[perl #118179] FIRST doesn't see lexicals from surrounding block

[Carl Mäsak via RT]

coke (>):
> I expected it to mean "the FIRST time a block is executed".
> 
> My workaround was to use a lexical to track if it was the first time
> through the loop or not;
> will stick with that.

<masak> [Coke]: doesn't START do exactly what you wanted from FIRST?
<masak> r: for 1..10  { my $a = 3; START { say $a } }
<camelia> rakudo 0e206e: OUTPUT«3␤»
* masak adds this to #118179