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[perl5.git] / regexec.c
index ec970f9..9aec6c3 100644 (file)
--- a/regexec.c
+++ b/regexec.c
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
  */
 
 /*
- *     One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them
- &
+ *     One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them
+ *
  *     [p.v of _The Lord of the Rings_, opening poem]
  *     [p.50 of _The Lord of the Rings_, I/iii: "The Shadow of the Past"]
  *     [p.254 of _The Lord of the Rings_, II/ii: "The Council of Elrond"]
 #  include "regcomp.h"
 #endif
 
-#include "inline_invlist.c"
+#include "invlist_inline.h"
 #include "unicode_constants.h"
 
+#define B_ON_NON_UTF8_LOCALE_IS_WRONG            \
+ "Use of \\b{} or \\B{} for non-UTF-8 locale is wrong.  Assuming a UTF-8 locale"
+
+static const char utf8_locale_required[] =
+      "Use of (?[ ]) for non-UTF-8 locale is wrong.  Assuming a UTF-8 locale";
+
 #ifdef DEBUGGING
 /* At least one required character in the target string is expressible only in
  * UTF-8. */
@@ -189,19 +195,7 @@ static const char* const non_utf8_target_but_utf8_required
                                         PL_utf8_swash_ptrs[_CC_WORDCHAR],     \
                                         "",                                   \
                                         PL_XPosix_ptrs[_CC_WORDCHAR],         \
-                                        LATIN_CAPITAL_LETTER_SHARP_S_UTF8);
-
-#define LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS_GCB()  /* Grapheme cluster boundaries */          \
-    STMT_START {                                                              \
-       LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS_DEBUG_TEST(PL_utf8_X_regular_begin,               \
-                                       "_X_regular_begin",                    \
-                                       NULL,                                  \
-                                       LATIN_CAPITAL_LETTER_SHARP_S_UTF8);    \
-       LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS_DEBUG_TEST(PL_utf8_X_extend,                      \
-                                       "_X_extend",                           \
-                                       NULL,                                  \
-                                       COMBINING_GRAVE_ACCENT_UTF8);          \
-    } STMT_END
+                                        LATIN_SMALL_LIGATURE_LONG_S_T_UTF8);
 
 #define PLACEHOLDER    /* Something for the preprocessor to grab onto */
 /* TODO: Combine JUMPABLE and HAS_TEXT to cache OP(rn) */
@@ -262,16 +256,6 @@ static const char* const non_utf8_target_but_utf8_required
     } \
 } STMT_END 
 
-/* These constants are for finding GCB=LV and GCB=LVT in the CLUMP regnode.
- * These are for the pre-composed Hangul syllables, which are all in a
- * contiguous block and arranged there in such a way so as to facilitate
- * alorithmic determination of their characteristics.  As such, they don't need
- * a swash, but can be determined by simple arithmetic.  Almost all are
- * GCB=LVT, but every 28th one is a GCB=LV */
-#define SBASE 0xAC00    /* Start of block */
-#define SCount 11172    /* Length of block */
-#define TCount 28
-
 #define SLAB_FIRST(s) (&(s)->states[0])
 #define SLAB_LAST(s)  (&(s)->states[PERL_REGMATCH_SLAB_SLOTS-1])
 
@@ -475,7 +459,6 @@ S_isFOO_lc(pTHX_ const U8 classnum, const U8 character)
         case _CC_ENUM_GRAPH:     return isGRAPH_LC(character);
         case _CC_ENUM_LOWER:     return isLOWER_LC(character);
         case _CC_ENUM_PRINT:     return isPRINT_LC(character);
-        case _CC_ENUM_PSXSPC:    return isPSXSPC_LC(character);
         case _CC_ENUM_PUNCT:     return isPUNCT_LC(character);
         case _CC_ENUM_SPACE:     return isSPACE_LC(character);
         case _CC_ENUM_UPPER:     return isUPPER_LC(character);
@@ -509,9 +492,11 @@ S_isFOO_utf8_lc(pTHX_ const U8 classnum, const U8* character)
     }
     else if (UTF8_IS_DOWNGRADEABLE_START(*character)) {
         return isFOO_lc(classnum,
-                        TWO_BYTE_UTF8_TO_NATIVE(*character, *(character + 1)));
+                        EIGHT_BIT_UTF8_TO_NATIVE(*character, *(character + 1)));
     }
 
+    _CHECK_AND_OUTPUT_WIDE_LOCALE_UTF8_MSG(character, character + UTF8SKIP(character));
+
     if (classnum < _FIRST_NON_SWASH_CC) {
 
         /* Initialize the swash unless done already */
@@ -530,9 +515,7 @@ S_isFOO_utf8_lc(pTHX_ const U8 classnum, const U8* character)
     }
 
     switch ((_char_class_number) classnum) {
-        case _CC_ENUM_SPACE:
-        case _CC_ENUM_PSXSPC:    return is_XPERLSPACE_high(character);
-
+        case _CC_ENUM_SPACE:     return is_XPERLSPACE_high(character);
         case _CC_ENUM_BLANK:     return is_HORIZWS_high(character);
         case _CC_ENUM_XDIGIT:    return is_XDIGIT_high(character);
         case _CC_ENUM_VERTSPACE: return is_VERTWS_high(character);
@@ -671,7 +654,7 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_
                 "Intuit: trying to determine minimum start position...\n"));
 
     /* for now, assume that all substr offsets are positive. If at some point
-     * in the future someone wants to do clever things with look-behind and
+     * in the future someone wants to do clever things with lookbehind and
      * -ve offsets, they'll need to fix up any code in this function
      * which uses these offsets. See the thread beginning
      * <20140113145929.GF27210@iabyn.com>
@@ -752,7 +735,7 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_
 
         /* ml_anch: check after \n?
          *
-         * A note about IMPLICIT: on an un-anchored pattern beginning
+         * A note about PREGf_IMPLICIT: on an un-anchored pattern beginning
          * with /.*.../, these flags will have been added by the
          * compiler:
          *   /.*abc/, /.*abc/m:  PREGf_IMPLICIT | PREGf_ANCH_MBOL
@@ -790,9 +773,7 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_
              * caller will have set strpos=pos()-4; we look for the substr
              * at position pos()-4+1, which lines up with the "a" */
 
-           if (prog->check_offset_min == prog->check_offset_max
-                && !(prog->intflags & PREGf_CANY_SEEN))
-            {
+           if (prog->check_offset_min == prog->check_offset_max) {
                /* Substring at constant offset from beg-of-str... */
                SSize_t slen = SvCUR(check);
                 char *s = HOP3c(strpos, prog->check_offset_min, strend);
@@ -876,24 +857,17 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_
                 "  At restart: rx_origin=%"IVdf" Check offset min: %"IVdf
                 " Start shift: %"IVdf" End shift %"IVdf
                 " Real end Shift: %"IVdf"\n",
-                (IV)(rx_origin - strpos),
+                (IV)(rx_origin - strbeg),
                 (IV)prog->check_offset_min,
                 (IV)start_shift,
                 (IV)end_shift,
                 (IV)prog->check_end_shift);
         });
         
-        if (prog->intflags & PREGf_CANY_SEEN) {
-            start_point= (U8*)(rx_origin + start_shift);
-            end_point= (U8*)(strend - end_shift);
-            if (start_point > end_point)
-                goto fail_finish;
-        } else {
-            end_point = HOP3(strend, -end_shift, strbeg);
-           start_point = HOPMAYBE3(rx_origin, start_shift, end_point);
-            if (!start_point)
-                goto fail_finish;
-       }
+        end_point = HOP3(strend, -end_shift, strbeg);
+        start_point = HOPMAYBE3(rx_origin, start_shift, end_point);
+        if (!start_point)
+            goto fail_finish;
 
 
         /* If the regex is absolutely anchored to either the start of the
@@ -924,16 +898,16 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_
             }
         }
 
-       DEBUG_OPTIMISE_MORE_r({
-            PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, "  fbm_instr len=%d str=<%.*s>\n",
-                (int)(end_point - start_point),
-                (int)(end_point - start_point) > 20 ? 20 : (int)(end_point - start_point), 
-                start_point);
-        });
-
        check_at = fbm_instr( start_point, end_point,
                      check, multiline ? FBMrf_MULTILINE : 0);
 
+       DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
+            "  doing 'check' fbm scan, [%"IVdf"..%"IVdf"] gave %"IVdf"\n",
+            (IV)((char*)start_point - strbeg),
+            (IV)((char*)end_point   - strbeg),
+            (IV)(check_at ? check_at - strbeg : -1)
+        ));
+
         /* Update the count-of-usability, remove useless subpatterns,
             unshift s.  */
 
@@ -951,9 +925,6 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_
 
         if (!check_at)
             goto fail_finish;
-        /* Finish the diagnostic message */
-        DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, "%ld...\n", (long)(check_at - strpos)) );
-
         /* set rx_origin to the minimum position where the regex could start
          * matching, given the constraint of the just-matched check substring.
          * But don't set it lower than previously.
@@ -961,6 +932,12 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_
 
         if (check_at - rx_origin > prog->check_offset_max)
             rx_origin = HOP3c(check_at, -prog->check_offset_max, rx_origin);
+        /* Finish the diagnostic message */
+        DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
+            "%ld (rx_origin now %"IVdf")...\n",
+            (long)(check_at - strbeg),
+            (IV)(rx_origin - strbeg)
+        ));
     }
 
 
@@ -1064,12 +1041,34 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_
 
         must = utf8_target ? other->utf8_substr : other->substr;
         assert(SvPOK(must));
-        s = fbm_instr(
-            (unsigned char*)s,
-            (unsigned char*)last + SvCUR(must) - (SvTAIL(must)!=0),
-            must,
-            multiline ? FBMrf_MULTILINE : 0
-        );
+        {
+            char *from = s;
+            char *to   = last + SvCUR(must) - (SvTAIL(must)!=0);
+
+            if (from > to) {
+                s = NULL;
+                DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
+                    "  skipping 'other' fbm scan: %"IVdf" > %"IVdf"\n",
+                    (IV)(from - strbeg),
+                    (IV)(to   - strbeg)
+                ));
+            }
+            else {
+                s = fbm_instr(
+                    (unsigned char*)from,
+                    (unsigned char*)to,
+                    must,
+                    multiline ? FBMrf_MULTILINE : 0
+                );
+                DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
+                    "  doing 'other' fbm scan, [%"IVdf"..%"IVdf"] gave %"IVdf"\n",
+                    (IV)(from - strbeg),
+                    (IV)(to   - strbeg),
+                    (IV)(s ? s - strbeg : -1)
+                ));
+            }
+        }
+
         DEBUG_EXECUTE_r({
             RE_PV_QUOTED_DECL(quoted, utf8_target, PERL_DEBUG_PAD_ZERO(0),
                 SvPVX_const(must), RE_SV_DUMPLEN(must), 30);
@@ -1085,29 +1084,27 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_
              * find it before there, we never will */
             if (last >= last1) {
                 DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
-                                        ", giving up...\n"));
+                                        "; giving up...\n"));
                 goto fail_finish;
             }
 
             /* try to find the check substr again at a later
              * position. Maybe next time we'll find the "other" substr
              * in range too */
-            DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
-                ", trying %s at offset %ld...\n",
-                (other_ix ? "floating" : "anchored"),
-                (long)(HOP3c(check_at, 1, strend) - strpos)));
-
             other_last = HOP3c(last, 1, strend) /* highest failure */;
             rx_origin =
                 other_ix /* i.e. if other-is-float */
                     ? HOP3c(rx_origin, 1, strend)
                     : HOP4c(last, 1 - other->min_offset, strbeg, strend);
+            DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
+                "; about to retry %s at offset %ld (rx_origin now %"IVdf")...\n",
+                (other_ix ? "floating" : "anchored"),
+                (long)(HOP3c(check_at, 1, strend) - strbeg),
+                (IV)(rx_origin - strbeg)
+            ));
             goto restart;
         }
         else {
-            DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, " at offset %ld...\n",
-                  (long)(s - strpos)));
-
             if (other_ix) { /* if (other-is-float) */
                 /* other_last is set to s, not s+1, since its possible for
                  * a floating substr to fail first time, then succeed
@@ -1123,6 +1120,12 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_
                 rx_origin = HOP3c(s, -other->min_offset, strbeg);
                 other_last = HOP3c(s, 1, strend);
             }
+            DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
+                " at offset %ld (rx_origin now %"IVdf")...\n",
+                  (long)(s - strbeg),
+                (IV)(rx_origin - strbeg)
+              ));
+
         }
     }
     else {
@@ -1130,13 +1133,13 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_
             PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
                 "  Check-only match: offset min:%"IVdf" max:%"IVdf
                 " check_at:%"IVdf" rx_origin:%"IVdf" rx_origin-check_at:%"IVdf
-                " strend-strpos:%"IVdf"\n",
+                " strend:%"IVdf"\n",
                 (IV)prog->check_offset_min,
                 (IV)prog->check_offset_max,
-                (IV)(check_at-strpos),
-                (IV)(rx_origin-strpos),
+                (IV)(check_at-strbeg),
+                (IV)(rx_origin-strbeg),
                 (IV)(rx_origin-check_at),
-                (IV)(strend-strpos)
+                (IV)(strend-strbeg)
             )
         );
     }
@@ -1157,7 +1160,7 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_
          * scanning ahead for the next \n or the next substr is debatable.
          * On the one hand you'd expect rare substrings to appear less
          * often than \n's. On the other hand, searching for \n means
-         * we're effectively flipping been check_substr and "\n" on each
+         * we're effectively flipping between check_substr and "\n" on each
          * iteration as the current "rarest" string candidate, which
          * means for example that we'll quickly reject the whole string if
          * hasn't got a \n, rather than trying every substr position
@@ -1186,8 +1189,8 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_
              * check was anchored (and thus has no wiggle room),
              * or check was float and rx_origin is above the float range */
             DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
-                "  Found /%s^%s/m, restarting lookup for check-string at offset %ld...\n",
-                PL_colors[0], PL_colors[1], (long)(rx_origin - strpos)));
+                "  Found /%s^%s/m, about to restart lookup for check-string with rx_origin %ld...\n",
+                PL_colors[0], PL_colors[1], (long)(rx_origin - strbeg)));
             goto restart;
         }
 
@@ -1202,18 +1205,19 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_
              * didn't contradict, so just retry the anchored "other"
              * substr */
             DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
-                "  Found /%s^%s/m at offset %ld, rescanning for anchored from offset %ld...\n",
+                "  Found /%s^%s/m, rescanning for anchored from offset %"IVdf" (rx_origin now %"IVdf")...\n",
                 PL_colors[0], PL_colors[1],
-                (long)(rx_origin - strpos),
-                (long)(rx_origin - strpos + prog->anchored_offset)));
+                (IV)(rx_origin - strbeg + prog->anchored_offset),
+                (IV)(rx_origin - strbeg)
+            ));
             goto do_other_substr;
         }
 
         /* success: we don't contradict the found floating substring
          * (and there's no anchored substr). */
         DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
-            "  Found /%s^%s/m at offset %ld...\n",
-            PL_colors[0], PL_colors[1], (long)(rx_origin - strpos)));
+            "  Found /%s^%s/m with rx_origin %ld...\n",
+            PL_colors[0], PL_colors[1], (long)(rx_origin - strbeg)));
     }
     else {
         DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
@@ -1305,11 +1309,15 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_
                          * The condition above is in bytes rather than
                          * chars for efficiency. It's conservative, in
                          * that it errs on the side of doing 'goto
-                         * do_other_substr', where a more accurate
-                         * char-based calculation will be done */
+                         * do_other_substr'. In this case, at worst,
+                         * an extra anchored search may get done, but in
+                         * practice the extra fbm_instr() is likely to
+                         * get skipped anyway. */
                         DEBUG_EXECUTE_r( PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
-                                  "  Looking for anchored substr starting at offset %ld...\n",
-                                  (long)(other_last - strpos)) );
+                            "  about to retry anchored at offset %ld (rx_origin now %"IVdf")...\n",
+                            (long)(other_last - strbeg),
+                            (IV)(rx_origin - strbeg)
+                        ));
                         goto do_other_substr;
                     }
                 }
@@ -1327,9 +1335,9 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_
                      * search for the next \n if any, its safe here */
                     rx_origin++;
                     DEBUG_EXECUTE_r( PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
-                              "  Looking for /%s^%s/m starting at offset %ld...\n",
+                              "  about to look for /%s^%s/m starting at rx_origin %ld...\n",
                               PL_colors[0], PL_colors[1],
-                              (long)(rx_origin - strpos)) );
+                              (long)(rx_origin - strbeg)) );
                     goto postprocess_substr_matches;
                 }
 
@@ -1355,9 +1363,11 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_
                 goto fail;
             }
             DEBUG_EXECUTE_r( PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
-                "  Looking for %s substr starting at offset %ld...\n",
+                "  about to look for %s substr starting at offset %ld (rx_origin now %"IVdf")...\n",
                 (prog->substrs->check_ix ? "floating" : "anchored"),
-                (long)(rx_origin + start_shift - strpos)) );
+                (long)(rx_origin + start_shift - strbeg),
+                (IV)(rx_origin - strbeg)
+            ));
             goto restart;
        }
 
@@ -1366,7 +1376,7 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_
        if (rx_origin != s) {
             DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
                        "  By STCLASS: moving %ld --> %ld\n",
-                                  (long)(rx_origin - strpos), (long)(s - strpos))
+                                  (long)(rx_origin - strbeg), (long)(s - strbeg))
                    );
         }
         else {
@@ -1418,7 +1428,7 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_
 
     DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
             "Intuit: %sSuccessfully guessed:%s match at offset %ld\n",
-             PL_colors[4], PL_colors[5], (long)(rx_origin - strpos)) );
+             PL_colors[4], PL_colors[5], (long)(rx_origin - strbeg)) );
 
     return rx_origin;
 
