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[perl5.git] / regexec.c
index 6e420d3..a4c5aee 100644 (file)
--- a/regexec.c
+++ b/regexec.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
  * it's built with -DPERL_EXT_RE_BUILD -DPERL_EXT_RE_DEBUG -DPERL_EXT.
  * This causes the main functions to be compiled under new names and with
  * debugging support added, which makes "use re 'debug'" work.
  */
 
 /* NOTE: this is derived from Henry Spencer's regexp code, and should not
 */
 
 #ifdef PERL_EXT_RE_BUILD
-/* need to replace pregcomp et al, so enable that */
-#  ifndef PERL_IN_XSUB_RE
-#    define PERL_IN_XSUB_RE
-#  endif
-/* need access to debugger hooks */
-#  if defined(PERL_EXT_RE_DEBUG) && !defined(DEBUGGING)
-#    define DEBUGGING
-#  endif
-#endif
-
-#ifdef PERL_IN_XSUB_RE
-/* We *really* need to overwrite these symbols: */
-#  define Perl_regexec_flags my_regexec
-#  define Perl_regdump my_regdump
-#  define Perl_regprop my_regprop
-#  define Perl_re_intuit_start my_re_intuit_start
-/* *These* symbols are masked to allow static link. */
-#  define Perl_pregexec my_pregexec
-#  define Perl_reginitcolors my_reginitcolors
-#  define Perl_regclass_swash my_regclass_swash
-
-#  define PERL_NO_GET_CONTEXT
+#include "re_top.h"
 #endif
 
-/*SUPPRESS 112*/
 /*
  * pregcomp and pregexec -- regsub and regerror are not used in perl
  *
@@ -79,7 +56,7 @@
  ****    Alterations to Henry's code are...
  ****
  ****    Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
- ****    2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, by Larry Wall and others
+ ****    2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 by Larry Wall and others
  ****
  ****    You may distribute under the terms of either the GNU General Public
  ****    License or the Artistic License, as specified in the README file.
 #define PERL_IN_REGEXEC_C
 #include "perl.h"
 
-#include "regcomp.h"
+#ifdef PERL_IN_XSUB_RE
+#  include "re_comp.h"
+#else
+#  include "regcomp.h"
+#endif
 
 #define RF_tainted     1               /* tainted information used? */
 #define RF_warned      2               /* warned about big count? */
-#define RF_evaled      4               /* Did an EVAL with setting? */
-#define RF_utf8                8               /* String contains multibyte chars? */
+
+#define RF_utf8                8               /* Pattern contains multibyte chars? */
 
 #define UTF ((PL_reg_flags & RF_utf8) != 0)
 
 #define        STATIC  static
 #endif
 
-#define REGINCLASS(p,c)  (ANYOF_FLAGS(p) ? reginclass(p,c,0,0) : ANYOF_BITMAP_TEST(p,*(c)))
+#define REGINCLASS(prog,p,c)  (ANYOF_FLAGS(p) ? reginclass(prog,p,c,0,0) : ANYOF_BITMAP_TEST(p,*(c)))
 
 /*
  * Forwards.
 #define CHR_SVLEN(sv) (do_utf8 ? sv_len_utf8(sv) : SvCUR(sv))
 #define CHR_DIST(a,b) (PL_reg_match_utf8 ? utf8_distance(a,b) : a - b)
 
