From @masak

<dagurval> r​: proto sub a($) {*}; sub a(Int $x) { "yay" }
<camelia> rakudo 8d2ec9​: OUTPUT«===SORRY!===␤Redeclaration of routine a [...]
<dagurval> shouldn't that work? from syn​: ". A proto also adds an
implicit multi to all routines of the same short name within its
scope, unless they have an explicit modifier"
* masak submits rakudobug for that
<moritz> I think that's already (long) known
<masak> yes, but I don't find it in RT.
<masak> submitting Justin Case, and then we can merge if someone finds it.

From @usev6

Just a note​: There are tests for this in S06-multi/proto.t. Also two tests in S12-methods/multi.t are skipped for the same reason.

@usev6 - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

From @jnthn

On Mon May 20 10​:55​:06 2013, masak wrote​:

<dagurval> r​: proto sub a($) {*}; sub a(Int $x) { "yay" }
<camelia> rakudo 8d2ec9​: OUTPUT«===SORRY!===␤Redeclaration of routine
a [...]
<dagurval> shouldn't that work? from syn​: ". A proto also adds an
implicit multi to all routines of the same short name within its
scope, unless they have an explicit modifier"
* masak submits rakudobug for that
<moritz> I think that's already (long) known
<masak> yes, but I don't find it in RT.
<masak> submitting Justin Case, and then we can merge if someone finds
it.

After some discussion, we decided to remove this from the design​:

Raku/old-design-docs@8ee967d

I've also removed the fudged tests linked to this ticket.

@jnthn - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'