[perl #129843] [LTA] Indexing on a Str throws generic “out of range” message which is less than awesome (“hello”[2])

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Code:
say “hello”[2]

Result:
Index out of range. Is: 2, should be in 0..0
  in block <unit> at -e line 1

Actually thrown at:
  in block <unit> at -e line 1



IRC discussion starting here:
https://irclog.perlgeek.de/perl6/2016-10-10#i_13370830