-#define reghop_c(pos,off) ((char*)reghop((U8*)pos, off))
-#define reghopmaybe_c(pos,off) ((char*)reghopmaybe((U8*)pos, off))
-#define HOP(pos,off) (PL_reg_match_utf8 ? reghop((U8*)pos, off) : (U8*)(pos + off))
-#define HOPMAYBE(pos,off) (PL_reg_match_utf8 ? reghopmaybe((U8*)pos, off) : (U8*)(pos + off))
-#define HOPc(pos,off) ((char*)HOP(pos,off))
-#define HOPMAYBEc(pos,off) ((char*)HOPMAYBE(pos,off))
-
-#define HOPBACK(pos, off) (            \
-    (PL_reg_match_utf8)                        \
-       ? reghopmaybe((U8*)pos, -off)   \
-    : (pos - off >= PL_bostr)          \
-       ? (U8*)(pos - off)              \
-    : (U8*)NULL                                \
-)
-#define HOPBACKc(pos, off) (char*)HOPBACK(pos, off)
-
-#define reghop3_c(pos,off,lim) ((char*)reghop3((U8*)pos, off, (U8*)lim))
-#define reghopmaybe3_c(pos,off,lim) ((char*)reghopmaybe3((U8*)pos, off, (U8*)lim))
-#define HOP3(pos,off,lim) (PL_reg_match_utf8 ? reghop3((U8*)pos, off, (U8*)lim) : (U8*)(pos + off))
-#define HOPMAYBE3(pos,off,lim) (PL_reg_match_utf8 ? reghopmaybe3((U8*)pos, off, (U8*)lim) : (U8*)(pos + off))
+#define HOPc(pos,off) \
+       (char *)(PL_reg_match_utf8 \
+           ? reghop3((U8*)pos, off, (U8*)(off >= 0 ? PL_regeol : PL_bostr)) \
+           : (U8*)(pos + off))
+#define HOPBACKc(pos, off) \
+       (char*)(PL_reg_match_utf8\
+           ? reghopmaybe3((U8*)pos, -off, (U8*)PL_bostr) \
+           : (pos - off >= PL_bostr)           \
+               ? (U8*)pos - off                \
+               : NULL)
+
+#define HOP3(pos,off,lim) (PL_reg_match_utf8 ? reghop3((U8*)(pos), off, (U8*)(lim)) : (U8*)(pos + off))
 #define HOP3c(pos,off,lim) ((char*)HOP3(pos,off,lim))
-#define HOPMAYBE3c(pos,off,lim) ((char*)HOPMAYBE3(pos,off,lim))
 
-#define LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS(a,b) STMT_START { if (!CAT2(PL_utf8_,a)) { ENTER; save_re_context(); (void)CAT2(is_utf8_, a)((const U8*)b); LEAVE; } } STMT_END
+#define LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS(class,str) STMT_START { \
+    if (!CAT2(PL_utf8_,class)) { bool ok; ENTER; save_re_context(); ok=CAT2(is_utf8_,class)((const U8*)str); assert(ok); LEAVE; } } STMT_END
+#define LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS_ALNUM() LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS(alnum,"a")
+#define LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS_DIGIT() LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS(digit,"0")
+#define LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS_SPACE() LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS(space," ")
+#define LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS_MARK()  LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS(mark, "\xcd\x86")
+
+/* TODO: Combine JUMPABLE and HAS_TEXT to cache OP(rn) */
 
 /* for use after a quantifier and before an EXACT-like node -- japhy */
-#define JUMPABLE(rn) ( \
-    OP(rn) == OPEN || OP(rn) == CLOSE || OP(rn) == EVAL || \
+/* it would be nice to rework regcomp.sym to generate this stuff. sigh */
+#define JUMPABLE(rn) (      \
+    OP(rn) == OPEN ||       \
+    (OP(rn) == CLOSE && (!cur_eval || cur_eval->u.eval.close_paren != ARG(rn))) || \
+    OP(rn) == EVAL ||   \
     OP(rn) == SUSPEND || OP(rn) == IFMATCH || \
     OP(rn) == PLUS || OP(rn) == MINMOD || \
-    (PL_regkind[(U8)OP(rn)] == CURLY && ARG1(rn) > 0) \
+    OP(rn) == KEEPS || (PL_regkind[OP(rn)] == VERB) || \
+    (PL_regkind[OP(rn)] == CURLY && ARG1(rn) > 0) \
 )
+#define IS_EXACT(rn) (PL_regkind[OP(rn)] == EXACT)
 
