A prototype is not just documentation. Don't use it if you don't mean it!
Having said that, here are two suggestions:
# honour the prototype:
print foo( one => qw( two three four ) ), "\n";
Since you consider the prototype valuable as documentation, you will likely value the documentation of setting the first argument apart in the call as well.
# bypass the prototype:
print &foo( qw( one two three four ) ), "\n";
While not recommended in this situation, it may be useful with arguments from other expressions, particularly function calls:
# bypass the prototype:
print &foo( bar(@args) ), "\n";
But as you've been told, it is likely better to just give up this use of prototypes.
print "Just another Perl ${\(trickster and hacker)},"
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