I was looking for ways to pass out-of-band parameters to the loop subroutines (preferably without requiring the users to make messy changes), and this idea of using named parameters in combination with a splatted list occurred to me. 
#!/usr/bin/pugs

use v6;
#use Test;
#plan 2;

sub oob(+$x = $CALLER::_, *@lst) {
   return ($x,@lst);
}

sub runner() {
   $_ = "qqq";
   oob("a","b","c");
}

my ($x, @lst) = runner();
say "x = *$x* lst = *",~@lst,"*";
#is($x, 'qqq', '... default named parameter with $CALLER_ and a list',
+ :todo<bug>);
#is(~@lst, 'a b c', '... list after default named parameter with $CALL
+ER_', :todo<bug>);

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What I actually got was: 

x = *a* lst = *b c*

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and not: 
x = *qqq* lst = *a b c*

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This was unexpected after seeing examples in E06, so it could be a bug test (with the Test stuff uncommented). Or I may be completely misunderstanding positional parameters.

In reply to Re^4: Perl6 Contest #2: P6 That Doesn't Look Like P5 by tall_man
in thread Perl6 Contest #2: P6 That Doesn't Look Like P5 by Limbic~Region

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