@@ -1457,10 +1467,13 @@ STMT_START {
     switch (trie_type) {                                                            \
     case trie_flu8:                                                                 \
         _CHECK_AND_WARN_PROBLEMATIC_LOCALE;                                         \
+        if (utf8_target && UTF8_IS_ABOVE_LATIN1(*uc)) {                             \
+            _CHECK_AND_OUTPUT_WIDE_LOCALE_UTF8_MSG(uc, uc + UTF8SKIP(uc));          \
+        }                                                                           \
         goto do_trie_utf8_fold;                                                     \
     case trie_utf8_exactfa_fold:                                                    \
         flags |= FOLD_FLAGS_NOMIX_ASCII;                                            \
-        /* FALLTHROUGH */                                                          \
+        /* FALLTHROUGH */                                                           \
     case trie_utf8_fold:                                                            \
       do_trie_utf8_fold:                                                            \
         if ( foldlen>0 ) {                                                          \
@@ -1471,14 +1484,14 @@ STMT_START {
         } else {                                                                    \
             uvc = _to_utf8_fold_flags( (const U8*) uc, foldbuf, &foldlen, flags);   \
             len = UTF8SKIP(uc);                                                     \
-            skiplen = UNISKIP( uvc );                                               \
+            skiplen = UVCHR_SKIP( uvc );                                            \
             foldlen -= skiplen;                                                     \
             uscan = foldbuf + skiplen;                                              \
         }                                                                           \
         break;                                                                      \
     case trie_latin_utf8_exactfa_fold:                                              \
         flags |= FOLD_FLAGS_NOMIX_ASCII;                                            \
-        /* FALLTHROUGH */                                                          \
+        /* FALLTHROUGH */                                                           \
     case trie_latin_utf8_fold:                                                      \
         if ( foldlen>0 ) {                                                          \
             uvc = utf8n_to_uvchr( (const U8*) uscan, UTF8_MAXLEN, &len, uniflags ); \
@@ -1488,13 +1501,16 @@ STMT_START {
         } else {                                                                    \
             len = 1;                                                                \
             uvc = _to_fold_latin1( (U8) *uc, foldbuf, &foldlen, flags);             \
-            skiplen = UNISKIP( uvc );                                               \
+            skiplen = UVCHR_SKIP( uvc );                                            \
             foldlen -= skiplen;                                                     \
             uscan = foldbuf + skiplen;                                              \
         }                                                                           \
         break;                                                                      \
     case trie_utf8l:                                                                \
         _CHECK_AND_WARN_PROBLEMATIC_LOCALE;                                         \
+        if (utf8_target && UTF8_IS_ABOVE_LATIN1(*uc)) {                             \
+            _CHECK_AND_OUTPUT_WIDE_LOCALE_UTF8_MSG(uc, uc + UTF8SKIP(uc));          \
+        }                                                                           \
         /* FALLTHROUGH */                                                           \
     case trie_utf8:                                                                 \
         uvc = utf8n_to_uvchr( (const U8*) uc, UTF8_MAXLEN, &len, uniflags );        \
@@ -1705,7 +1721,7 @@ REXEC_FBC_SCAN( /* Loops while (s < strend) */                 \
           FBC_UTF8(TEST_UV, TEST_UTF8, REXEC_FBC_TRYIT, PLACEHOLDER),          \
           TEST_NON_UTF8, REXEC_FBC_TRYIT, PLACEHOLDER)
 
-#define FBC_BOUND_A(TEST_NON_UTF8, TEST_UV, TEST_UTF8)                         \
+#define FBC_BOUND_A(TEST_NON_UTF8)                                             \
     FBC_BOUND_COMMON(                                                          \
             FBC_UTF8_A(TEST_NON_UTF8, REXEC_FBC_TRYIT, PLACEHOLDER),           \
             TEST_NON_UTF8, REXEC_FBC_TRYIT, PLACEHOLDER)
@@ -1715,11 +1731,75 @@ REXEC_FBC_SCAN( /* Loops while (s < strend) */                 \
           FBC_UTF8(TEST_UV, TEST_UTF8, PLACEHOLDER, REXEC_FBC_TRYIT),          \
           TEST_NON_UTF8, PLACEHOLDER, REXEC_FBC_TRYIT)
 
-#define FBC_NBOUND_A(TEST_NON_UTF8, TEST_UV, TEST_UTF8)                        \
+#define FBC_NBOUND_A(TEST_NON_UTF8)                                            \
     FBC_BOUND_COMMON(                                                          \
             FBC_UTF8_A(TEST_NON_UTF8, PLACEHOLDER, REXEC_FBC_TRYIT),           \
             TEST_NON_UTF8, PLACEHOLDER, REXEC_FBC_TRYIT)
 
+/* Takes a pointer to an inversion list, a pointer to its corresponding
+ * inversion map, and a code point, and returns the code point's value
+ * according to the two arrays.  It assumes that all code points have a value.
+ * This is used as the base macro for macros for particular properties */
+#define _generic_GET_BREAK_VAL_CP(invlist, invmap, cp)              \
+                             invmap[_invlist_search(invlist, cp)]
+
+/* Same as above, but takes begin, end ptrs to a UTF-8 encoded string instead
+ * of a code point, returning the value for the first code point in the string.
+ * And it takes the particular macro name that finds the desired value given a
+ * code point.  Merely convert the UTF-8 to code point and call the cp macro */
+#define _generic_GET_BREAK_VAL_UTF8(cp_macro, pos, strend)                     \
+             (__ASSERT_(pos < strend)                                          \
+                 /* Note assumes is valid UTF-8 */                             \
+             (cp_macro(utf8_to_uvchr_buf((pos), (strend), NULL))))
+
+/* Returns the GCB value for the input code point */
+#define getGCB_VAL_CP(cp)                                                      \
+          _generic_GET_BREAK_VAL_CP(                                           \
+                                    PL_GCB_invlist,                            \
+                                    _Perl_GCB_invmap,                          \
+                                    (cp))
+
+/* Returns the GCB value for the first code point in the UTF-8 encoded string
+ * bounded by pos and strend */
+#define getGCB_VAL_UTF8(pos, strend)                                           \
+    _generic_GET_BREAK_VAL_UTF8(getGCB_VAL_CP, pos, strend)
+
+/* Returns the LB value for the input code point */
+#define getLB_VAL_CP(cp)                                                       \
+          _generic_GET_BREAK_VAL_CP(                                           \
+                                    PL_LB_invlist,                             \
+                                    _Perl_LB_invmap,                           \
+                                    (cp))
+
+/* Returns the LB value for the first code point in the UTF-8 encoded string
+ * bounded by pos and strend */
+#define getLB_VAL_UTF8(pos, strend)                                            \
+    _generic_GET_BREAK_VAL_UTF8(getLB_VAL_CP, pos, strend)
+
+
+/* Returns the SB value for the input code point */
+#define getSB_VAL_CP(cp)                                                       \
+          _generic_GET_BREAK_VAL_CP(                                           \
+                                    PL_SB_invlist,                             \
+                                    _Perl_SB_invmap,                     \
+                                    (cp))
+
+/* Returns the SB value for the first code point in the UTF-8 encoded string
+ * bounded by pos and strend */
+#define getSB_VAL_UTF8(pos, strend)                                            \
+    _generic_GET_BREAK_VAL_UTF8(getSB_VAL_CP, pos, strend)
+
+/* Returns the WB value for the input code point */
+#define getWB_VAL_CP(cp)                                                       \
+          _generic_GET_BREAK_VAL_CP(                                           \
+                                    PL_WB_invlist,                             \
+                                    _Perl_WB_invmap,                         \
+                                    (cp))
+
+/* Returns the WB value for the first code point in the UTF-8 encoded string
+ * bounded by pos and strend */
+#define getWB_VAL_UTF8(pos, strend)                                            \
+    _generic_GET_BREAK_VAL_UTF8(getWB_VAL_CP, pos, strend)
 
 /* We know what class REx starts with.  Try to find this position... */
 /* if reginfo->intuit, its a dryrun */
@@ -1757,7 +1837,13 @@ S_find_byclass(pTHX_ regexp * prog, const regnode *c, char *s,
     switch (OP(c)) {
     case ANYOFL:
         _CHECK_AND_WARN_PROBLEMATIC_LOCALE;
+
+        if (ANYOFL_UTF8_LOCALE_REQD(FLAGS(c)) && ! IN_UTF8_CTYPE_LOCALE) {
+            Perl_ck_warner(aTHX_ packWARN(WARN_LOCALE), utf8_locale_required);
+        }
+
         /* FALLTHROUGH */
+    case ANYOFD:
     case ANYOF:
         if (utf8_target) {
             REXEC_FBC_UTF8_CLASS_SCAN(
@@ -1767,14 +1853,6 @@ S_find_byclass(pTHX_ regexp * prog, const regnode *c, char *s,
             REXEC_FBC_CLASS_SCAN(REGINCLASS(prog, c, (U8*)s));
         }
         break;
-    case CANY:
-        REXEC_FBC_SCAN(
-            if (tmp && (reginfo->intuit || regtry(reginfo, &s)))
-                goto got_it;
-            else
-                tmp = doevery;
-        );
-        break;
 
     case EXACTFA_NO_TRIE:   /* This node only generated for non-utf8 patterns */
         assert(! is_utf8_pat);
@@ -1819,7 +1897,8 @@ S_find_byclass(pTHX_ regexp * prog, const regnode *c, char *s,
                                        UTF-8 to express.  */
                 break;
             }
-            utf8_fold_flags = FOLDEQ_S2_ALREADY_FOLDED;
+            utf8_fold_flags =  FOLDEQ_LOCALE | FOLDEQ_S2_ALREADY_FOLDED
+                                             | FOLDEQ_S2_FOLDS_SANE;
             goto do_exactf_utf8;
 
     case EXACTFU:
@@ -1836,7 +1915,7 @@ S_find_byclass(pTHX_ regexp * prog, const regnode *c, char *s,
 
         /* FALLTHROUGH */
 
-    do_exactf_non_utf8: /* Neither pattern nor string are UTF8, and there
+      do_exactf_non_utf8: /* Neither pattern nor string are UTF8, and there
                            are no glitches with fold-length differences
                            between the target string and pattern */
 
@@ -1870,8 +1949,8 @@ S_find_byclass(pTHX_ regexp * prog, const regnode *c, char *s,
         }
         break;
 
-    do_exactf_utf8:
-    {
+      do_exactf_utf8:
+      {
         unsigned expansion;
 
         /* If one of the operands is in utf8, we can't use the simpler folding
@@ -1928,30 +2007,314 @@ S_find_byclass(pTHX_ regexp * prog, const regnode *c, char *s,
 
     case BOUNDL:
         _CHECK_AND_WARN_PROBLEMATIC_LOCALE;
+        if (FLAGS(c) != TRADITIONAL_BOUND) {
+            if (! IN_UTF8_CTYPE_LOCALE) {
+                Perl_ck_warner(aTHX_ packWARN(WARN_LOCALE),
+                                                B_ON_NON_UTF8_LOCALE_IS_WRONG);
+            }
+            goto do_boundu;
+        }
+
         FBC_BOUND(isWORDCHAR_LC, isWORDCHAR_LC_uvchr, isWORDCHAR_LC_utf8);
         break;
+
     case NBOUNDL:
         _CHECK_AND_WARN_PROBLEMATIC_LOCALE;
+        if (FLAGS(c) != TRADITIONAL_BOUND) {
+            if (! IN_UTF8_CTYPE_LOCALE) {
+                Perl_ck_warner(aTHX_ packWARN(WARN_LOCALE),
+                                                B_ON_NON_UTF8_LOCALE_IS_WRONG);
+            }
+            goto do_nboundu;
+        }
+
         FBC_NBOUND(isWORDCHAR_LC, isWORDCHAR_LC_uvchr, isWORDCHAR_LC_utf8);
         break;
-    case BOUND:
+
+    case BOUND: /* regcomp.c makes sure that this only has the traditional \b
+                   meaning */
+        assert(FLAGS(c) == TRADITIONAL_BOUND);
+
         FBC_BOUND(isWORDCHAR, isWORDCHAR_uni, isWORDCHAR_utf8);
         break;
-    case BOUNDA:
-        FBC_BOUND_A(isWORDCHAR_A, isWORDCHAR_A, isWORDCHAR_A);
+
+    case BOUNDA: /* regcomp.c makes sure that this only has the traditional \b
+                   meaning */
+        assert(FLAGS(c) == TRADITIONAL_BOUND);
+
+        FBC_BOUND_A(isWORDCHAR_A);
         break;
-    case NBOUND:
+
+    case NBOUND: /* regcomp.c makes sure that this only has the traditional \b
+                   meaning */
+        assert(FLAGS(c) == TRADITIONAL_BOUND);
+
         FBC_NBOUND(isWORDCHAR, isWORDCHAR_uni, isWORDCHAR_utf8);
         break;
-    case NBOUNDA:
-        FBC_NBOUND_A(isWORDCHAR_A, isWORDCHAR_A, isWORDCHAR_A);
-        break;
-    case BOUNDU:
-        FBC_BOUND(isWORDCHAR_L1, isWORDCHAR_uni, isWORDCHAR_utf8);
+
+    case NBOUNDA: /* regcomp.c makes sure that this only has the traditional \b
+                   meaning */
+        assert(FLAGS(c) == TRADITIONAL_BOUND);
+
+        FBC_NBOUND_A(isWORDCHAR_A);
         break;
+
     case NBOUNDU:
-        FBC_NBOUND(isWORDCHAR_L1, isWORDCHAR_uni, isWORDCHAR_utf8);
+        if ((bound_type) FLAGS(c) == TRADITIONAL_BOUND) {
+            FBC_NBOUND(isWORDCHAR_L1, isWORDCHAR_uni, isWORDCHAR_utf8);
+            break;
+        }
+
+      do_nboundu:
+
+        to_complement = 1;
+        /* FALLTHROUGH */
+
+    case BOUNDU:
+      do_boundu:
+        switch((bound_type) FLAGS(c)) {
+            case TRADITIONAL_BOUND:
+                FBC_BOUND(isWORDCHAR_L1, isWORDCHAR_uni, isWORDCHAR_utf8);
+                break;
+            case GCB_BOUND:
+                if (s == reginfo->strbeg) {
+                    if (reginfo->intuit || regtry(reginfo, &s))
+                    {
+                        goto got_it;
+                    }
+
+                    /* Didn't match.  Try at the next position (if there is one) */
+                    s += (utf8_target) ? UTF8SKIP(s) : 1;
+                    if (UNLIKELY(s >= reginfo->strend)) {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (utf8_target) {
+                    GCB_enum before = getGCB_VAL_UTF8(
+                                               reghop3((U8*)s, -1,
+                                                       (U8*)(reginfo->strbeg)),
+                                               (U8*) reginfo->strend);
+                    while (s < strend) {
+                        GCB_enum after = getGCB_VAL_UTF8((U8*) s,
+                                                        (U8*) reginfo->strend);
+                        if (   (to_complement ^ isGCB(before, after))
+                            && (reginfo->intuit || regtry(reginfo, &s)))
+                        {
+                            goto got_it;
+                        }
+                        before = after;
+                        s += UTF8SKIP(s);
+                    }
+                }
+                else {  /* Not utf8.  Everything is a GCB except between CR and
+                           LF */
+                    while (s < strend) {
+                        if ((to_complement ^ (   UCHARAT(s - 1) != '\r'
+                                              || UCHARAT(s) != '\n'))
+                            && (reginfo->intuit || regtry(reginfo, &s)))
+                        {
+                            goto got_it;
+                        }
+                        s++;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                /* And, since this is a bound, it can match after the final
+                 * character in the string */
+                if ((reginfo->intuit || regtry(reginfo, &s))) {
+                    goto got_it;
+                }
+                break;
+
+            case LB_BOUND:
+                if (s == reginfo->strbeg) {
+                    if (reginfo->intuit || regtry(reginfo, &s)) {
+                        goto got_it;
+                    }
+                    s += (utf8_target) ? UTF8SKIP(s) : 1;
+                    if (UNLIKELY(s >= reginfo->strend)) {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (utf8_target) {
+                    LB_enum before = getLB_VAL_UTF8(reghop3((U8*)s,
+                                                               -1,
+                                                               (U8*)(reginfo->strbeg)),
+                                                       (U8*) reginfo->strend);
+                    while (s < strend) {
+                        LB_enum after = getLB_VAL_UTF8((U8*) s, (U8*) reginfo->strend);
+                        if (to_complement ^ isLB(before,
+                                                 after,
+                                                 (U8*) reginfo->strbeg,
+                                                 (U8*) s,
+                                                 (U8*) reginfo->strend,
+                                                 utf8_target)
+                            && (reginfo->intuit || regtry(reginfo, &s)))
+                        {
+                            goto got_it;
+                        }
+                        before = after;
+                        s += UTF8SKIP(s);
+                    }
+                }
+                else {  /* Not utf8. */
+                    LB_enum before = getLB_VAL_CP((U8) *(s -1));
+                    while (s < strend) {
+                        LB_enum after = getLB_VAL_CP((U8) *s);
+                        if (to_complement ^ isLB(before,
+                                                 after,
+                                                 (U8*) reginfo->strbeg,
+                                                 (U8*) s,
+                                                 (U8*) reginfo->strend,
+                                                 utf8_target)
+                            && (reginfo->intuit || regtry(reginfo, &s)))
+                        {
+                            goto got_it;
+                        }
+                        before = after;
+                        s++;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (reginfo->intuit || regtry(reginfo, &s)) {
+                    goto got_it;
+                }
+
+                break;
+
+            case SB_BOUND:
+                if (s == reginfo->strbeg) {
+                    if (reginfo->intuit || regtry(reginfo, &s)) {
+                        goto got_it;
+                    }
+                    s += (utf8_target) ? UTF8SKIP(s) : 1;
+                    if (UNLIKELY(s >= reginfo->strend)) {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (utf8_target) {
+                    SB_enum before = getSB_VAL_UTF8(reghop3((U8*)s,
+                                                        -1,
+                                                        (U8*)(reginfo->strbeg)),
+                                                      (U8*) reginfo->strend);
+                    while (s < strend) {
+                        SB_enum after = getSB_VAL_UTF8((U8*) s,
+                                                         (U8*) reginfo->strend);
+                        if ((to_complement ^ isSB(before,
+                                                  after,
+                                                  (U8*) reginfo->strbeg,
+                                                  (U8*) s,
+                                                  (U8*) reginfo->strend,
+                                                  utf8_target))
+                            && (reginfo->intuit || regtry(reginfo, &s)))
+                        {
+                            goto got_it;
+                        }
+                        before = after;
+                        s += UTF8SKIP(s);
+                    }
+                }
+                else {  /* Not utf8. */
+                    SB_enum before = getSB_VAL_CP((U8) *(s -1));
+                    while (s < strend) {
+                        SB_enum after = getSB_VAL_CP((U8) *s);
+                        if ((to_complement ^ isSB(before,
+                                                  after,
+                                                  (U8*) reginfo->strbeg,
+                                                  (U8*) s,
+                                                  (U8*) reginfo->strend,
+                                                  utf8_target))
+                            && (reginfo->intuit || regtry(reginfo, &s)))
+                        {
+                            goto got_it;
+                        }
+                        before = after;
+                        s++;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                /* Here are at the final position in the target string.  The SB
+                 * value is always true here, so matches, depending on other
+                 * constraints */
+                if (reginfo->intuit || regtry(reginfo, &s)) {
+                    goto got_it;
+                }
+
+                break;
+
+            case WB_BOUND:
+                if (s == reginfo->strbeg) {
+                    if (reginfo->intuit || regtry(reginfo, &s)) {
+                        goto got_it;
+                    }
+                    s += (utf8_target) ? UTF8SKIP(s) : 1;
+                    if (UNLIKELY(s >= reginfo->strend)) {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (utf8_target) {
+                    /* We are at a boundary between char_sub_0 and char_sub_1.
+                     * We also keep track of the value for char_sub_-1 as we
+                     * loop through the line.   Context may be needed to make a
+                     * determination, and if so, this can save having to
+                     * recalculate it */
+                    WB_enum previous = WB_UNKNOWN;
+                    WB_enum before = getWB_VAL_UTF8(
+                                              reghop3((U8*)s,
+                                                      -1,
+                                                      (U8*)(reginfo->strbeg)),
+                                              (U8*) reginfo->strend);
+                    while (s < strend) {
+                        WB_enum after = getWB_VAL_UTF8((U8*) s,
+                                                        (U8*) reginfo->strend);
+                        if ((to_complement ^ isWB(previous,
+                                                  before,
+                                                  after,
+                                                  (U8*) reginfo->strbeg,
+                                                  (U8*) s,
+                                                  (U8*) reginfo->strend,
+                                                  utf8_target))
+                            && (reginfo->intuit || regtry(reginfo, &s)))
+                        {
+                            goto got_it;
+                        }
+                        previous = before;
+                        before = after;
+                        s += UTF8SKIP(s);
+                    }
+                }
+                else {  /* Not utf8. */
+                    WB_enum previous = WB_UNKNOWN;
+                    WB_enum before = getWB_VAL_CP((U8) *(s -1));
+                    while (s < strend) {
+                        WB_enum after = getWB_VAL_CP((U8) *s);
+                        if ((to_complement ^ isWB(previous,
+                                                  before,
+                                                  after,
+                                                  (U8*) reginfo->strbeg,
+                                                  (U8*) s,
+                                                  (U8*) reginfo->strend,
+                                                  utf8_target))
+                            && (reginfo->intuit || regtry(reginfo, &s)))
+                        {
+                            goto got_it;
+                        }
+                        previous = before;
+                        before = after;
+                        s++;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (reginfo->intuit || regtry(reginfo, &s)) {
+                    goto got_it;
+                }
+        }
         break;
+
     case LNBREAK:
         REXEC_FBC_CSCAN(is_LNBREAK_utf8_safe(s, strend),
                         is_LNBREAK_latin1_safe(s, strend)
@@ -2012,7 +2375,7 @@ S_find_byclass(pTHX_ regexp * prog, const regnode *c, char *s,
         }
         else {
 
