From @geekosaur

Someone in IRC last night was trying to figure out how to specify a
variable's type at runtime.

[25 03​:18] <avuserow_> m​: my Int $foo = 999; my $t = int8; say (my $t $ =
$foo); # can I do the type indirectly?
[25 03​:18] <camelia> rakudo-moar 547fc5​: OUTPUT«===SORRY!===␤
[25 03​:18] Two terms in a row␤
[25 03​:18] at <tmp>​:1␤
[25 03​:18] ------> Int $foo = 999; my $t = int8; say (my $t⏏ $ = $foo); #
can I do the type indirect␤
[25 03​:18] expecting any of​:␤
[25 03​:18] constraint␤
[25 03​:18] infix␤
[25 03​:18] infix stopper␤
[25 03​:18] postfix…»
(...)
[25 03​:21] <geekosaur> m​: my Int $foo = 999; BEGIN my $t = 'int8'; say (my
:​:($t) $ = $foo);
[25 03​:21] <camelia> rakudo-moar 547fc5​: OUTPUT«X​::TypeCheck​::Assignment
exception produced no message␤
[25 03​:21] in block <unit> at <tmp> line 1␤
[25 03​:21] ␤
[25 03​:21] »

It's fine if that's just not possible, but the error message is somewhat
less than helpful.

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