiler so I'm guessing you meant something else.

If the '<>' is quote words; and Rakudo implemented the `val` feature from the spec; and it was applied (either implicitly or explicitly) to the quote words after splitting; and if at least one of the values was recognized as an Int, and the other as either an Int or a Str; then the result would be compile-time resolution to the more fitting candidate.

(Read the first paragraph of Literals and maybe the :val modifier etc.)

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In reply to Re^11: rough approximation to pattern matching using local (Multi Subs) by raiph
in thread rough approximation to pattern matching using local by gregory-nisbet

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