-      posix_utf8:
+          posix_utf8:
             classnum = (_char_class_number) FLAGS(c);
             if (classnum < _FIRST_NON_SWASH_CC) {
                 while (s < strend) {
@@ -2029,7 +2392,7 @@ S_find_byclass(pTHX_ regexp * prog, const regnode *c, char *s,
                                                                 classnum)))
                         || (UTF8_IS_DOWNGRADEABLE_START(*s)
                             && to_complement ^ cBOOL(
-                                _generic_isCC(TWO_BYTE_UTF8_TO_NATIVE(*s,
+                                _generic_isCC(EIGHT_BIT_UTF8_TO_NATIVE(*s,
                                                                       *(s + 1)),
                                               classnum))))
                     {
@@ -2047,11 +2410,7 @@ S_find_byclass(pTHX_ regexp * prog, const regnode *c, char *s,
             }
             else switch (classnum) {    /* These classes are implemented as
                                            macros */
-                case _CC_ENUM_SPACE: /* XXX would require separate code if we
-                                        revert the change of \v matching this */
-                    /* FALLTHROUGH */
-
-                case _CC_ENUM_PSXSPC:
+                case _CC_ENUM_SPACE:
                     REXEC_FBC_UTF8_CLASS_SCAN(
                                         to_complement ^ cBOOL(isSPACE_utf8(s)));
                     break;
@@ -2393,7 +2752,7 @@ S_reg_set_capture_string(pTHX_ REGEXP * const rx,
                 U32 n = 0;
                 max = -1;
                 /* calculate the right-most part of the string covered
-                 * by a capture. Due to look-ahead, this may be to
+                 * by a capture. Due to lookahead, this may be to
                  * the right of $&, so we have to scan all captures */
                 while (n <= prog->lastparen) {
                     if (prog->offs[n].end > max)
@@ -2414,7 +2773,7 @@ S_reg_set_capture_string(pTHX_ REGEXP * const rx,
                 U32 n = 0;
                 min = max;
                 /* calculate the left-most part of the string covered
-                 * by a capture. Due to look-behind, this may be to
+                 * by a capture. Due to lookbehind, this may be to
                  * the left of $&, so we have to scan all captures */
                 while (min && n <= prog->lastparen) {
                     if (   prog->offs[n].start != -1
@@ -2519,7 +2878,7 @@ Perl_regexec_flags(pTHX_ REGEXP * const rx, char *stringarg, char *strend,
     PERL_UNUSED_ARG(data);
 
     /* Be paranoid... */
-    if (prog == NULL || stringarg == NULL) {
+    if (prog == NULL) {
        Perl_croak(aTHX_ "NULL regexp parameter");
     }
 
@@ -2530,6 +2889,11 @@ Perl_regexec_flags(pTHX_ REGEXP * const rx, char *stringarg, char *strend,
 
     startpos = stringarg;
 
+    /* set these early as they may be used by the HOP macros below */
+    reginfo->strbeg = strbeg;
+    reginfo->strend = strend;
+    reginfo->is_utf8_target = cBOOL(utf8_target);
+
     if (prog->intflags & PREGf_GPOS_SEEN) {
         MAGIC *mg;
 
@@ -2538,7 +2902,7 @@ Perl_regexec_flags(pTHX_ REGEXP * const rx, char *stringarg, char *strend,
         reginfo->ganch =
             (flags & REXEC_IGNOREPOS)
             ? stringarg /* use start pos rather than pos() */
-            : (sv && (mg = mg_find_mglob(sv)) && mg->mg_len >= 0)
+            : ((mg = mg_find_mglob(sv)) && mg->mg_len >= 0)
               /* Defined pos(): */
             ? strbeg + MgBYTEPOS(mg, sv, strbeg, strend-strbeg)
             : strbeg; /* pos() not defined; use start of string */
@@ -2557,20 +2921,23 @@ Perl_regexec_flags(pTHX_ REGEXP * const rx, char *stringarg, char *strend,
          */
 
         if (prog->intflags & PREGf_ANCH_GPOS) {
-            startpos  = reginfo->ganch - prog->gofs;
-            if (startpos <
-                ((flags & REXEC_FAIL_ON_UNDERFLOW) ? stringarg : strbeg))
-            {
-                DEBUG_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
-                        "fail: ganch-gofs before earliest possible start\n"));
-                return 0;
+            if (prog->gofs) {
+                startpos = HOPBACKc(reginfo->ganch, prog->gofs);
+                if (!startpos ||
+                    ((flags & REXEC_FAIL_ON_UNDERFLOW) && startpos < stringarg))
+                {
+                    DEBUG_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
+                            "fail: ganch-gofs before earliest possible start\n"));
+                    return 0;
+                }
             }
+            else
+                startpos = reginfo->ganch;
         }
         else if (prog->gofs) {
-            if (startpos - prog->gofs < strbeg)
+            startpos = HOPBACKc(startpos, prog->gofs);
+            if (!startpos)
                 startpos = strbeg;
-            else
-                startpos -= prog->gofs;
         }
         else if (prog->intflags & PREGf_GPOS_FLOAT)
             startpos = strbeg;
@@ -2653,13 +3020,10 @@ Perl_regexec_flags(pTHX_ REGEXP * const rx, char *stringarg, char *strend,
 
     reginfo->prog = rx;         /* Yes, sorry that this is confusing.  */
     reginfo->intuit = 0;
-    reginfo->is_utf8_target = cBOOL(utf8_target);
     reginfo->is_utf8_pat = cBOOL(RX_UTF8(rx));
     reginfo->warned = FALSE;
-    reginfo->strbeg  = strbeg;
     reginfo->sv = sv;
     reginfo->poscache_maxiter = 0; /* not yet started a countdown */
-    reginfo->strend = strend;
     /* see how far we have to get to not match where we matched before */
     reginfo->till = stringarg + minend;
 
@@ -2746,93 +3110,59 @@ Perl_regexec_flags(pTHX_ REGEXP * const rx, char *stringarg, char *strend,
        ));
     }
 
-    /* Simplest case:  anchored match need be tried only once. */
-    /*  [unless only anchor is MBOL - implying multiline is set] */
+    /* Simplest case: anchored match need be tried only once, or with
+     * MBOL, only at the beginning of each line.
+     *
+     * Note that /.*.../ sets PREGf_IMPLICIT|MBOL, while /.*.../s sets
+     * PREGf_IMPLICIT|SBOL. The idea is that with /.*.../s, if it doesn't
+     * match at the start of the string then it won't match anywhere else
+     * either; while with /.*.../, if it doesn't match at the beginning,
+     * the earliest it could match is at the start of the next line */
+
     if (prog->intflags & (PREGf_ANCH & ~PREGf_ANCH_GPOS)) {
-       if (s == startpos && regtry(reginfo, &s))
+        char *end;
+
+       if (regtry(reginfo, &s))
            goto got_it;
-        else if (multiline || (prog->intflags & (PREGf_IMPLICIT | PREGf_ANCH_MBOL))) /* XXXX SBOL? */
-       {
-           char *end;
-
-           if (minlen)
-               dontbother = minlen - 1;
-           end = HOP3c(strend, -dontbother, strbeg) - 1;
-           /* for multiline we only have to try after newlines */
-           if (prog->check_substr || prog->check_utf8) {
-                /* because of the goto we can not easily reuse the macros for bifurcating the
-                   unicode/non-unicode match modes here like we do elsewhere - demerphq */
-                if (utf8_target) {
-                    if (s == startpos)
-                        goto after_try_utf8;
-                    while (1) {
-                        if (regtry(reginfo, &s)) {
-                            goto got_it;
-                        }
-                      after_try_utf8:
-                        if (s > end) {
-                            goto phooey;
-                        }
-                        if (prog->extflags & RXf_USE_INTUIT) {
-                            s = re_intuit_start(rx, sv, strbeg,
-                                    s + UTF8SKIP(s), strend, flags, NULL);
-                            if (!s) {
-                                goto phooey;
-                            }
-                        }
-                        else {
-                            s += UTF8SKIP(s);
-                        }
-                    }
-                } /* end search for check string in unicode */
-                else {
-                    if (s == startpos) {
-                        goto after_try_latin;
-                    }
-                    while (1) {
-                        if (regtry(reginfo, &s)) {
-                            goto got_it;
-                        }
-                      after_try_latin:
-                        if (s > end) {
-                            goto phooey;
-                        }
-                        if (prog->extflags & RXf_USE_INTUIT) {
-                            s = re_intuit_start(rx, sv, strbeg,
-                                        s + 1, strend, flags, NULL);
-                            if (!s) {
-                                goto phooey;
-                            }
-                        }
-                        else {
-                            s++;
-                        }
-                    }
-                } /* end search for check string in latin*/
-           } /* end search for check string */
-           else { /* search for newline */
-               if (s > startpos) {
-                    /*XXX: The s-- is almost definitely wrong here under unicode - demeprhq*/
-                   s--;
-               }
-               /* We can use a more efficient search as newlines are the same in unicode as they are in latin */
-               while (s <= end) { /* note it could be possible to match at the end of the string */
-                   if (*s++ == '\n') { /* don't need PL_utf8skip here */
-                       if (regtry(reginfo, &s))
-                           goto got_it;
-                   }
-               }
-           } /* end search for newline */
-       } /* end anchored/multiline check string search */
-       goto phooey;
-    } else if (prog->intflags & PREGf_ANCH_GPOS)
+
+        if (!(prog->intflags & PREGf_ANCH_MBOL))
+            goto phooey;
+
+        /* didn't match at start, try at other newline positions */
+
+        if (minlen)
+            dontbother = minlen - 1;
+        end = HOP3c(strend, -dontbother, strbeg) - 1;
+
+        /* skip to next newline */
+
+        while (s <= end) { /* note it could be possible to match at the end of the string */
+            /* NB: newlines are the same in unicode as they are in latin */
+            if (*s++ != '\n')
+                continue;
+            if (prog->check_substr || prog->check_utf8) {
+            /* note that with PREGf_IMPLICIT, intuit can only fail
+             * or return the start position, so it's of limited utility.
+             * Nevertheless, I made the decision that the potential for
+             * quick fail was still worth it - DAPM */
+                s = re_intuit_start(rx, sv, strbeg, s, strend, flags, NULL);
+                if (!s)
+                    goto phooey;
+            }
+            if (regtry(reginfo, &s))
+                goto got_it;
+        }
+        goto phooey;
+    } /* end anchored search */
+
+    if (prog->intflags & PREGf_ANCH_GPOS)
     {
         /* PREGf_ANCH_GPOS should never be true if PREGf_GPOS_SEEN is not true */
         assert(prog->intflags & PREGf_GPOS_SEEN);
         /* For anchored \G, the only position it can match from is
          * (ganch-gofs); we already set startpos to this above; if intuit
          * moved us on from there, we can't possibly succeed */
-        assert(startpos == reginfo->ganch - prog->gofs);
+        assert(startpos == HOPBACKc(reginfo->ganch, prog->gofs));
        if (s == startpos && regtry(reginfo, &s))
            goto got_it;
        goto phooey;
@@ -2996,7 +3326,7 @@ Perl_regexec_flags(pTHX_ REGEXP * const rx, char *stringarg, char *strend,
        if (minlen) {
            const OPCODE op = OP(progi->regstclass);
            /* don't bother with what can't match */
-           if (PL_regkind[op] != EXACT && op != CANY && PL_regkind[op] != TRIE)
+           if (PL_regkind[op] != EXACT && PL_regkind[op] != TRIE)
                strend = HOPc(strend, -(minlen - 1));
        }
        DEBUG_EXECUTE_r({
@@ -3138,7 +3468,7 @@ Perl_regexec_flags(pTHX_ REGEXP * const rx, char *stringarg, char *strend,
     /* Failure. */
     goto phooey;
 
-got_it:
+  got_it:
     /* s/// doesn't like it if $& is earlier than where we asked it to
      * start searching (which can happen on something like /.\G/) */
     if (       (flags & REXEC_FAIL_ON_UNDERFLOW)
@@ -3178,7 +3508,7 @@ got_it:
 
     return 1;
 
-phooey:
+  phooey:
     DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, "%sMatch failed%s\n",
                          PL_colors[4], PL_colors[5]));
 
@@ -3216,7 +3546,7 @@ phooey:
 /*
  - regtry - try match at specific point
  */
-STATIC I32                     /* 0 failure, 1 success */
+STATIC bool                    /* 0 failure, 1 success */
 S_regtry(pTHX_ regmatch_info *reginfo, char **startposp)
 {
     CHECKPOINT lastcp;
@@ -3552,7 +3882,7 @@ S_dump_exec_pos(pTHX_ const char *locinput,
     if (pref0_len > pref_len)
        pref0_len = pref_len;
     {
-       const int is_uni = (utf8_target && OP(scan) != CANY) ? 1 : 0;
+       const int is_uni = utf8_target ? 1 : 0;
 
        RE_PV_COLOR_DECL(s0,len0,is_uni,PERL_DEBUG_PAD(0),
            (locinput - pref_len),pref0_len, 60, 4, 5);
@@ -3849,72 +4179,938 @@ S_setup_EXACTISH_ST_c1_c2(pTHX_ const regnode * const text_node, int *c1p,
                       character */
                 switch (OP(text_node)) {
 