-#define HAS_TEXT(rn) ( \
-    PL_regkind[(U8)OP(rn)] == EXACT || PL_regkind[(U8)OP(rn)] == REF \
-)
+#define HAS_TEXT(rn) ( IS_EXACT(rn) || PL_regkind[OP(rn)] == REF )
+
+#if 0 
+/* Currently these are only used when PL_regkind[OP(rn)] == EXACT so
+   we don't need this definition. */
+#define IS_TEXT(rn)   ( OP(rn)==EXACT   || OP(rn)==REF   || OP(rn)==NREF   )
+#define IS_TEXTF(rn)  ( OP(rn)==EXACTF  || OP(rn)==REFF  || OP(rn)==NREFF  )
+#define IS_TEXTFL(rn) ( OP(rn)==EXACTFL || OP(rn)==REFFL || OP(rn)==NREFFL )
+
+#else
+/* ... so we use this as its faster. */
+#define IS_TEXT(rn)   ( OP(rn)==EXACT   )
+#define IS_TEXTF(rn)  ( OP(rn)==EXACTF  )
+#define IS_TEXTFL(rn) ( OP(rn)==EXACTFL )
+
+#endif
 
 /*
   Search for mandatory following text node; for lookahead, the text must
   follow but for lookbehind (rn->flags != 0) we skip to the next step.
 */
 #define FIND_NEXT_IMPT(rn) STMT_START { \
-    while (JUMPABLE(rn)) \
-       if (OP(rn) == SUSPEND || PL_regkind[(U8)OP(rn)] == CURLY) \
+    while (JUMPABLE(rn)) { \
+       const OPCODE type = OP(rn); \
+       if (type == SUSPEND || PL_regkind[type] == CURLY) \
            rn = NEXTOPER(NEXTOPER(rn)); \
-       else if (OP(rn) == PLUS) \
+       else if (type == PLUS) \
            rn = NEXTOPER(rn); \
-       else if (OP(rn) == IFMATCH) \
+       else if (type == IFMATCH) \
            rn = (rn->flags == 0) ? NEXTOPER(NEXTOPER(rn)) : rn + ARG(rn); \
        else rn += NEXT_OFF(rn); \
+    } \
 } STMT_END 
 
+
 static void restore_pos(pTHX_ void *arg);
 
 STATIC CHECKPOINT
 S_regcppush(pTHX_ I32 parenfloor)
 {
+    dVAR;
     const int retval = PL_savestack_ix;
 #define REGCP_PAREN_ELEMS 4
     const int paren_elems_to_push = (PL_regsize - parenfloor) * REGCP_PAREN_ELEMS;
     int p;
+    GET_RE_DEBUG_FLAGS_DECL;
 
     if (paren_elems_to_push < 0)
        Perl_croak(aTHX_ "panic: paren_elems_to_push < 0");
 
-#define REGCP_OTHER_ELEMS 6
+#define REGCP_OTHER_ELEMS 7
     SSGROW(paren_elems_to_push + REGCP_OTHER_ELEMS);
+    
     for (p = PL_regsize; p > parenfloor; p--) {
 /* REGCP_PARENS_ELEMS are pushed per pairs of parentheses. */
-       SSPUSHINT(PL_regendp[p]);
-       SSPUSHINT(PL_regstartp[p]);
+       SSPUSHINT(PL_regoffs[p].end);
+       SSPUSHINT(PL_regoffs[p].start);
        SSPUSHPTR(PL_reg_start_tmp[p]);
        SSPUSHINT(p);
+       DEBUG_BUFFERS_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
+         "     saving \\%"UVuf" %"IVdf"(%"IVdf")..%"IVdf"\n",
+                     (UV)p, (IV)PL_regoffs[p].start,
+                     (IV)(PL_reg_start_tmp[p] - PL_bostr),
+                     (IV)PL_regoffs[p].end
+       ));
     }
 /* REGCP_OTHER_ELEMS are pushed in any case, parentheses or no. */
+    SSPUSHPTR(PL_regoffs);
     SSPUSHINT(PL_regsize);
     SSPUSHINT(*PL_reglastparen);
     SSPUSHINT(*PL_reglastcloseparen);
@@ -206,22 +216,27 @@ S_regcppush(pTHX_ I32 parenfloor)
 }
 
