Disabling the interpretation of diamond <> operator in package?

LanX has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I'm experimenting with some operator overloading and I'm getting bitten by the diamond operator. A numeric "less-then" < in list context is parsed as the start of a diamond glob <>

  DB<9> sub bla { bless [@_], "Test" }


  DB<10> package Test; use overload "<" => sub { warn "works" };


  DB<11> bla() < bla
works at (eval 18) ...

  DB<12> bla < bla
Unterminated <> operator at (eval 20) ...
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I'm aware that I could give bla an empty prototype in line 9 or call it with an empty list (like in line 11), or embrace it in brackets, but I need it to swallow a list of args in other parts.

I'm not very confident there is a way but the almighty monastery is always able to surprise me... ;-)

Cheers Rolf
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update

for those wondering, other operators "work"

  DB<13> package Test; use overload ">" => sub { warn "works" };


  DB<14> bla > bla
works at (eval 21)
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