-                    case EXACTFL:   /* /l rules */
-                        c2 = PL_fold_locale[c1];
-                        break;
+                    case EXACTFL:   /* /l rules */
+                        c2 = PL_fold_locale[c1];
+                        break;
+
+                    case EXACTF:   /* This node only generated for non-utf8
+                                    patterns */
+                        assert(! is_utf8_pat);
+                        if (! utf8_target) {    /* /d rules */
+                            c2 = PL_fold[c1];
+                            break;
+                        }
+                        /* FALLTHROUGH */
+                        /* /u rules for all these.  This happens to work for
+                        * EXACTFA as nothing in Latin1 folds to ASCII */
+                    case EXACTFA_NO_TRIE:   /* This node only generated for
+                                            non-utf8 patterns */
+                        assert(! is_utf8_pat);
+                        /* FALLTHROUGH */
+                    case EXACTFA:
+                    case EXACTFU_SS:
+                    case EXACTFU:
+                        c2 = PL_fold_latin1[c1];
+                        break;
+
+                    default:
+                        Perl_croak(aTHX_ "panic: Unexpected op %u", OP(text_node));
+                        NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* Here have figured things out.  Set up the returns */
+    if (use_chrtest_void) {
+        *c2p = *c1p = CHRTEST_VOID;
+    }
+    else if (utf8_target) {
+        if (! utf8_has_been_setup) {    /* Don't have the utf8; must get it */
+            uvchr_to_utf8(c1_utf8, c1);
+            uvchr_to_utf8(c2_utf8, c2);
+        }
+
+        /* Invariants are stored in both the utf8 and byte outputs; Use
+         * negative numbers otherwise for the byte ones.  Make sure that the
+         * byte ones are the same iff the utf8 ones are the same */
+        *c1p = (UTF8_IS_INVARIANT(*c1_utf8)) ? *c1_utf8 : CHRTEST_NOT_A_CP_1;
+        *c2p = (UTF8_IS_INVARIANT(*c2_utf8))
+                ? *c2_utf8
+                : (c1 == c2)
+                  ? CHRTEST_NOT_A_CP_1
+                  : CHRTEST_NOT_A_CP_2;
+    }
+    else if (c1 > 255) {
+       if (c2 > 255) {  /* both possibilities are above what a non-utf8 string
+                           can represent */
+           return FALSE;
+       }
+
+       *c1p = *c2p = c2;    /* c2 is the only representable value */
+    }
+    else {  /* c1 is representable; see about c2 */
+       *c1p = c1;
+       *c2p = (c2 < 256) ? c2 : c1;
+    }
+
+    return TRUE;
+}
+
+PERL_STATIC_INLINE bool
+S_isGCB(const GCB_enum before, const GCB_enum after)
+{
+    /* returns a boolean indicating if there is a Grapheme Cluster Boundary
+     * between the inputs.  See http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr29/ */
+
+    return GCB_table[before][after];
+}
+
+/* Combining marks attach to most classes that precede them, but this defines
+ * the exceptions (from TR14) */
+#define LB_CM_ATTACHES_TO(prev) ( ! (   prev == LB_EDGE                 \
+                                     || prev == LB_Mandatory_Break      \
+                                     || prev == LB_Carriage_Return      \
+                                     || prev == LB_Line_Feed            \
+                                     || prev == LB_Next_Line            \
+                                     || prev == LB_Space                \
+                                     || prev == LB_ZWSpace))
+
+STATIC bool
+S_isLB(pTHX_ LB_enum before,
+             LB_enum after,
+             const U8 * const strbeg,
+             const U8 * const curpos,
+             const U8 * const strend,
+             const bool utf8_target)
+{
+    U8 * temp_pos = (U8 *) curpos;
+    LB_enum prev = before;
+
+    /* Is the boundary between 'before' and 'after' line-breakable?
+     * Most of this is just a table lookup of a generated table from Unicode
+     * rules.  But some rules require context to decide, and so have to be
+     * implemented in code */
+
+    PERL_ARGS_ASSERT_ISLB;
+
+    /* Rule numbers in the comments below are as of Unicode 8.0 */
+
+  redo:
+    before = prev;
+    switch (LB_table[before][after]) {
+        case LB_BREAKABLE:
+            return TRUE;
+
+        case LB_NOBREAK:
+        case LB_NOBREAK_EVEN_WITH_SP_BETWEEN:
+            return FALSE;
+
+        case LB_SP_foo + LB_BREAKABLE:
+        case LB_SP_foo + LB_NOBREAK:
+        case LB_SP_foo + LB_NOBREAK_EVEN_WITH_SP_BETWEEN:
+
+            /* When we have something following a SP, we have to look at the
+             * context in order to know what to do.
+             *
+             * SP SP should not reach here because LB7: Do not break before
+             * spaces.  (For two spaces in a row there is nothing that
+             * overrides that) */
+            assert(after != LB_Space);
+
+            /* Here we have a space followed by a non-space.  Mostly this is a
+             * case of LB18: "Break after spaces".  But there are complications
+             * as the handling of spaces is somewhat tricky.  They are in a
+             * number of rules, which have to be applied in priority order, but
+             * something earlier in the string can cause a rule to be skipped
+             * and a lower priority rule invoked.  A prime example is LB7 which
+             * says don't break before a space.  But rule LB8 (lower priority)
+             * says that the first break opportunity after a ZW is after any
+             * span of spaces immediately after it.  If a ZW comes before a SP
+             * in the input, rule LB8 applies, and not LB7.  Other such rules
+             * involve combining marks which are rules 9 and 10, but they may
+             * override higher priority rules if they come earlier in the
+             * string.  Since we're doing random access into the middle of the
+             * string, we have to look for rules that should get applied based
+             * on both string position and priority.  Combining marks do not
+             * attach to either ZW nor SP, so we don't have to consider them
+             * until later.
+             *
+             * To check for LB8, we have to find the first non-space character
+             * before this span of spaces */
+            do {
+                prev = backup_one_LB(strbeg, &temp_pos, utf8_target);
+            }
+            while (prev == LB_Space);
+
+            /* LB8 Break before any character following a zero-width space,
+             * even if one or more spaces intervene.
+             *      ZW SP* ÷
+             * So if we have a ZW just before this span, and to get here this
+             * is the final space in the span. */
+            if (prev == LB_ZWSpace) {
+                return TRUE;
+            }
+
+            /* Here, not ZW SP+.  There are several rules that have higher
+             * priority than LB18 and can be resolved now, as they don't depend
+             * on anything earlier in the string (except ZW, which we have
+             * already handled).  One of these rules is LB11 Do not break
+             * before Word joiner, but we have specially encoded that in the
+             * lookup table so it is caught by the single test below which
+             * catches the other ones. */
+            if (LB_table[LB_Space][after] - LB_SP_foo
+                                            == LB_NOBREAK_EVEN_WITH_SP_BETWEEN)
+            {
+                return FALSE;
+            }
+
+            /* If we get here, we have to XXX consider combining marks. */
+            if (prev == LB_Combining_Mark) {
+
+                /* What happens with these depends on the character they
+                 * follow.  */
+                do {
+                    prev = backup_one_LB(strbeg, &temp_pos, utf8_target);
+                }
+                while (prev == LB_Combining_Mark);
+
+                /* Most times these attach to and inherit the characteristics
+                 * of that character, but not always, and when not, they are to
+                 * be treated as AL by rule LB10. */
+                if (! LB_CM_ATTACHES_TO(prev)) {
+                    prev = LB_Alphabetic;
+                }
+            }
+
+            /* Here, we have the character preceding the span of spaces all set
+             * up.  We follow LB18: "Break after spaces" unless the table shows
+             * that is overriden */
+            return LB_table[prev][after] != LB_NOBREAK_EVEN_WITH_SP_BETWEEN;
+
+        case LB_CM_foo:
+
+            /* We don't know how to treat the CM except by looking at the first
+             * non-CM character preceding it */
+            do {
+                prev = backup_one_LB(strbeg, &temp_pos, utf8_target);
+            }
+            while (prev == LB_Combining_Mark);
+
+            /* Here, 'prev' is that first earlier non-CM character.  If the CM
+             * attatches to it, then it inherits the behavior of 'prev'.  If it
+             * doesn't attach, it is to be treated as an AL */
+            if (! LB_CM_ATTACHES_TO(prev)) {
+                prev = LB_Alphabetic;
+            }
+
+            goto redo;
+
+        case LB_HY_or_BA_then_foo + LB_BREAKABLE:
+        case LB_HY_or_BA_then_foo + LB_NOBREAK:
+
+            /* LB21a Don't break after Hebrew + Hyphen.
+             * HL (HY | BA) × */
+
+            if (backup_one_LB(strbeg, &temp_pos, utf8_target)
+                                                          == LB_Hebrew_Letter)
+            {
+                return FALSE;
+            }
+
+            return LB_table[prev][after] - LB_HY_or_BA_then_foo == LB_BREAKABLE;
+
+        case LB_PR_or_PO_then_OP_or_HY + LB_BREAKABLE:
+        case LB_PR_or_PO_then_OP_or_HY + LB_NOBREAK:
+
+            /* LB25a (PR | PO) × ( OP | HY )? NU */
+            if (advance_one_LB(&temp_pos, strend, utf8_target) == LB_Numeric) {
+                return FALSE;
+            }
+
+            return LB_table[prev][after] - LB_PR_or_PO_then_OP_or_HY
+                                                                == LB_BREAKABLE;
+
+        case LB_SY_or_IS_then_various + LB_BREAKABLE:
+        case LB_SY_or_IS_then_various + LB_NOBREAK:
+        {
+            /* LB25d NU (SY | IS)* × (NU | SY | IS | CL | CP ) */
+
+            LB_enum temp = prev;
+            do {
+                temp = backup_one_LB(strbeg, &temp_pos, utf8_target);
+            }
+            while (temp == LB_Break_Symbols || temp == LB_Infix_Numeric);
+            if (temp == LB_Numeric) {
+                return FALSE;
+            }
+
+            return LB_table[prev][after] - LB_SY_or_IS_then_various
+                                                               == LB_BREAKABLE;
+        }
+
+        case LB_various_then_PO_or_PR + LB_BREAKABLE:
+        case LB_various_then_PO_or_PR + LB_NOBREAK:
+        {
+            /* LB25e NU (SY | IS)* (CL | CP)? × (PO | PR) */
+
+            LB_enum temp = prev;
+            if (temp == LB_Close_Punctuation || temp == LB_Close_Parenthesis)
+            {
+                temp = backup_one_LB(strbeg, &temp_pos, utf8_target);
+            }
+            while (temp == LB_Break_Symbols || temp == LB_Infix_Numeric) {
+                temp = backup_one_LB(strbeg, &temp_pos, utf8_target);
+            }
+            if (temp == LB_Numeric) {
+                return FALSE;
+            }
+            return LB_various_then_PO_or_PR;
+        }
+
+        default:
+            break;
+    }
+
+#ifdef DEBUGGING
+    PerlIO_printf(Perl_error_log, "Unhandled LB pair: LB_table[%d, %d] = %d\n",
+                                  before, after, LB_table[before][after]);
+    assert(0);
+#endif
+    return TRUE;
+}
+
+STATIC LB_enum
+S_advance_one_LB(pTHX_ U8 ** curpos, const U8 * const strend, const bool utf8_target)
+{
+    LB_enum lb;
+
+    PERL_ARGS_ASSERT_ADVANCE_ONE_LB;
+
+    if (*curpos >= strend) {
+        return LB_EDGE;
+    }
+
+    if (utf8_target) {
+        *curpos += UTF8SKIP(*curpos);
+        if (*curpos >= strend) {
+            return LB_EDGE;
+        }
+        lb = getLB_VAL_UTF8(*curpos, strend);
+    }
+    else {
+        (*curpos)++;
+        if (*curpos >= strend) {
+            return LB_EDGE;
+        }
+        lb = getLB_VAL_CP(**curpos);
+    }
+
+    return lb;
+}
+
+STATIC LB_enum
+S_backup_one_LB(pTHX_ const U8 * const strbeg, U8 ** curpos, const bool utf8_target)
+{
+    LB_enum lb;
+
+    PERL_ARGS_ASSERT_BACKUP_ONE_LB;
+
+    if (*curpos < strbeg) {
+        return LB_EDGE;
+    }
+
+    if (utf8_target) {
+        U8 * prev_char_pos = reghopmaybe3(*curpos, -1, strbeg);
+        U8 * prev_prev_char_pos;
+
+        if (! prev_char_pos) {
+            return LB_EDGE;
+        }
+
+        if ((prev_prev_char_pos = reghopmaybe3((U8 *) prev_char_pos, -1, strbeg))) {
+            lb = getLB_VAL_UTF8(prev_prev_char_pos, prev_char_pos);
+            *curpos = prev_char_pos;
+            prev_char_pos = prev_prev_char_pos;
+        }
+        else {
+            *curpos = (U8 *) strbeg;
+            return LB_EDGE;
+        }
+    }
+    else {
+        if (*curpos - 2 < strbeg) {
+            *curpos = (U8 *) strbeg;
+            return LB_EDGE;
+        }
+        (*curpos)--;
+        lb = getLB_VAL_CP(*(*curpos - 1));
+    }
+
+    return lb;
+}
+
+/* This creates a single number by combining two, with 'before' being like the
+ * 10's digit, but this isn't necessarily base 10; it is base however many
+ * elements of the enum there are */
+#define SBcase(before, after) ((SB_ENUM_COUNT * before) + after)
+
+STATIC bool
+S_isSB(pTHX_ SB_enum before,
+             SB_enum after,
+             const U8 * const strbeg,
+             const U8 * const curpos,
+             const U8 * const strend,
+             const bool utf8_target)
+{
+    /* returns a boolean indicating if there is a Sentence Boundary Break
+     * between the inputs.  See http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr29/ */
+
+    U8 * lpos = (U8 *) curpos;
+    U8 * temp_pos;
+    SB_enum backup;
+
+    PERL_ARGS_ASSERT_ISSB;
+
+    /* Break at the start and end of text.
+        SB1.  sot  ÷
+        SB2.  ÷  eot */
+    if (before == SB_EDGE || after == SB_EDGE) {
+        return TRUE;
+    }
+
+    /* SB 3: Do not break within CRLF. */
+    if (before == SB_CR && after == SB_LF) {
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+
+    /* Break after paragraph separators.  (though why CR and LF are considered
+     * so is beyond me (khw)
+       SB4.  Sep | CR | LF  ÷ */
+    if (before == SB_Sep || before == SB_CR || before == SB_LF) {
+        return TRUE;
+    }
+
+    /* Ignore Format and Extend characters, except after sot, Sep, CR, or LF.
+     * (See Section 6.2, Replacing Ignore Rules.)
+        SB5.  X (Extend | Format)*  →  X */
+    if (after == SB_Extend || after == SB_Format) {
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+
+    if (before == SB_Extend || before == SB_Format) {
+        before = backup_one_SB(strbeg, &lpos, utf8_target);
+    }
+
+    /* Do not break after ambiguous terminators like period, if they are
+     * immediately followed by a number or lowercase letter, if they are
+     * between uppercase letters, if the first following letter (optionally
+     * after certain punctuation) is lowercase, or if they are followed by
+     * "continuation" punctuation such as comma, colon, or semicolon. For
+     * example, a period may be an abbreviation or numeric period, and thus may
+     * not mark the end of a sentence.
+
+     * SB6. ATerm  ×  Numeric */
+    if (before == SB_ATerm && after == SB_Numeric) {
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+
+    /* SB7.  (Upper | Lower) ATerm  ×  Upper */
+    if (before == SB_ATerm && after == SB_Upper) {
+        temp_pos = lpos;
+        backup = backup_one_SB(strbeg, &temp_pos, utf8_target);
+        if (backup == SB_Upper || backup == SB_Lower) {
+            return FALSE;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* SB8a.  (STerm | ATerm) Close* Sp*  ×  (SContinue | STerm | ATerm)
+     * SB10.  (STerm | ATerm) Close* Sp*  ×  ( Sp | Sep | CR | LF )      */
+    backup = before;
+    temp_pos = lpos;
+    while (backup == SB_Sp) {
+        backup = backup_one_SB(strbeg, &temp_pos, utf8_target);
+    }
+    while (backup == SB_Close) {
+        backup = backup_one_SB(strbeg, &temp_pos, utf8_target);
+    }
+    if ((backup == SB_STerm || backup == SB_ATerm)
+        && (   after == SB_SContinue
+            || after == SB_STerm
+            || after == SB_ATerm
+            || after == SB_Sp
+            || after == SB_Sep
+            || after == SB_CR
+            || after == SB_LF))
+    {
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+
+    /* SB8.  ATerm Close* Sp*  ×  ( ¬(OLetter | Upper | Lower | Sep | CR | LF |
+     *                                              STerm | ATerm) )* Lower */
+    if (backup == SB_ATerm) {
+        U8 * rpos = (U8 *) curpos;
+        SB_enum later = after;
+
+        while (    later != SB_OLetter
+                && later != SB_Upper
+                && later != SB_Lower
+                && later != SB_Sep
+                && later != SB_CR
+                && later != SB_LF
+                && later != SB_STerm
+                && later != SB_ATerm
+                && later != SB_EDGE)
+        {
+            later = advance_one_SB(&rpos, strend, utf8_target);
+        }
+        if (later == SB_Lower) {
+            return FALSE;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* Break after sentence terminators, but include closing punctuation,
+     * trailing spaces, and a paragraph separator (if present). [See note
+     * below.]
+     * SB9.  ( STerm | ATerm ) Close*  ×  ( Close | Sp | Sep | CR | LF ) */
+    backup = before;
+    temp_pos = lpos;
+    while (backup == SB_Close) {
+        backup = backup_one_SB(strbeg, &temp_pos, utf8_target);
+    }
+    if ((backup == SB_STerm || backup == SB_ATerm)
+        && (   after == SB_Close
+            || after == SB_Sp
+            || after == SB_Sep
+            || after == SB_CR
+            || after == SB_LF))
+    {
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+
+
+    /* SB11.  ( STerm | ATerm ) Close* Sp* ( Sep | CR | LF )?  ÷ */
+    temp_pos = lpos;
+    backup = backup_one_SB(strbeg, &temp_pos, utf8_target);
+    if (   backup == SB_Sep
+        || backup == SB_CR
+        || backup == SB_LF)
+    {
+        lpos = temp_pos;
+    }
+    else {
+        backup = before;
+    }
+    while (backup == SB_Sp) {
+        backup = backup_one_SB(strbeg, &lpos, utf8_target);
+    }
+    while (backup == SB_Close) {
+        backup = backup_one_SB(strbeg, &lpos, utf8_target);
+    }
+    if (backup == SB_STerm || backup == SB_ATerm) {
+        return TRUE;
+    }
+
+    /* Otherwise, do not break.
+    SB12.  Any  ×  Any */
+
+    return FALSE;
+}
+
+STATIC SB_enum
+S_advance_one_SB(pTHX_ U8 ** curpos, const U8 * const strend, const bool utf8_target)
+{
+    SB_enum sb;
+
+    PERL_ARGS_ASSERT_ADVANCE_ONE_SB;
+
+    if (*curpos >= strend) {
+        return SB_EDGE;
+    }
+
+    if (utf8_target) {
+        do {
+            *curpos += UTF8SKIP(*curpos);
+            if (*curpos >= strend) {
+                return SB_EDGE;
+            }
+            sb = getSB_VAL_UTF8(*curpos, strend);
+        } while (sb == SB_Extend || sb == SB_Format);
+    }
+    else {
+        do {
+            (*curpos)++;
+            if (*curpos >= strend) {
+                return SB_EDGE;
+            }
+            sb = getSB_VAL_CP(**curpos);
+        } while (sb == SB_Extend || sb == SB_Format);
+    }
+
+    return sb;
+}
+
+STATIC SB_enum
+S_backup_one_SB(pTHX_ const U8 * const strbeg, U8 ** curpos, const bool utf8_target)
+{
+    SB_enum sb;
+
+    PERL_ARGS_ASSERT_BACKUP_ONE_SB;
+
+    if (*curpos < strbeg) {
+        return SB_EDGE;
+    }
+
+    if (utf8_target) {
+        U8 * prev_char_pos = reghopmaybe3(*curpos, -1, strbeg);
+        if (! prev_char_pos) {
+            return SB_EDGE;
+        }
+
+        /* Back up over Extend and Format.  curpos is always just to the right
+         * of the characater whose value we are getting */
+        do {
+            U8 * prev_prev_char_pos;
+            if ((prev_prev_char_pos = reghopmaybe3((U8 *) prev_char_pos, -1,
+                                                                      strbeg)))
+            {
+                sb = getSB_VAL_UTF8(prev_prev_char_pos, prev_char_pos);
+                *curpos = prev_char_pos;
+                prev_char_pos = prev_prev_char_pos;
+            }
+            else {
+                *curpos = (U8 *) strbeg;
+                return SB_EDGE;
+            }
+        } while (sb == SB_Extend || sb == SB_Format);
+    }
+    else {
+        do {
+            if (*curpos - 2 < strbeg) {
+                *curpos = (U8 *) strbeg;
+                return SB_EDGE;
+            }
+            (*curpos)--;
+            sb = getSB_VAL_CP(*(*curpos - 1));
+        } while (sb == SB_Extend || sb == SB_Format);
+    }
+
+    return sb;
+}
+
+#define WBcase(before, after) ((WB_ENUM_COUNT * before) + after)
+
+STATIC bool
+S_isWB(pTHX_ WB_enum previous,
+             WB_enum before,
+             WB_enum after,
+             const U8 * const strbeg,
+             const U8 * const curpos,
+             const U8 * const strend,
+             const bool utf8_target)
+{
+    /*  Return a boolean as to if the boundary between 'before' and 'after' is
+     *  a Unicode word break, using their published algorithm, but tailored for
+     *  Perl by treating spans of white space as one unit.  Context may be
+     *  needed to make this determination.  If the value for the character
+     *  before 'before' is known, it is passed as 'previous'; otherwise that
+     *  should be set to WB_UNKNOWN.  The other input parameters give the
+     *  boundaries and current position in the matching of the string.  That
+     *  is, 'curpos' marks the position where the character whose wb value is
+     *  'after' begins.  See http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr29/ */
+
+    U8 * before_pos = (U8 *) curpos;
+    U8 * after_pos = (U8 *) curpos;
+
+    PERL_ARGS_ASSERT_ISWB;
+
+    /* WB1 and WB2: Break at the start and end of text. */
+    if (before == WB_EDGE || after == WB_EDGE) {
+        return TRUE;
+    }
+
+    /* WB 3 is: "Do not break within CRLF."  Perl extends this so that all
+     * white space sequences ending in a vertical space are treated as one
+     * unit. */
+
+    if (after == WB_CR || after == WB_LF || after == WB_Newline) {
+        if (before == WB_CR || before == WB_LF || before == WB_Newline
+                            || before == WB_Perl_Tailored_HSpace)
+        {
+            return FALSE;
+        }
+
+        /* WB 3a: Otherwise break before Newlines (including CR and LF) */
+        return TRUE;
+    }
+
+    /* Here, we know that 'after' is not a vertical space character, but
+     * 'before' could be.  WB 3b is: "Otherwise break after Newlines (including
+     * CR and LF)."  Perl changes that to not break-up spans of white space,
+     * except when horizontal space is followed by an Extend or Format
+     * character.  These apply just to the final white space character in the
+     * span, so it is broken away from the rest.  (If the Extend or Format
+     * character follows a vertical space character, it is treated as beginning
+     * a line, and doesn't modify the preceeding character.) */
+    if (   before == WB_CR || before == WB_LF || before == WB_Newline
+        || before == WB_Perl_Tailored_HSpace)
+    {
+        if (after == WB_Perl_Tailored_HSpace) {
+            U8 * temp_pos = (U8 *) curpos;
+            const WB_enum next
+                = advance_one_WB(&temp_pos, strend, utf8_target,
+                                 FALSE /* Don't skip Extend nor Format */ );
+            return next == WB_Extend || next == WB_Format;
+        }
+        else if (before != WB_Perl_Tailored_HSpace) {
+
+            /* Here, 'before' must be one of the vertical space characters, and
+             * after is not any type of white-space.  Follow WB 3b. */
+            return TRUE;
+        }
+
+        /* Here, 'before' is horizontal space, and 'after' is not any kind of
+         * space.  Normal rules apply */
+    }
+
+    /* Ignore Format and Extend characters, except when they appear at the
+     * beginning of a region of text.
+     * WB4.  X (Extend | Format)*  →  X. */
+
+    if (after == WB_Extend || after == WB_Format) {
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+
+    if (before == WB_Extend || before == WB_Format) {
+        before = backup_one_WB(&previous, strbeg, &before_pos, utf8_target);
+    }
+
+    switch (WBcase(before, after)) {
+            /* Otherwise, break everywhere (including around ideographs).
+                WB14.  Any  ÷  Any */
+            default:
+                return TRUE;
+
+            /* Do not break between most letters.
+                WB5.  (ALetter | Hebrew_Letter) × (ALetter | Hebrew_Letter) */
+            case WBcase(WB_ALetter, WB_ALetter):
+            case WBcase(WB_ALetter, WB_Hebrew_Letter):
+            case WBcase(WB_Hebrew_Letter, WB_ALetter):
+            case WBcase(WB_Hebrew_Letter, WB_Hebrew_Letter):
+                return FALSE;
+
+            /* Do not break letters across certain punctuation.
+                WB6.  (ALetter | Hebrew_Letter)
+                        × (MidLetter | MidNumLet | Single_Quote) (ALetter
+                                                            | Hebrew_Letter) */
+            case WBcase(WB_ALetter, WB_MidLetter):
+            case WBcase(WB_ALetter, WB_MidNumLet):
+            case WBcase(WB_ALetter, WB_Single_Quote):
+            case WBcase(WB_Hebrew_Letter, WB_MidLetter):
+            case WBcase(WB_Hebrew_Letter, WB_MidNumLet):
+            /*case WBcase(WB_Hebrew_Letter, WB_Single_Quote):*/
+                after = advance_one_WB(&after_pos, strend, utf8_target,
+                                       TRUE /* Do skip Extend and Format */ );
+                return after != WB_ALetter && after != WB_Hebrew_Letter;
+
+            /* WB7.  (ALetter | Hebrew_Letter) (MidLetter | MidNumLet |
+             *                    Single_Quote) ×  (ALetter | Hebrew_Letter) */
+            case WBcase(WB_MidLetter, WB_ALetter):
+            case WBcase(WB_MidLetter, WB_Hebrew_Letter):
+            case WBcase(WB_MidNumLet, WB_ALetter):
+            case WBcase(WB_MidNumLet, WB_Hebrew_Letter):
+            case WBcase(WB_Single_Quote, WB_ALetter):
+            case WBcase(WB_Single_Quote, WB_Hebrew_Letter):
+                before
+                  = backup_one_WB(&previous, strbeg, &before_pos, utf8_target);
+                return before != WB_ALetter && before != WB_Hebrew_Letter;
+
+            /* WB7a.  Hebrew_Letter  ×  Single_Quote */
+            case WBcase(WB_Hebrew_Letter, WB_Single_Quote):
+                return FALSE;
+
+            /* WB7b.  Hebrew_Letter  ×  Double_Quote Hebrew_Letter */
+            case WBcase(WB_Hebrew_Letter, WB_Double_Quote):
+                return advance_one_WB(&after_pos, strend, utf8_target,
+                                       TRUE /* Do skip Extend and Format */ )
+                       != WB_Hebrew_Letter;
+
+            /* WB7c.  Hebrew_Letter Double_Quote  ×  Hebrew_Letter */
+            case WBcase(WB_Double_Quote, WB_Hebrew_Letter):
+                return backup_one_WB(&previous, strbeg, &before_pos, utf8_target)
+                                                        != WB_Hebrew_Letter;
+
+            /* Do not break within sequences of digits, or digits adjacent to
+             * letters (“3a”, or “A3”).
+                WB8.  Numeric  ×  Numeric */
+            case WBcase(WB_Numeric, WB_Numeric):
+                return FALSE;
+
+            /* WB9.  (ALetter | Hebrew_Letter)  ×  Numeric */
+            case WBcase(WB_ALetter, WB_Numeric):
+            case WBcase(WB_Hebrew_Letter, WB_Numeric):
+                return FALSE;
+
+            /* WB10.  Numeric  ×  (ALetter | Hebrew_Letter) */
+            case WBcase(WB_Numeric, WB_ALetter):
+            case WBcase(WB_Numeric, WB_Hebrew_Letter):
+                return FALSE;
+
+            /* Do not break within sequences, such as “3.2” or “3,456.789”.
+                WB11.   Numeric (MidNum | MidNumLet | Single_Quote)  ×  Numeric
+             */
+            case WBcase(WB_MidNum, WB_Numeric):
+            case WBcase(WB_MidNumLet, WB_Numeric):
+            case WBcase(WB_Single_Quote, WB_Numeric):
+                return backup_one_WB(&previous, strbeg, &before_pos, utf8_target)
+                                                               != WB_Numeric;
+
+            /*  WB12.   Numeric  ×  (MidNum | MidNumLet | Single_Quote) Numeric
+             *  */
+            case WBcase(WB_Numeric, WB_MidNum):
+            case WBcase(WB_Numeric, WB_MidNumLet):
+            case WBcase(WB_Numeric, WB_Single_Quote):
+                return advance_one_WB(&after_pos, strend, utf8_target,
+                                      TRUE /* Do skip Extend and Format */ )
+                        != WB_Numeric;
+
+            /* Do not break between Katakana.
+               WB13.  Katakana  ×  Katakana */
+            case WBcase(WB_Katakana, WB_Katakana):
+                return FALSE;
+
+            /* Do not break from extenders.
+               WB13a.  (ALetter | Hebrew_Letter | Numeric | Katakana |
+                                            ExtendNumLet)  ×  ExtendNumLet */
+            case WBcase(WB_ALetter, WB_ExtendNumLet):
+            case WBcase(WB_Hebrew_Letter, WB_ExtendNumLet):
+            case WBcase(WB_Numeric, WB_ExtendNumLet):
+            case WBcase(WB_Katakana, WB_ExtendNumLet):
+            case WBcase(WB_ExtendNumLet, WB_ExtendNumLet):
+                return FALSE;
+
+            /* WB13b.  ExtendNumLet  ×  (ALetter | Hebrew_Letter | Numeric
+             *                                                 | Katakana) */
+            case WBcase(WB_ExtendNumLet, WB_ALetter):
+            case WBcase(WB_ExtendNumLet, WB_Hebrew_Letter):
+            case WBcase(WB_ExtendNumLet, WB_Numeric):
+            case WBcase(WB_ExtendNumLet, WB_Katakana):
+                return FALSE;
+
+            /* Do not break between regional indicator symbols.
+               WB13c.  Regional_Indicator  ×  Regional_Indicator */
+            case WBcase(WB_Regional_Indicator, WB_Regional_Indicator):
+                return FALSE;
+
+    }
+
+    NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
+}
+
+STATIC WB_enum
+S_advance_one_WB(pTHX_ U8 ** curpos,
+                       const U8 * const strend,
+                       const bool utf8_target,
+                       const bool skip_Extend_Format)
+{
+    WB_enum wb;
+
+    PERL_ARGS_ASSERT_ADVANCE_ONE_WB;
+
+    if (*curpos >= strend) {
+        return WB_EDGE;
+    }
+
+    if (utf8_target) {
+
+        /* Advance over Extend and Format */
+        do {
+            *curpos += UTF8SKIP(*curpos);
+            if (*curpos >= strend) {
+                return WB_EDGE;
+            }
+            wb = getWB_VAL_UTF8(*curpos, strend);
+        } while (    skip_Extend_Format
+                 && (wb == WB_Extend || wb == WB_Format));
+    }
+    else {
+        do {
+            (*curpos)++;
+            if (*curpos >= strend) {
+                return WB_EDGE;
+            }
+            wb = getWB_VAL_CP(**curpos);
+        } while (    skip_Extend_Format
+                 && (wb == WB_Extend || wb == WB_Format));
+    }
+
+    return wb;
+}
 
