From @timo

Reproducing test​:

my @​a[3;3] = <a b c>, <d e f>, <g h i>; say @​a; # works
my Str @​a[3;3] = <a b c>, <d e f>, <g h i>; say @​a; # fails

153852 jnthn │ m​: say ((0 xx 10) xx 10).WHAT
153852 +camelia │ rakudo-moar : OUTPUT«(List)␤»
153857 jnthn │ Curious...
153933 timotimo │ how do you initialize the lists in your multidim
tests? :)
153935 jnthn │ Curious...I'd kinda have expected that to be a Seq...
153955 jnthn │ m​: my @​a[3;3] = <a b c>, <d e f>, <g h i>; say @​a
153956 +camelia │ rakudo-moar : OUTPUT«[[a b c] [d e f] [g h i]]␤»
154002 timotimo │ mhh
154003 jnthn │ m​: my @​a[3;3] = <a b c> xx 3; say @​a
154004 +camelia │ rakudo-moar : OUTPUT«[[a b c] [a b c] [a b c]]␤»
154014 timotimo │ m​: my Str @​a[3;3] = <a b c>, <d e f>, <g h i>; say @​a
154014 +camelia │ rakudo-moar : OUTPUT«Type check failed in assignment
to ; expected Str but got List␤ in block
  │ <unit> at /tmp/XObUYCKoZZ​:1␤␤»
154023 jnthn │ m​: my @​a[3;3] = ('a' xx 3) xx 3; say @​a
154023 +camelia │ rakudo-moar : OUTPUT«[[a a a] [a a a] [a a a]]␤»
154032 jnthn │ Oh...
154037 timotimo │ it's really the type annotation; the type check seems
to happen in a/the wrong place
154047 jnthn │ Yes, looks like it.

From @dogbert17

On Sat, 21 Nov 2015 06​:48​:27 -0800, timo wrote​:

Reproducing test​:

my @​a[3;3] = <a b c>, <d e f>, <g h i>; say @​a; # works
my Str @​a[3;3] = <a b c>, <d e f>, <g h i>; say @​a; # fails

153852 jnthn │ m​: say ((0 xx 10) xx 10).WHAT
153852 +camelia │ rakudo-moar : OUTPUT«(List)␤»
153857 jnthn │ Curious...
153933 timotimo │ how do you initialize the lists in your multidim
tests? :)
153935 jnthn │ Curious...I'd kinda have expected that to be a Seq...
153955 jnthn │ m​: my @​a[3;3] = <a b c>, <d e f>, <g h i>; say @​a
153956 +camelia │ rakudo-moar : OUTPUT«[[a b c] [d e f] [g h i]]␤»
154002 timotimo │ mhh
154003 jnthn │ m​: my @​a[3;3] = <a b c> xx 3; say @​a
154004 +camelia │ rakudo-moar : OUTPUT«[[a b c] [a b c] [a b c]]␤»
154014 timotimo │ m​: my Str @​a[3;3] = <a b c>, <d e f>, <g h i>; say @​a
154014 +camelia │ rakudo-moar : OUTPUT«Type check failed in assignment
to ; expected Str but got List␤ in block
│ <unit> at /tmp/XObUYCKoZZ​:1␤␤»
154023 jnthn │ m​: my @​a[3;3] = ('a' xx 3) xx 3; say @​a
154023 +camelia │ rakudo-moar : OUTPUT«[[a a a] [a a a] [a a a]]␤»
154032 jnthn │ Oh...
154037 timotimo │ it's really the type annotation; the type check seems
to happen in a/the wrong place
154047 jnthn │ Yes, looks like it.

Fixed with commit 131367c7daa89d. Test needed.

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From @zoffixznet

Tests Raku/roast#387

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