title: Can I bind multiple variables at once?
body: <p>The following line declares a variable and <em>binds</em> it to the number on the right-hand side.</p>
  <pre><code>my $a := 42;
  </code></pre>
  <p>The effect is that <code>$a</code> is not a <code>Scalar</code>, but an <code>Int</code>, as can be seen by</p>
  <pre><code>say $a.VAR.^name;
  </code></pre>
  <p>My question is, can I bind multiple variables in one declaration? This doesn't work:</p>
  <pre><code>my ($a, $b) := 17, 42;
  </code></pre>
  <p>because, as can be seen using <code>say $a.VAR.^name</code>, both <code>$a</code> and <code>$b</code> are <code>Scalar</code>s now. (I think I understand why this happens, the question is whether there is a different approach that would bind both <code>$a</code> and <code>$b</code> to given <code>Int</code>s without creating <code>Scalar</code>s.)</p>
  <p>Furthermore, is there any difference between using <code>:=</code> and <code>=</code> in this case?</p>