-                    case EXACTF:   /* This node only generated for non-utf8
-                                    patterns */
-                        assert(! is_utf8_pat);
-                        if (! utf8_target) {    /* /d rules */
-                            c2 = PL_fold[c1];
-                            break;
-                        }
-                        /* FALLTHROUGH */
-                        /* /u rules for all these.  This happens to work for
-                        * EXACTFA as nothing in Latin1 folds to ASCII */
-                    case EXACTFA_NO_TRIE:   /* This node only generated for
-                                            non-utf8 patterns */
-                        assert(! is_utf8_pat);
-                        /* FALLTHROUGH */
-                    case EXACTFA:
-                    case EXACTFU_SS:
-                    case EXACTFU:
-                        c2 = PL_fold_latin1[c1];
-                        break;
+STATIC WB_enum
+S_backup_one_WB(pTHX_ WB_enum * previous, const U8 * const strbeg, U8 ** curpos, const bool utf8_target)
+{
+    WB_enum wb;
 
-                    default:
-                        Perl_croak(aTHX_ "panic: Unexpected op %u", OP(text_node));
-                        NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
-                }
+    PERL_ARGS_ASSERT_BACKUP_ONE_WB;
+
+    /* If we know what the previous character's break value is, don't have
+        * to look it up */
+    if (*previous != WB_UNKNOWN) {
+        wb = *previous;
+
+        /* But we need to move backwards by one */
+        if (utf8_target) {
+            *curpos = reghopmaybe3(*curpos, -1, strbeg);
+            if (! *curpos) {
+                *previous = WB_EDGE;
+                *curpos = (U8 *) strbeg;
+            }
+            else {
+                *previous = WB_UNKNOWN;
             }
         }
-    }
+        else {
+            (*curpos)--;
+            *previous = (*curpos <= strbeg) ? WB_EDGE : WB_UNKNOWN;
+        }
 
-    /* Here have figured things out.  Set up the returns */
-    if (use_chrtest_void) {
-        *c2p = *c1p = CHRTEST_VOID;
-    }
-    else if (utf8_target) {
-        if (! utf8_has_been_setup) {    /* Don't have the utf8; must get it */
-            uvchr_to_utf8(c1_utf8, c1);
-            uvchr_to_utf8(c2_utf8, c2);
+        /* And we always back up over these two types */
+        if (wb != WB_Extend && wb != WB_Format) {
+            return wb;
         }
+    }
 
-        /* Invariants are stored in both the utf8 and byte outputs; Use
-         * negative numbers otherwise for the byte ones.  Make sure that the
-         * byte ones are the same iff the utf8 ones are the same */
-        *c1p = (UTF8_IS_INVARIANT(*c1_utf8)) ? *c1_utf8 : CHRTEST_NOT_A_CP_1;
-        *c2p = (UTF8_IS_INVARIANT(*c2_utf8))
-                ? *c2_utf8
-                : (c1 == c2)
-                  ? CHRTEST_NOT_A_CP_1
-                  : CHRTEST_NOT_A_CP_2;
+    if (*curpos < strbeg) {
+        return WB_EDGE;
     }
-    else if (c1 > 255) {
-       if (c2 > 255) {  /* both possibilities are above what a non-utf8 string
-                           can represent */
-           return FALSE;
-       }
 
-       *c1p = *c2p = c2;    /* c2 is the only representable value */
+    if (utf8_target) {
+        U8 * prev_char_pos = reghopmaybe3(*curpos, -1, strbeg);
+        if (! prev_char_pos) {
+            return WB_EDGE;
+        }
+
+        /* Back up over Extend and Format.  curpos is always just to the right
+         * of the characater whose value we are getting */
+        do {
+            U8 * prev_prev_char_pos;
+            if ((prev_prev_char_pos = reghopmaybe3((U8 *) prev_char_pos,
+                                                   -1,
+                                                   strbeg)))
+            {
+                wb = getWB_VAL_UTF8(prev_prev_char_pos, prev_char_pos);
+                *curpos = prev_char_pos;
+                prev_char_pos = prev_prev_char_pos;
+            }
+            else {
+                *curpos = (U8 *) strbeg;
+                return WB_EDGE;
+            }
+        } while (wb == WB_Extend || wb == WB_Format);
     }
-    else {  /* c1 is representable; see about c2 */
-       *c1p = c1;
-       *c2p = (c2 < 256) ? c2 : c1;
+    else {
+        do {
+            if (*curpos - 2 < strbeg) {
+                *curpos = (U8 *) strbeg;
+                return WB_EDGE;
+            }
+            (*curpos)--;
+            wb = getWB_VAL_CP(*(*curpos - 1));
+        } while (wb == WB_Extend || wb == WB_Format);
     }
 
-    return TRUE;
+    return wb;
 }
 
 /* returns -1 on failure, $+[0] on success */
@@ -3989,6 +5185,8 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regmatch_info *reginfo, char *startpos, regnode *prog)
     int to_complement;  /* Invert the result? */
     _char_class_number classnum;
     bool is_utf8_pat = reginfo->is_utf8_pat;
+    bool match = FALSE;
+
 
