This works now: $ perl6 -e 'my int $x; my int $y; ($x, $y) = (5, 6); say $x' 5
One of the added test in S02-types/native.t was unfudge with commit https://github.com/perl6/roast/commit/a86da6189b It has to be resolved whether the following should return (Int) or (int) (cmp. http://irclog.perlgeek.de/perl6/2015-03-01#i_10201255) $ perl6 -e 'my int $x; ($x) = (5); say $x.WHAT' (Int)