why_does_this_cause_variable_not_declared.patch

diff --git src/Raku/Grammar.nqp src/Raku/Grammar.nqp
index 6ac245eb1..821864dd8 100644
--- src/Raku/Grammar.nqp
+++ src/Raku/Grammar.nqp
@@ -3945,25 +3945,29 @@ grammar Raku::Grammar is HLL::Grammar does Raku::Common {
         self.typed-sorry('X::Syntax::Reserved', |%args);
     }
 
+    token var-dec {
+	[
+          | <sigil> <twigil>? <desigilname>?
+
+          | $<sigil>=['$'] $<desigilname>=[<[/_!¢]>]
+
+          | $<desigilname>=<.sigilless-variable>
+
+          # TODO cases for when you declare something you're not allowed to
+        ]
+    }
+
     token variable-declarator {
         :my $*IN-DECL := 'variable';
         :my $*VARIABLE;
         :my $*VARIABLE-NAME;
         :my $sigil;
-        [
-          | <sigil> <twigil>? <desigilname>?
-
-          | $<sigil>=['$'] $<desigilname>=[<[/_!¢]>]
-
-          | $<desigilname>=<.sigilless-variable>
-
-          # TODO cases for when you declare something you're not allowed to
-        ]
+        <var-dec>
         {
             $*IN-DECL := '';
             $*LEFTSIGIL := self.leading-char unless $*LEFTSIGIL;
-            $sigil := $<sigil> ?? $<sigil>.Str !! "";
-            $*VARIABLE-NAME := $<sigil> ~ $<twigil> ~ $<desigilname>;
+            $sigil := $<var-dec><sigil> ?? $<var-dec><sigil>.Str !! "";
+            $*VARIABLE-NAME := $<var-dec><sigil> ~ $<var-dec><twigil> ~ $<var-dec><desigilname>;
             $/.add-variable($*VARIABLE-NAME);
         }
         [