 #ifdef DEBUGGING
     GET_RE_DEBUG_FLAGS_DECL;
@@ -4068,14 +5266,14 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regmatch_info *reginfo, char *startpos, regnode *prog)
            rex->offs[0].start = locinput - reginfo->strbeg;
            PUSH_STATE_GOTO(KEEPS_next, next, locinput);
             /* NOTREACHED */
-           NOT_REACHED;
+           NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
 
        case KEEPS_next_fail:
            /* rollback the start point change */
            rex->offs[0].start = st->u.keeper.val;
            sayNO_SILENT;
             /* NOTREACHED */
-           NOT_REACHED;
+           NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
 
        case MEOL: /* /..$/m  */
            if (!NEXTCHR_IS_EOS && nextchr != '\n')
@@ -4099,12 +5297,6 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regmatch_info *reginfo, char *startpos, regnode *prog)
                sayNO;
             goto increment_locinput;
 
-       case CANY: /*  \C  */
-           if (NEXTCHR_IS_EOS)
-               sayNO;
-           locinput++;
-           break;
-
        case REG_ANY: /*  /./  */
            if ((NEXTCHR_IS_EOS) || nextchr == '\n')
                sayNO;
@@ -4125,7 +5317,7 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regmatch_info *reginfo, char *startpos, regnode *prog)
                 );
                 sayNO_SILENT;
                 /* NOTREACHED */
-                NOT_REACHED;
+                NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
             }
             /* FALLTHROUGH */
        case TRIE:  /* (ab|cd)  */
@@ -4185,6 +5377,16 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regmatch_info *reginfo, char *startpos, regnode *prog)
 
                 if (scan->flags == EXACTL || scan->flags == EXACTFLU8) {
                     _CHECK_AND_WARN_PROBLEMATIC_LOCALE;
+                    if (utf8_target
+                        && UTF8_IS_ABOVE_LATIN1(nextchr)
+                        && scan->flags == EXACTL)
+                    {
+                        /* We only output for EXACTL, as we let the folder
+                         * output this message for EXACTFLU8 to avoid
+                         * duplication */
+                        _CHECK_AND_OUTPUT_WIDE_LOCALE_UTF8_MSG(locinput,
+                                                               reginfo->strend);
+                    }
                 }
                 if (   trie->bitmap
                     && (NEXTCHR_IS_EOS || !TRIE_BITMAP_TEST(trie, nextchr)))
@@ -4316,7 +5518,7 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regmatch_info *reginfo, char *startpos, regnode *prog)
                goto trie_first_try; /* jump into the fail handler */
            }}
             /* NOTREACHED */
-           NOT_REACHED;
+           NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
 
        case TRIE_next_fail: /* we failed - try next alternative */
         {
@@ -4431,14 +5633,14 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regmatch_info *reginfo, char *startpos, regnode *prog)
            if (ST.accepted > 1 || has_cutgroup) {
                PUSH_STATE_GOTO(TRIE_next, scan, (char*)uc);
                 /* NOTREACHED */
-               NOT_REACHED;
+               NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
            }
            /* only one choice left - just continue */
            DEBUG_EXECUTE_r({
                AV *const trie_words
                    = MUTABLE_AV(rexi->data->data[ARG(ST.me)+TRIE_WORDS_OFFSET]);
-               SV ** const tmp = av_fetch( trie_words,
-                   ST.nextword-1, 0 );
+               SV ** const tmp = trie_words
+                        ? av_fetch(trie_words, ST.nextword - 1, 0) : NULL;
                SV *sv= tmp ? sv_newmortal() : NULL;
 
                PerlIO_printf( Perl_debug_log,
@@ -4461,6 +5663,16 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regmatch_info *reginfo, char *startpos, regnode *prog)
 
        case EXACTL:             /*  /abc/l       */
             _CHECK_AND_WARN_PROBLEMATIC_LOCALE;
+
+            /* Complete checking would involve going through every character
+             * matched by the string to see if any is above latin1.  But the
+             * comparision otherwise might very well be a fast assembly
+             * language routine, and I (khw) don't think slowing things down
+             * just to check for this warning is worth it.  So this just checks
+             * the first character */
+            if (utf8_target && UTF8_IS_ABOVE_LATIN1(*locinput)) {
+                _CHECK_AND_OUTPUT_WIDE_LOCALE_UTF8_MSG(locinput, reginfo->strend);
+            }
             /* FALLTHROUGH */
        case EXACT: {            /*  /abc/        */
            char *s = STRING(scan);
@@ -4493,7 +5705,7 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regmatch_info *reginfo, char *startpos, regnode *prog)
                             l++;
                         }
                         else {
-                            if (TWO_BYTE_UTF8_TO_NATIVE(*l, *(l+1)) != * (U8*) s)
+                            if (EIGHT_BIT_UTF8_TO_NATIVE(*l, *(l+1)) != * (U8*) s)
                             {
                                 sayNO;
                             }
@@ -4517,7 +5729,7 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regmatch_info *reginfo, char *startpos, regnode *prog)
                             s++;
                         }
                         else {
-                            if (TWO_BYTE_UTF8_TO_NATIVE(*s, *(s+1)) != * (U8*) l)
+                            if (EIGHT_BIT_UTF8_TO_NATIVE(*s, *(s+1)) != * (U8*) l)
                             {
                                 sayNO;
                             }
@@ -4560,7 +5772,10 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regmatch_info *reginfo, char *startpos, regnode *prog)
             if (! utf8_target) {
                 sayNO;
             }
-           fold_utf8_flags = FOLDEQ_S1_ALREADY_FOLDED;
+            fold_utf8_flags =  FOLDEQ_LOCALE | FOLDEQ_S1_ALREADY_FOLDED
+                                             | FOLDEQ_S1_FOLDS_SANE;
+           folder = foldEQ_latin1;
+           fold_array = PL_fold_latin1;
            goto do_exactf;
 
        case EXACTFU_SS:         /*  /\x{df}/iu   */
@@ -4625,98 +5840,287 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regmatch_info *reginfo, char *startpos, regnode *prog)
            break;
        }
 
-       /* XXX Could improve efficiency by separating these all out using a
-        * macro or in-line function.  At that point regcomp.c would no longer
-        * have to set the FLAGS fields of these */
-       case BOUNDL:  /*  /\b/l  */
        case NBOUNDL: /*  /\B/l  */
+            to_complement = 1;
+            /* FALLTHROUGH */
+
+       case BOUNDL:  /*  /\b/l  */
+        {
+            bool b1, b2;
             _CHECK_AND_WARN_PROBLEMATIC_LOCALE;
+
+            if (FLAGS(scan) != TRADITIONAL_BOUND) {
+                if (! IN_UTF8_CTYPE_LOCALE) {
+                    Perl_ck_warner(aTHX_ packWARN(WARN_LOCALE),
+                                                B_ON_NON_UTF8_LOCALE_IS_WRONG);
+                }
+                goto boundu;
+            }
+
+           if (utf8_target) {
+               if (locinput == reginfo->strbeg)
+                   b1 = isWORDCHAR_LC('\n');
+               else {
+                    b1 = isWORDCHAR_LC_utf8(reghop3((U8*)locinput, -1,
+                                                        (U8*)(reginfo->strbeg)));
+               }
+                b2 = (NEXTCHR_IS_EOS)
+                    ? isWORDCHAR_LC('\n')
+                    : isWORDCHAR_LC_utf8((U8*)locinput);
+           }
+           else { /* Here the string isn't utf8 */
+               b1 = (locinput == reginfo->strbeg)
+                     ? isWORDCHAR_LC('\n')
+                     : isWORDCHAR_LC(UCHARAT(locinput - 1));
+                b2 = (NEXTCHR_IS_EOS)
+                    ? isWORDCHAR_LC('\n')
+                    : isWORDCHAR_LC(nextchr);
+           }
+            if (to_complement ^ (b1 == b2)) {
+                sayNO;
+            }
+           break;
+        }
+
+       case NBOUND:  /*  /\B/   */
+            to_complement = 1;
             /* FALLTHROUGH */
+
        case BOUND:   /*  /\b/   */
-       case BOUNDU:  /*  /\b/u  */
+           if (utf8_target) {
+                goto bound_utf8;
+            }
+            goto bound_ascii_match_only;
+
+       case NBOUNDA: /*  /\B/a  */
+            to_complement = 1;
+            /* FALLTHROUGH */
+
        case BOUNDA:  /*  /\b/a  */
-       case NBOUND:  /*  /\B/   */
+        {
+            bool b1, b2;
+
+          bound_ascii_match_only:
+            /* Here the string isn't utf8, or is utf8 and only ascii characters
+             * are to match \w.  In the latter case looking at the byte just
+             * prior to the current one may be just the final byte of a
+             * multi-byte character.  This is ok.  There are two cases:
+             * 1) it is a single byte character, and then the test is doing
+             *    just what it's supposed to.
+             * 2) it is a multi-byte character, in which case the final byte is
+             *    never mistakable for ASCII, and so the test will say it is
+             *    not a word character, which is the correct answer. */
+            b1 = (locinput == reginfo->strbeg)
+                 ? isWORDCHAR_A('\n')
+                 : isWORDCHAR_A(UCHARAT(locinput - 1));
+            b2 = (NEXTCHR_IS_EOS)
+                ? isWORDCHAR_A('\n')
+                : isWORDCHAR_A(nextchr);
+            if (to_complement ^ (b1 == b2)) {
+                sayNO;
+            }
+           break;
+        }
+
        case NBOUNDU: /*  /\B/u  */
-       case NBOUNDA: /*  /\B/a  */
-           /* was last char in word? */
-           if (utf8_target
-               && FLAGS(scan) != REGEX_ASCII_RESTRICTED_CHARSET
-               && FLAGS(scan) != REGEX_ASCII_MORE_RESTRICTED_CHARSET)
-           {
-               if (locinput == reginfo->strbeg)
-                   ln = '\n';
-               else {
-                   const U8 * const r =
-                            reghop3((U8*)locinput, -1, (U8*)(reginfo->strbeg));
+            to_complement = 1;
+            /* FALLTHROUGH */
 
-                   ln = utf8n_to_uvchr(r, (U8*) reginfo->strend - r,
-                                                                   0, uniflags);
-               }
-               if (FLAGS(scan) != REGEX_LOCALE_CHARSET) {
-                   ln = isWORDCHAR_uni(ln);
-                    if (NEXTCHR_IS_EOS)
-                        n = 0;
-                    else {
-                        LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS_ALNUM();
-                        n = swash_fetch(PL_utf8_swash_ptrs[_CC_WORDCHAR], (U8*)locinput,
-                                                                utf8_target);
+       case BOUNDU:  /*  /\b/u  */
+
+          boundu:
+            if (UNLIKELY(reginfo->strbeg >= reginfo->strend)) {
+                match = FALSE;
+            }
+            else if (utf8_target) {
+              bound_utf8:
+                switch((bound_type) FLAGS(scan)) {
+                    case TRADITIONAL_BOUND:
+                    {
+                        bool b1, b2;
+                        b1 = (locinput == reginfo->strbeg)
+                             ? 0 /* isWORDCHAR_L1('\n') */
+                             : isWORDCHAR_utf8(reghop3((U8*)locinput, -1,
+                                                                (U8*)(reginfo->strbeg)));
+                        b2 = (NEXTCHR_IS_EOS)
+                            ? 0 /* isWORDCHAR_L1('\n') */
+                            : isWORDCHAR_utf8((U8*)locinput);
+                        match = cBOOL(b1 != b2);
+                        break;
                     }
-               }
-               else {
-                   ln = isWORDCHAR_LC_uvchr(ln);
-                   n = NEXTCHR_IS_EOS ? 0 : isWORDCHAR_LC_utf8((U8*)locinput);
-               }
+                    case GCB_BOUND:
+                        if (locinput == reginfo->strbeg || NEXTCHR_IS_EOS) {
+                            match = TRUE; /* GCB always matches at begin and
+                                             end */
+                        }
+                        else {
+                            /* Find the gcb values of previous and current
+                             * chars, then see if is a break point */
+                            match = isGCB(getGCB_VAL_UTF8(
+                                                reghop3((U8*)locinput,
+                                                        -1,
+                                                        (U8*)(reginfo->strbeg)),
+                                                (U8*) reginfo->strend),
+                                          getGCB_VAL_UTF8((U8*) locinput,
+                                                        (U8*) reginfo->strend));
+                        }
+                        break;
+
+                    case LB_BOUND:
+                        if (locinput == reginfo->strbeg) {
+                            match = FALSE;
+                        }
+                        else if (NEXTCHR_IS_EOS) {
+                            match = TRUE;
+                        }
+                        else {
+                            match = isLB(getLB_VAL_UTF8(
+                                                reghop3((U8*)locinput,
+                                                        -1,
+                                                        (U8*)(reginfo->strbeg)),
+                                                (U8*) reginfo->strend),
+                                          getLB_VAL_UTF8((U8*) locinput,
+                                                        (U8*) reginfo->strend),
+                                          (U8*) reginfo->strbeg,
+                                          (U8*) locinput,
+                                          (U8*) reginfo->strend,
+                                          utf8_target);
+                        }
+                        break;
+
+                    case SB_BOUND: /* Always matches at begin and end */
+                        if (locinput == reginfo->strbeg || NEXTCHR_IS_EOS) {
+                            match = TRUE;
+                        }
+                        else {
+                            match = isSB(getSB_VAL_UTF8(
+                                                reghop3((U8*)locinput,
+                                                        -1,
+                                                        (U8*)(reginfo->strbeg)),
+                                                (U8*) reginfo->strend),
+                                          getSB_VAL_UTF8((U8*) locinput,
+                                                        (U8*) reginfo->strend),
+                                          (U8*) reginfo->strbeg,
+                                          (U8*) locinput,
+                                          (U8*) reginfo->strend,
+                                          utf8_target);
+                        }
+                        break;
+
+                    case WB_BOUND:
+                        if (locinput == reginfo->strbeg || NEXTCHR_IS_EOS) {
+                            match = TRUE;
+                        }
+                        else {
+                            match = isWB(WB_UNKNOWN,
+                                         getWB_VAL_UTF8(
+                                                reghop3((U8*)locinput,
+                                                        -1,
+                                                        (U8*)(reginfo->strbeg)),
+                                                (U8*) reginfo->strend),
+                                          getWB_VAL_UTF8((U8*) locinput,
+                                                        (U8*) reginfo->strend),
+                                          (U8*) reginfo->strbeg,
+                                          (U8*) locinput,
+                                          (U8*) reginfo->strend,
+                                          utf8_target);
+                        }
+                        break;
+                }
            }
-           else {
+           else {  /* Not utf8 target */
+                switch((bound_type) FLAGS(scan)) {
+                    case TRADITIONAL_BOUND:
+                    {
+                        bool b1, b2;
+                        b1 = (locinput == reginfo->strbeg)
+                            ? 0 /* isWORDCHAR_L1('\n') */
+                            : isWORDCHAR_L1(UCHARAT(locinput - 1));
+                        b2 = (NEXTCHR_IS_EOS)
+                            ? 0 /* isWORDCHAR_L1('\n') */
+                            : isWORDCHAR_L1(nextchr);
+                        match = cBOOL(b1 != b2);
+                        break;
+                    }
 
-               /* Here the string isn't utf8, or is utf8 and only ascii
-                * characters are to match \w.  In the latter case looking at
-                * the byte just prior to the current one may be just the final
-                * byte of a multi-byte character.  This is ok.  There are two
-                * cases:
-                * 1) it is a single byte character, and then the test is doing
-                *      just what it's supposed to.
-                * 2) it is a multi-byte character, in which case the final
-                *      byte is never mistakable for ASCII, and so the test
-                *      will say it is not a word character, which is the
-                *      correct answer. */
-               ln = (locinput != reginfo->strbeg) ?
-                   UCHARAT(locinput - 1) : '\n';
-               switch (FLAGS(scan)) {
-                   case REGEX_UNICODE_CHARSET:
-                       ln = isWORDCHAR_L1(ln);
-                       n = NEXTCHR_IS_EOS ? 0 : isWORDCHAR_L1(nextchr);
-                       break;
-                   case REGEX_LOCALE_CHARSET:
-                       ln = isWORDCHAR_LC(ln);
-                       n = NEXTCHR_IS_EOS ? 0 : isWORDCHAR_LC(nextchr);
-                       break;
-                   case REGEX_DEPENDS_CHARSET:
-                       ln = isWORDCHAR(ln);
-                       n = NEXTCHR_IS_EOS ? 0 : isWORDCHAR(nextchr);
-                       break;
-                   case REGEX_ASCII_RESTRICTED_CHARSET:
-                   case REGEX_ASCII_MORE_RESTRICTED_CHARSET:
-                       ln = isWORDCHAR_A(ln);
-                       n = NEXTCHR_IS_EOS ? 0 : isWORDCHAR_A(nextchr);
-                       break;
-                   default:
-                       Perl_croak(aTHX_ "panic: Unexpected FLAGS %u in op %u", FLAGS(scan), OP(scan));
-               }
+                    case GCB_BOUND:
+                        if (locinput == reginfo->strbeg || NEXTCHR_IS_EOS) {
+                            match = TRUE; /* GCB always matches at begin and
+                                             end */
+                        }
+                        else {  /* Only CR-LF combo isn't a GCB in 0-255
+                                   range */
+                            match =    UCHARAT(locinput - 1) != '\r'
+                                    || UCHARAT(locinput) != '\n';
+                        }
+                        break;
+
+                    case LB_BOUND:
+                        if (locinput == reginfo->strbeg) {
+                            match = FALSE;
+                        }
+                        else if (NEXTCHR_IS_EOS) {
+                            match = TRUE;
+                        }
+                        else {
+                            match = isLB(getLB_VAL_CP(UCHARAT(locinput -1)),
+                                         getLB_VAL_CP(UCHARAT(locinput)),
+                                         (U8*) reginfo->strbeg,
+                                         (U8*) locinput,
+                                         (U8*) reginfo->strend,
+                                         utf8_target);
+                        }
+                        break;
+
+                    case SB_BOUND: /* Always matches at begin and end */
+                        if (locinput == reginfo->strbeg || NEXTCHR_IS_EOS) {
+                            match = TRUE;
+                        }
+                        else {
+                            match = isSB(getSB_VAL_CP(UCHARAT(locinput -1)),
+                                         getSB_VAL_CP(UCHARAT(locinput)),
+                                         (U8*) reginfo->strbeg,
+                                         (U8*) locinput,
+                                         (U8*) reginfo->strend,
+                                         utf8_target);
+                        }
+                        break;
+
+                    case WB_BOUND:
+                        if (locinput == reginfo->strbeg || NEXTCHR_IS_EOS) {
+                            match = TRUE;
+                        }
+                        else {
+                            match = isWB(WB_UNKNOWN,
+                                         getWB_VAL_CP(UCHARAT(locinput -1)),
+                                         getWB_VAL_CP(UCHARAT(locinput)),
+                                         (U8*) reginfo->strbeg,
+                                         (U8*) locinput,
+                                         (U8*) reginfo->strend,
+                                         utf8_target);
+                        }
+                        break;
+                }
            }
-           /* Note requires that all BOUNDs be lower than all NBOUNDs in
-            * regcomp.sym */
-           if (((!ln) == (!n)) == (OP(scan) < NBOUND))
-                   sayNO;
+
+            if (to_complement ^ ! match) {
+                sayNO;
+            }
            break;
 
        case ANYOFL:  /*  /[abc]/l      */
             _CHECK_AND_WARN_PROBLEMATIC_LOCALE;
+
+            if (ANYOFL_UTF8_LOCALE_REQD(FLAGS(scan)) && ! IN_UTF8_CTYPE_LOCALE)
+            {
+              Perl_ck_warner(aTHX_ packWARN(WARN_LOCALE), utf8_locale_required);
+            }
             /* FALLTHROUGH */
+       case ANYOFD:  /*   /[abc]/d       */
        case ANYOF:  /*   /[abc]/       */
             if (NEXTCHR_IS_EOS)
                 sayNO;
-           if (utf8_target) {
+           if (utf8_target && ! UTF8_IS_INVARIANT(*locinput)) {
                if (!reginclass(rex, scan, (U8*)locinput, (U8*)reginfo->strend,
                                                                    utf8_target))
                    sayNO;
@@ -4751,14 +6155,15 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regmatch_info *reginfo, char *startpos, regnode *prog)
             }
             else if (UTF8_IS_DOWNGRADEABLE_START(nextchr)) {
                 if (! (to_complement ^ cBOOL(isFOO_lc(FLAGS(scan),
-                                           (U8) TWO_BYTE_UTF8_TO_NATIVE(nextchr,
-                                                            *(locinput + 1))))))
+                                               EIGHT_BIT_UTF8_TO_NATIVE(nextchr,
+                                               *(locinput + 1))))))
                 {
                     sayNO;
                 }
             }
             else { /* Here, must be an above Latin-1 code point */
-                goto utf8_posix_not_eos;
+                _CHECK_AND_OUTPUT_WIDE_LOCALE_UTF8_MSG(locinput, reginfo->strend);
+                goto utf8_posix_above_latin1;
             }
 
