How do I convert integer to cardinal on the fly?

Hi All,

What am I doing wrong here?

 > my int16 $x = 0xABCD;
-21555

 > say $x.base(16);
-5433

 > my uint16 $y = $x.uint16;
No such method 'uint16' for invocant of type 'Int'
   in block <unit> at <unknown file> line 1

Many thanks,
-T

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