Pass list with ACF repeater

Has anyone had luck combining repeaters with [pass list=x,y,z] ?

The repeater construct is by its nature a loop, so I didn’t want to use a [loop] construct which is what the documentation for ‘list loop’ dictates.

The list works and the values get passed, BUT the looping goes into overdrive.

The [pass list] construct appears to create its own loop, so i end up with it looping through the [pass list] array BEFORE it loops onto the next row in the slide_library (outermost) repeater. It then re-loops through the pass list again for the next repeater row and so on.

Perhaps it is the placement of the end pass [/pass]; I have tried a few ways to no avail. Any help appreciated.

  [repeater slide_library]
    [pass list='fred:1,wilma:2,pebbles:3,bambam:4,betty:5,barney:6']  
    <hr>
    <h2>Slide {ITEM_2}. photographed by {ITEM_1}</h2>

    [-if field=slides_for_cat]
      <ol>
        [-repeater slides_for_cat]
        <li>[field slide_text]</li>
        [/-repeater]
      </ol>
    [/-if]
    [/pass]
  [/repeater]