             /* Here, must be utf8 */
@@ -4817,7 +6222,6 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regmatch_info *reginfo, char *startpos, regnode *prog)
             if (NEXTCHR_IS_EOS) {
                 sayNO;
             }
-          utf8_posix_not_eos:
 
             /* Use _generic_isCC() for characters within Latin1.  (Note that
              * UTF8_IS_INVARIANT works even on non-UTF-8 strings, or else
@@ -4832,7 +6236,7 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regmatch_info *reginfo, char *startpos, regnode *prog)
             }
             else if (UTF8_IS_DOWNGRADEABLE_START(nextchr)) {
                 if (! (to_complement
-                       ^ cBOOL(_generic_isCC(TWO_BYTE_UTF8_TO_NATIVE(nextchr,
+                       ^ cBOOL(_generic_isCC(EIGHT_BIT_UTF8_TO_NATIVE(nextchr,
                                                                *(locinput + 1)),
                                              FLAGS(scan)))))
                 {
@@ -4841,6 +6245,7 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regmatch_info *reginfo, char *startpos, regnode *prog)
                 locinput += 2;
             }
             else {  /* Handle above Latin-1 code points */
+              utf8_posix_above_latin1:
                 classnum = (_char_class_number) FLAGS(scan);
                 if (classnum < _FIRST_NON_SWASH_CC) {
 
@@ -4863,10 +6268,7 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regmatch_info *reginfo, char *startpos, regnode *prog)
                 }
                 else {  /* Here, uses macros to find above Latin-1 code points */
                     switch (classnum) {
-                        case _CC_ENUM_SPACE:    /* XXX would require separate
-                                                   code if we revert the change
-                                                   of \v matching this */
-                        case _CC_ENUM_PSXSPC:
+                        case _CC_ENUM_SPACE:
                             if (! (to_complement
                                         ^ cBOOL(is_XPERLSPACE_high(locinput))))
                             {
@@ -4908,38 +6310,6 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regmatch_info *reginfo, char *startpos, regnode *prog)
 
        case CLUMP: /* Match \X: logical Unicode character.  This is defined as
                       a Unicode extended Grapheme Cluster */
-           /* From http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr29 (5.2 version).  An
-             extended Grapheme Cluster is:
-
-            CR LF
-            | Prepend* Begin Extend*
-            | .
-
-            Begin is:           ( Special_Begin | ! Control )
-            Special_Begin is:   ( Regional-Indicator+ | Hangul-syllable )
-            Extend is:          ( Grapheme_Extend | Spacing_Mark )
-            Control is:         [ GCB_Control | CR | LF ]
-            Hangul-syllable is: ( T+ | ( L* ( L | ( LVT | ( V | LV ) V* ) T* ) ))
-
-               If we create a 'Regular_Begin' = Begin - Special_Begin, then
-               we can rewrite
-
-                   Begin is ( Regular_Begin + Special Begin )
-
-               It turns out that 98.4% of all Unicode code points match
-               Regular_Begin.  Doing it this way eliminates a table match in
-               the previous implementation for almost all Unicode code points.
-
-              There is a subtlety with Prepend* which showed up in testing.
-              Note that the Begin, and only the Begin is required in:
-               | Prepend* Begin Extend*
-              Also, Begin contains '! Control'.  A Prepend must be a
-              '!  Control', which means it must also be a Begin.  What it
-              comes down to is that if we match Prepend* and then find no
-              suitable Begin afterwards, that if we backtrack the last
-              Prepend, that one will be a suitable Begin.
-           */
-
            if (NEXTCHR_IS_EOS)
                sayNO;
            if  (! utf8_target) {
@@ -4957,147 +6327,27 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regmatch_info *reginfo, char *startpos, regnode *prog)
            }
            else {
 
-               /* Utf8: See if is ( CR LF ); already know that locinput <
-                * reginfo->strend, so locinput+1 is in bounds */
-               if ( nextchr == '\r' && locinput+1 < reginfo->strend
-                     && UCHARAT(locinput + 1) == '\n')
-                {
-                   locinput += 2;
-               }
-               else {
-                    STRLEN len;
-
-                   /* In case have to backtrack to beginning, then match '.' */
-                   char *starting = locinput;
-
-                   /* In case have to backtrack the last prepend */
-                   char *previous_prepend = NULL;
-
-                   LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS_GCB();
-
-                    /* Match (prepend)*   */
-                    while (locinput < reginfo->strend
-                           && (len = is_GCB_Prepend_utf8(locinput)))
-                    {
-                        previous_prepend = locinput;
-                        locinput += len;
-                    }
-
-                   /* As noted above, if we matched a prepend character, but
-                    * the next thing won't match, back off the last prepend we
-                    * matched, as it is guaranteed to match the begin */
-                   if (previous_prepend
-                       && (locinput >=  reginfo->strend
-                           || (! swash_fetch(PL_utf8_X_regular_begin,
-                                            (U8*)locinput, utf8_target)
-                                && ! is_GCB_SPECIAL_BEGIN_START_utf8(locinput)))
-                        )
-                   {
-                       locinput = previous_prepend;
-                   }
+                /* Get the gcb type for the current character */
+                GCB_enum prev_gcb = getGCB_VAL_UTF8((U8*) locinput,
+                                                       (U8*) reginfo->strend);
 
-                   /* Note that here we know reginfo->strend > locinput, as we
-                    * tested that upon input to this switch case, and if we
-                    * moved locinput forward, we tested the result just above
-                    * and it either passed, or we backed off so that it will
-                    * now pass */
-                   if (swash_fetch(PL_utf8_X_regular_begin,
-                                    (U8*)locinput, utf8_target)) {
-                        locinput += UTF8SKIP(locinput);
+                /* Then scan through the input until we get to the first
+                 * character whose type is supposed to be a gcb with the
+                 * current character.  (There is always a break at the
+                 * end-of-input) */
+                locinput += UTF8SKIP(locinput);
+                while (locinput < reginfo->strend) {
+                    GCB_enum cur_gcb = getGCB_VAL_UTF8((U8*) locinput,
+                                                         (U8*) reginfo->strend);
+                    if (isGCB(prev_gcb, cur_gcb)) {
+                        break;
                     }
-                    else if (! is_GCB_SPECIAL_BEGIN_START_utf8(locinput)) {
-
-                       /* Here did not match the required 'Begin' in the
-                        * second term.  So just match the very first
-                        * character, the '.' of the final term of the regex */
-                       locinput = starting + UTF8SKIP(starting);
-                        goto exit_utf8;
-                   } else {
-
-                        /* Here is a special begin.  It can be composed of
-                         * several individual characters.  One possibility is
-                         * RI+ */
-                        if ((len = is_GCB_RI_utf8(locinput))) {
-                            locinput += len;
-                            while (locinput < reginfo->strend
-                                   && (len = is_GCB_RI_utf8(locinput)))
-                            {
-                                locinput += len;
-                            }
-                        } else if ((len = is_GCB_T_utf8(locinput))) {
-                            /* Another possibility is T+ */
-                            locinput += len;
-                            while (locinput < reginfo->strend
-                                && (len = is_GCB_T_utf8(locinput)))
-                            {
-                                locinput += len;
-                            }
-                        } else {
-
-                            /* Here, neither RI+ nor T+; must be some other
-                             * Hangul.  That means it is one of the others: L,
-                             * LV, LVT or V, and matches:
-                             * L* (L | LVT T* | V * V* T* | LV  V* T*) */
-
-                            /* Match L*           */
-                            while (locinput < reginfo->strend
-                                   && (len = is_GCB_L_utf8(locinput)))
-                            {
-                                locinput += len;
-                            }
 
-                            /* Here, have exhausted L*.  If the next character
-                             * is not an LV, LVT nor V, it means we had to have
-                             * at least one L, so matches L+ in the original
-                             * equation, we have a complete hangul syllable.
-                             * Are done. */
-
-                            if (locinput < reginfo->strend
-                                && is_GCB_LV_LVT_V_utf8(locinput))
-                            {
-                                /* Otherwise keep going.  Must be LV, LVT or V.
-                                 * See if LVT, by first ruling out V, then LV */
-                                if (! is_GCB_V_utf8(locinput)
-                                        /* All but every TCount one is LV */
-                                    && (valid_utf8_to_uvchr((U8 *) locinput,
-                                                                         NULL)
-                                                                        - SBASE)
-                                        % TCount != 0)
-                                {
-                                    locinput += UTF8SKIP(locinput);
-                                } else {
-
-                                    /* Must be  V or LV.  Take it, then match
-                                     * V*     */
-                                    locinput += UTF8SKIP(locinput);
-                                    while (locinput < reginfo->strend
-                                           && (len = is_GCB_V_utf8(locinput)))
-                                    {
-                                        locinput += len;
-                                    }
-                                }
+                    prev_gcb = cur_gcb;
+                    locinput += UTF8SKIP(locinput);
+                }
 
-                                /* And any of LV, LVT, or V can be followed
-                                 * by T*            */
-                                while (locinput < reginfo->strend
-                                       && (len = is_GCB_T_utf8(locinput)))
-                                {
-                                    locinput += len;
-                                }
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
 
-                    /* Match any extender */
-                    while (locinput < reginfo->strend
-                            && swash_fetch(PL_utf8_X_extend,
-                                            (U8*)locinput, utf8_target))
-                    {
-                        locinput += UTF8SKIP(locinput);
-                    }
-               }
-            exit_utf8:
-               if (locinput > reginfo->strend) sayNO;
            }
            break;
             
@@ -5340,6 +6590,13 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regmatch_info *reginfo, char *startpos, regnode *prog)
                     U8 flags = (CXp_SUB_RE |
                                 ((newcv == caller_cv) ? CXp_SUB_RE_FAKE : 0));
                    if (last_pushed_cv) {
+                        /* PUSH/POP_MULTICALL save and restore the
+                         * caller's PL_comppad; if we call multiple subs
+                         * using the same CX block, we have to save and
+                         * unwind the varying PL_comppad's ourselves,
+                         * especially restoring the right PL_comppad on
+                         * backtrack - so save it on the save stack */
+                        SAVECOMPPAD();
                        CHANGE_MULTICALL_FLAGS(newcv, flags);
                    }
                    else {
@@ -5496,7 +6753,7 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regmatch_info *reginfo, char *startpos, regnode *prog)
                         assert(!(scan->flags & ~RXf_PMf_COMPILETIME));
                        re_sv = rex->engine->op_comp(aTHX_ &ret, 1, NULL,
                                    rex->engine, NULL, NULL,
-                                    /* copy /msix etc to inner pattern */
+                                    /* copy /msixn etc to inner pattern */
                                     ARG2L(scan),
                                     pm_flags);
 
@@ -5533,7 +6790,7 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regmatch_info *reginfo, char *startpos, regnode *prog)
                 maxopenparen = 0;
                 /* run the pattern returned from (??{...}) */
 
-        eval_recurse_doit: /* Share code with GOSUB below this line
+              eval_recurse_doit: /* Share code with GOSUB below this line
                             * At this point we expect the stack context to be
                             * set up correctly */
 
@@ -5563,7 +6820,7 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regmatch_info *reginfo, char *startpos, regnode *prog)
                /* now continue from first node in postoned RE */
                PUSH_YES_STATE_GOTO(EVAL_AB, startpoint, locinput);
                 /* NOTREACHED */
-               NOT_REACHED;
+               NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
        }
 
        case EVAL_AB: /* cleanup after a successful (??{A})B */
@@ -5651,7 +6908,9 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regmatch_info *reginfo, char *startpos, regnode *prog)
            break;
 
         case ACCEPT:  /*  (*ACCEPT)  */
-            if (ARG(scan)){
+            if (scan->flags)
+                sv_yes_mark = MUTABLE_SV(rexi->data->data[ ARG( scan ) ]);
+            if (ARG2L(scan)){
                 regnode *cursor;
                 for (cursor=scan;
                      cursor && OP(cursor)!=END; 
@@ -5823,21 +7082,21 @@ NULL
 
            PUSH_YES_STATE_GOTO(CURLYX_end, PREVOPER(next), locinput);
             /* NOTREACHED */
-           NOT_REACHED;
+           NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
        }
 
        case CURLYX_end: /* just finished matching all of A*B */
            cur_curlyx = ST.prev_curlyx;
            sayYES;
             /* NOTREACHED */
-           NOT_REACHED;
+           NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
 
        case CURLYX_end_fail: /* just failed to match all of A*B */
            regcpblow(ST.cp);
            cur_curlyx = ST.prev_curlyx;
            sayNO;
             /* NOTREACHED */
-           NOT_REACHED;
+           NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
 
 
 #undef ST
@@ -5876,7 +7135,7 @@ NULL
 
                PUSH_STATE_GOTO(WHILEM_A_pre, A, locinput);
                 /* NOTREACHED */
-               NOT_REACHED;
+               NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
            }
 
            /* If degenerate A matches "", assume A done. */
@@ -5989,7 +7248,7 @@ NULL
                PUSH_YES_STATE_GOTO(WHILEM_B_min, ST.save_curlyx->u.curlyx.B,
                                     locinput);
                 /* NOTREACHED */
-               NOT_REACHED;
+               NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
            }
 
            /* Prefer A over B for maximal matching. */
@@ -6001,19 +7260,19 @@ NULL
                REGCP_SET(ST.lastcp);
                PUSH_STATE_GOTO(WHILEM_A_max, A, locinput);
                 /* NOTREACHED */
-               NOT_REACHED;
+               NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
            }
            goto do_whilem_B_max;
        }
         /* NOTREACHED */
-       NOT_REACHED;
+       NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
 
        case WHILEM_B_min: /* just matched B in a minimal match */
        case WHILEM_B_max: /* just matched B in a maximal match */
            cur_curlyx = ST.save_curlyx;
            sayYES;
             /* NOTREACHED */
-           NOT_REACHED;
+           NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
 
        case WHILEM_B_max_fail: /* just failed to match B in a maximal match */
            cur_curlyx = ST.save_curlyx;
@@ -6021,7 +7280,7 @@ NULL
            cur_curlyx->u.curlyx.count--;
            CACHEsayNO;
             /* NOTREACHED */
-           NOT_REACHED;
+           NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
 
        case WHILEM_A_min_fail: /* just failed to match A in a minimal match */
            /* FALLTHROUGH */
@@ -6032,7 +7291,7 @@ NULL
            cur_curlyx->u.curlyx.count--;
            CACHEsayNO;
             /* NOTREACHED */
-           NOT_REACHED;
+           NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
 
        case WHILEM_A_max_fail: /* just failed to match A in a maximal match */
            REGCP_UNWIND(ST.lastcp);
@@ -6059,7 +7318,7 @@ NULL
            PUSH_YES_STATE_GOTO(WHILEM_B_max, ST.save_curlyx->u.curlyx.B,
                                 locinput);
             /* NOTREACHED */
-           NOT_REACHED;
+           NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
 
        case WHILEM_B_min_fail: /* just failed to match B in a minimal match */
            cur_curlyx = ST.save_curlyx;
@@ -6094,7 +7353,7 @@ NULL
                /*A*/ NEXTOPER(ST.save_curlyx->u.curlyx.me) + EXTRA_STEP_2ARGS,
                 locinput);
             /* NOTREACHED */
-           NOT_REACHED;
+           NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
 
 #undef  ST
 #define ST st->u.branch
@@ -6120,14 +7379,15 @@ NULL
                PUSH_STATE_GOTO(BRANCH_next, scan, locinput);
            }
             /* NOTREACHED */
-           NOT_REACHED;
+           NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
 
         case CUTGROUP:  /*  /(*THEN)/  */
-            sv_yes_mark = st->u.mark.mark_name = scan->flags ? NULL :
-                MUTABLE_SV(rexi->data->data[ ARG( scan ) ]);
+            sv_yes_mark = st->u.mark.mark_name = scan->flags
+                ? MUTABLE_SV(rexi->data->data[ ARG( scan ) ])
+                : NULL;
             PUSH_STATE_GOTO(CUTGROUP_next, next, locinput);
             /* NOTREACHED */
-            NOT_REACHED;
+            NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
 
         case CUTGROUP_next_fail:
             do_cutgroup = 1;
@@ -6136,12 +7396,12 @@ NULL
                 sv_commit = st->u.mark.mark_name;
             sayNO;         
             /* NOTREACHED */
-            NOT_REACHED;
+            NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
 
         case BRANCH_next:
             sayYES;
             /* NOTREACHED */
-            NOT_REACHED;
+            NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
 
        case BRANCH_next_fail: /* that branch failed; try the next, if any */
            if (do_cutgroup) {
@@ -6208,7 +7468,7 @@ NULL
          curlym_do_A: /* execute the A in /A{m,n}B/  */
            PUSH_YES_STATE_GOTO(CURLYM_A, ST.A, locinput); /* match A */
             /* NOTREACHED */
-           NOT_REACHED;
+           NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
 
        case CURLYM_A: /* we've just matched an A */
            ST.count++;
@@ -6345,7 +7605,7 @@ NULL
            
            PUSH_STATE_GOTO(CURLYM_B, ST.B, locinput); /* match B */
             /* NOTREACHED */
-           NOT_REACHED;
+           NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
 
        case CURLYM_B_fail: /* just failed to match a B */
            REGCP_UNWIND(ST.cp);
@@ -6524,7 +7784,7 @@ NULL
                goto curly_try_B_max;
            }
             /* NOTREACHED */
-           NOT_REACHED;
+           NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
 
        case CURLY_B_min_known_fail:
            /* failed to find B in a non-greedy match where c1,c2 valid */
@@ -6600,7 +7860,7 @@ NULL
                PUSH_STATE_GOTO(CURLY_B_min_known, ST.B, locinput);
            }
             /* NOTREACHED */
-           NOT_REACHED;
+           NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
 
        case CURLY_B_min_fail:
            /* failed to find B in a non-greedy match where c1,c2 invalid */
@@ -6633,9 +7893,9 @@ NULL
            }
             sayNO;
             /* NOTREACHED */
-           NOT_REACHED;
+           NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
 
-       curly_try_B_max:
+          curly_try_B_max:
            /* a successful greedy match: now try to match B */
             if (cur_eval && cur_eval->u.eval.close_paren &&
                 cur_eval->u.eval.close_paren == (U32)ST.paren) {
@@ -6664,7 +7924,7 @@ NULL
                    CURLY_SETPAREN(ST.paren, ST.count);
                    PUSH_STATE_GOTO(CURLY_B_max, ST.B, locinput);
                     /* NOTREACHED */
-                   NOT_REACHED;
+                   NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
                }
            }
            /* FALLTHROUGH */
@@ -6685,7 +7945,7 @@ NULL
 #undef ST
 
        case END: /*  last op of main pattern  */
-           fake_end:
+          fake_end:
            if (cur_eval) {
                /* we've just finished A in /(??{A})B/; now continue with B */
 
@@ -6784,7 +8044,7 @@ NULL
            /* execute body of (?...A) */
            PUSH_YES_STATE_GOTO(IFMATCH_A, NEXTOPER(NEXTOPER(scan)), newstart);
             /* NOTREACHED */
-           NOT_REACHED;
+           NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
         }
 
        case IFMATCH_A_fail: /* body of (?...A) failed */
@@ -6821,20 +8081,32 @@ NULL
            /* FALLTHROUGH */
 
        case PRUNE:   /*  (*PRUNE)   */
-           if (!scan->flags)
+            if (scan->flags)
                sv_yes_mark = sv_commit = MUTABLE_SV(rexi->data->data[ ARG( scan ) ]);
            PUSH_STATE_GOTO(COMMIT_next, next, locinput);
             /* NOTREACHED */
-           NOT_REACHED;
+           NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
 
        case COMMIT_next_fail:
            no_final = 1;    
            /* FALLTHROUGH */       
+            sayNO;
+            NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
 
        case OPFAIL:   /* (*FAIL)  */
-           sayNO;
+            if (scan->flags)
+                sv_commit = MUTABLE_SV(rexi->data->data[ ARG( scan ) ]);
+            if (logical) {
+                /* deal with (?(?!)X|Y) properly,
+                 * make sure we trigger the no branch
+                 * of the trailing IFTHEN structure*/
+                sw= 0;
+                break;
+            } else {
+                sayNO;
+            }
             /* NOTREACHED */
-           NOT_REACHED;
+           NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
 
 #define ST st->u.mark
         case MARKPOINT: /*  (*MARK:foo)  */
@@ -6845,13 +8117,13 @@ NULL
             ST.mark_loc = locinput;
             PUSH_YES_STATE_GOTO(MARKPOINT_next, next, locinput);
             /* NOTREACHED */
-            NOT_REACHED;
+            NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
 
         case MARKPOINT_next:
             mark_state = ST.prev_mark;
             sayYES;
             /* NOTREACHED */
-            NOT_REACHED;
+            NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
 
         case MARKPOINT_next_fail:
             if (popmark && sv_eq(ST.mark_name,popmark)) 
@@ -6873,10 +8145,10 @@ NULL
                 mark_state->u.mark.mark_name : NULL;
             sayNO;
             /* NOTREACHED */
-            NOT_REACHED;
+            NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
 
         case SKIP:  /*  (*SKIP)  */
-            if (scan->flags) {
+            if (!scan->flags) {
                 /* (*SKIP) : if we fail we cut here*/
                 ST.mark_name = NULL;
                 ST.mark_loc = locinput;
@@ -6919,7 +8191,7 @@ NULL
             no_final = 1; 
             sayNO;
             /* NOTREACHED */
-            NOT_REACHED;
+            NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
 #undef ST
 
         case LNBREAK: /* \R */
@@ -6936,7 +8208,7 @@ NULL
 
         /* this is a point to jump to in order to increment
          * locinput by one character */
-        increment_locinput:
+          increment_locinput:
             assert(!NEXTCHR_IS_EOS);
             if (utf8_target) {
                 locinput += PL_utf8skip[nextchr];
@@ -7007,9 +8279,9 @@ NULL
     Perl_croak(aTHX_ "corrupted regexp pointers");
     /* NOTREACHED */
     sayNO;
-    NOT_REACHED;
+    NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
 
-yes:
+  yes:
     if (yes_state) {
        /* we have successfully completed a subexpression, but we must now
         * pop to the state marked by yes_state and continue from there */
@@ -7070,7 +8342,7 @@ yes:
     result = 1;
     goto final_exit;
 
-no:
+  no:
     DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(
        PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
             "%*s  %sfailed...%s\n",
@@ -7078,7 +8350,7 @@ no:
             PL_colors[4], PL_colors[5])
        );
 
-no_silent:
+  no_silent:
     if (no_final) {
         if (yes_state) {
             goto yes;
@@ -7159,7 +8431,7 @@ S_regrepeat(pTHX_ regexp *prog, char **startposp, const regnode *p,
     char *loceol = reginfo->strend;   /* local version */
     I32 hardcount = 0;  /* How many matches so far */
     bool utf8_target = reginfo->is_utf8_target;
-    int to_complement = 0;  /* Invert the result? */
+    unsigned int to_complement = 0;  /* Invert the result? */
     UV utf8_flags;
     _char_class_number classnum;
 #ifndef DEBUGGING
@@ -7219,18 +8491,11 @@ S_regrepeat(pTHX_ regexp *prog, char **startposp, const regnode *p,
        else
            scan = loceol;
        break;
-    case CANY:  /* Move <scan> forward <max> bytes, unless goes off end */
-        if (utf8_target && loceol - scan > max) {
-
-            /* <loceol> hadn't been adjusted in the UTF-8 case */
-            scan +=  max;
-        }
-        else {
-            scan = loceol;
-        }
-       break;
     case EXACTL:
         _CHECK_AND_WARN_PROBLEMATIC_LOCALE;
+        if (utf8_target && UTF8_IS_ABOVE_LATIN1(*scan)) {
+            _CHECK_AND_OUTPUT_WIDE_LOCALE_UTF8_MSG(scan, loceol);
+        }
         /* FALLTHROUGH */
     case EXACT:
         assert(STR_LEN(p) == reginfo->is_utf8_pat ? UTF8SKIP(STRING(p)) : 1);
@@ -7270,7 +8535,7 @@ S_regrepeat(pTHX_ regexp *prog, char **startposp, const regnode *p,
 
                 /* Target isn't utf8; convert the character in the UTF-8
                  * pattern to non-UTF8, and do a simple loop */
-                c = TWO_BYTE_UTF8_TO_NATIVE(c, *(STRING(p) + 1));
+                c = EIGHT_BIT_UTF8_TO_NATIVE(c, *(STRING(p) + 1));
                 while (scan < loceol && UCHARAT(scan) == c) {
                     scan++;
                 }
@@ -7318,14 +8583,15 @@ S_regrepeat(pTHX_ regexp *prog, char **startposp, const regnode *p,
         if (! utf8_target) {
             break;
         }
-       utf8_flags = FOLDEQ_S2_ALREADY_FOLDED;
+        utf8_flags =  FOLDEQ_LOCALE | FOLDEQ_S2_ALREADY_FOLDED
+                                    | FOLDEQ_S2_FOLDS_SANE;
         goto do_exactf;
 
     case EXACTFU_SS:
     case EXACTFU:
        utf8_flags = reginfo->is_utf8_pat ? FOLDEQ_S2_ALREADY_FOLDED : 0;
 
-    do_exactf: {
+      do_exactf: {
         int c1, c2;
         U8 c1_utf8[UTF8_MAXBYTES+1], c2_utf8[UTF8_MAXBYTES+1];
 
@@ -7386,7 +8652,12 @@ S_regrepeat(pTHX_ regexp *prog, char **startposp, const regnode *p,
     }
     case ANYOFL:
         _CHECK_AND_WARN_PROBLEMATIC_LOCALE;
+
+        if (ANYOFL_UTF8_LOCALE_REQD(FLAGS(p)) && ! IN_UTF8_CTYPE_LOCALE) {
+            Perl_ck_warner(aTHX_ packWARN(WARN_LOCALE), utf8_locale_required);
+        }
         /* FALLTHROUGH */
+    case ANYOFD:
     case ANYOF:
        if (utf8_target) {
            while (hardcount < max
@@ -7486,7 +8757,7 @@ S_regrepeat(pTHX_ regexp *prog, char **startposp, const regnode *p,
             }
        }
        else {
-      utf8_posix:
+          utf8_posix:
             classnum = (_char_class_number) FLAGS(p);
             if (classnum < _FIRST_NON_SWASH_CC) {
 
@@ -7508,7 +8779,7 @@ S_regrepeat(pTHX_ regexp *prog, char **startposp, const regnode *p,
                     }
                     else if (UTF8_IS_DOWNGRADEABLE_START(*scan)) {
                         if (! (to_complement
-                              ^ cBOOL(_generic_isCC(TWO_BYTE_UTF8_TO_NATIVE(*scan,
+                              ^ cBOOL(_generic_isCC(EIGHT_BIT_UTF8_TO_NATIVE(*scan,
                                                                      *(scan + 1)),
                                                     classnum))))
                         {
@@ -7529,11 +8800,7 @@ S_regrepeat(pTHX_ regexp *prog, char **startposp, const regnode *p,
                  * code is written for making the loops as tight as possible.
                  * It could be refactored to save space instead */
                 switch (classnum) {
-                    case _CC_ENUM_SPACE:    /* XXX would require separate code
-                                               if we revert the change of \v
-                                               matching this */
-                        /* FALLTHROUGH */
-                    case _CC_ENUM_PSXSPC:
+                    case _CC_ENUM_SPACE:
                         while (hardcount < max
                                && scan < loceol
                                && (to_complement ^ cBOOL(isSPACE_utf8(scan))))
@@ -7651,7 +8918,7 @@ S_regrepeat(pTHX_ regexp *prog, char **startposp, const regnode *p,
     default:
         Perl_croak(aTHX_ "panic: regrepeat() called with unrecognized node type %d='%s'", OP(p), PL_reg_name[OP(p)]);
         /* NOTREACHED */
-        NOT_REACHED;
+        NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
 
     }
 
@@ -7733,20 +9000,25 @@ S_reginclass(pTHX_ regexp * const prog, const regnode * const n, const U8* const
                 * UTF8_ALLOW_FFFF */
        if (c_len == (STRLEN)-1)
            Perl_croak(aTHX_ "Malformed UTF-8 character (fatal)");
+        if (c > 255 && OP(n) == ANYOFL && ! ANYOFL_UTF8_LOCALE_REQD(flags)) {
+            _CHECK_AND_OUTPUT_WIDE_LOCALE_CP_MSG(c);
+        }
     }
 
     /* If this character is potentially in the bitmap, check it */
     if (c < NUM_ANYOF_CODE_POINTS) {
        if (ANYOF_BITMAP_TEST(n, c))
            match = TRUE;
-       else if ((flags & ANYOF_MATCHES_ALL_NON_UTF8_NON_ASCII)
+       else if ((flags
+                & ANYOF_SHARED_d_MATCHES_ALL_NON_UTF8_NON_ASCII_non_d_WARN_SUPER)
+                  && OP(n) == ANYOFD
                  && ! utf8_target
                  && ! isASCII(c))
        {
            match = TRUE;
        }
        else if (flags & ANYOF_LOCALE_FLAGS) {
-           if ((flags & ANYOF_LOC_FOLD)
+           if ((flags & ANYOFL_FOLD)
                 && c < 256
                && ANYOF_BITMAP_TEST(n, PL_fold_locale[c]))
             {
@@ -7812,11 +9084,27 @@ S_reginclass(pTHX_ regexp * const prog, const regnode * const n, const U8* const
         {
            match = TRUE;       /* Everything above the bitmap matches */
        }
-       else if ((flags & ANYOF_HAS_NONBITMAP_NON_UTF8_MATCHES)
-                 || (utf8_target && (flags & ANYOF_HAS_UTF8_NONBITMAP_MATCHES))
-                  || ((flags & ANYOF_LOC_FOLD)
-                       && IN_UTF8_CTYPE_LOCALE
-                       && ARG(n) != ANYOF_ONLY_HAS_BITMAP))
+            /* Here doesn't match everything above the bitmap.  If there is
+             * some information available beyond the bitmap, we may find a
+             * match in it.  If so, this is most likely because the code point
+             * is outside the bitmap range.  But rarely, it could be because of
+             * some other reason.  If so, various flags are set to indicate
+             * this possibility.  On ANYOFD nodes, there may be matches that
+             * happen only when the target string is UTF-8; or for other node
+             * types, because runtime lookup is needed, regardless of the
+             * UTF-8ness of the target string.  Finally, under /il, there may
+             * be some matches only possible if the locale is a UTF-8 one. */
+       else if (    ARG(n) != ANYOF_ONLY_HAS_BITMAP
+                 && (   c >= NUM_ANYOF_CODE_POINTS
+                     || (   (flags & ANYOF_SHARED_d_UPPER_LATIN1_UTF8_STRING_MATCHES_non_d_RUNTIME_USER_PROP)
+                         && (   UNLIKELY(OP(n) != ANYOFD)
+                             || (utf8_target && ! isASCII_uni(c)
+#                               if NUM_ANYOF_CODE_POINTS > 256
+                                                                 && c < 256
+#                               endif
+                                )))
+                     || (   ANYOFL_SOME_FOLDS_ONLY_IN_UTF8_LOCALE(flags)
+                         && IN_UTF8_CTYPE_LOCALE)))
         {
             SV* only_utf8_locale = NULL;
            SV * const sw = _get_regclass_nonbitmap_data(prog, n, TRUE, 0,
@@ -7842,7 +9130,9 @@ S_reginclass(pTHX_ regexp * const prog, const regnode * const n, const U8* const
        }
 
         if (UNICODE_IS_SUPER(c)
-            && (flags & ANYOF_WARN_SUPER)
+            && (flags
+               & ANYOF_SHARED_d_MATCHES_ALL_NON_UTF8_NON_ASCII_non_d_WARN_SUPER)
+            && OP(n) != ANYOFD
             && ckWARN_d(WARN_NON_UNICODE))
         {
             Perl_warner(aTHX_ packWARN(WARN_NON_UNICODE),
@@ -7881,6 +9171,9 @@ S_reghop3(U8 *s, SSize_t off, const U8* lim)
             if (UTF8_IS_CONTINUED(*s)) {
                 while (s > lim && UTF8_IS_CONTINUATION(*s))
                     s--;
+                if (! UTF8_IS_START(*s)) {
+                    Perl_croak_nocontext("Malformed UTF-8 character (fatal)");
+                }
            }
             /* XXX could check well-formedness here */
        }
@@ -7905,6 +9198,9 @@ S_reghop4(U8 *s, SSize_t off, const U8* llim, const U8* rlim)
             if (UTF8_IS_CONTINUED(*s)) {
                 while (s > llim && UTF8_IS_CONTINUATION(*s))
                     s--;
+                if (! UTF8_IS_START(*s)) {
+                    Perl_croak_nocontext("Malformed UTF-8 character (fatal)");
+                }
             }
             /* XXX could check well-formedness here */
         }
@@ -7934,6 +9230,9 @@ S_reghopmaybe3(U8* s, SSize_t off, const U8* lim)
             if (UTF8_IS_CONTINUED(*s)) {
                 while (s > lim && UTF8_IS_CONTINUATION(*s))
                     s--;
+                if (! UTF8_IS_START(*s)) {
+                    Perl_croak_nocontext("Malformed UTF-8 character (fatal)");
+                }
            }
             /* XXX could check well-formedness here */
        }
@@ -8155,11 +9454,5 @@ S_to_byte_substr(pTHX_ regexp *prog)
 }
 
 /*
- * Local variables:
- * c-indentation-style: bsd
- * c-basic-offset: 4
- * indent-tabs-mode: nil
- * End:
- *
  * ex: set ts=8 sts=4 sw=4 et:
  */