 /* These are needed since we do not localize EVAL nodes: */
-#  define REGCP_SET(cp)  DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,         \
-                            "  Setting an EVAL scope, savestack=%"IVdf"\n",    \
-                            (IV)PL_savestack_ix)); cp = PL_savestack_ix
-
-#  define REGCP_UNWIND(cp)  DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(cp != PL_savestack_ix ?            \
-                               PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,           \
-                               "  Clearing an EVAL scope, savestack=%"IVdf"..%"IVdf"\n", \
-                               (IV)(cp), (IV)PL_savestack_ix) : 0); regcpblow(cp)
+#define REGCP_SET(cp)                                           \
+    DEBUG_STATE_r(                                              \
+            PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,                      \
+               "  Setting an EVAL scope, savestack=%"IVdf"\n", \
+               (IV)PL_savestack_ix));                          \
+    cp = PL_savestack_ix
+
+#define REGCP_UNWIND(cp)                                        \
+    DEBUG_STATE_r(                                              \
+        if (cp != PL_savestack_ix)                             \
+           PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,                       \
+               "  Clearing an EVAL scope, savestack=%"IVdf"..%"IVdf"\n", \
+               (IV)(cp), (IV)PL_savestack_ix));                \
+    regcpblow(cp)
 
 STATIC char *
-S_regcppop(pTHX)
+S_regcppop(pTHX_ const regexp *rex)
 {
-    I32 i;
-    U32 paren = 0;
+    dVAR;
+    U32 i;
     char *input;
-    I32 tmps;
 
     GET_RE_DEBUG_FLAGS_DECL;
 
@@ -233,30 +248,33 @@ S_regcppop(pTHX)
     *PL_reglastcloseparen = SSPOPINT;
     *PL_reglastparen = SSPOPINT;
     PL_regsize = SSPOPINT;
+    PL_regoffs=(regexp_paren_pair *) SSPOPPTR;
 
+    
     /* Now restore the parentheses context. */
     for (i -= (REGCP_OTHER_ELEMS - REGCP_FRAME_ELEMS);
         i > 0; i -= REGCP_PAREN_ELEMS) {
-       paren = (U32)SSPOPINT;
+       I32 tmps;
+       U32 paren = (U32)SSPOPINT;
        PL_reg_start_tmp[paren] = (char *) SSPOPPTR;
-       PL_regstartp[paren] = SSPOPINT;
+       PL_regoffs[paren].start = SSPOPINT;
        tmps = SSPOPINT;
        if (paren <= *PL_reglastparen)
-           PL_regendp[paren] = tmps;
-       DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(
+           PL_regoffs[paren].end = tmps;
+       DEBUG_BUFFERS_r(
            PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
                          "     restoring \\%"UVuf" to %"IVdf"(%"IVdf")..%"IVdf"%s\n",
-                         (UV)paren, (IV)PL_regstartp[paren],
+                         (UV)paren, (IV)PL_regoffs[paren].start,
                          (IV)(PL_reg_start_tmp[paren] - PL_bostr),
-                         (IV)PL_regendp[paren],
+                         (IV)PL_regoffs[paren].end,
                          (paren > *PL_reglastparen ? "(no)" : ""));
        );
     }
-    DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(
-       if ((I32)(*PL_reglastparen + 1) <= PL_regnpar) {
+    DEBUG_BUFFERS_r(
+       if (*PL_reglastparen + 1 <= rex->nparens) {
            PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
                          "     restoring \\%"IVdf"..\\%"IVdf" to undef\n",
-                         (IV)(*PL_reglastparen + 1), (IV)PL_regnpar);
+                         (IV)(*PL_reglastparen + 1), (IV)rex->nparens);
        }
     );
 #if 1
@@ -267,65 +285,29 @@ S_regcppop(pTHX)
      * requiring null fields (pat.t#187 and split.t#{13,14}
      * (as of patchlevel 7877)  will fail.  Then again,
      * this code seems to be necessary or otherwise
-     * building DynaLoader will fail:
-     * "Error: '*' not in typemap in DynaLoader.xs, line 164"
-     * --jhi */
-    for (paren = *PL_reglastparen + 1; (I32)paren <= PL_regnpar; paren++) {
-       if ((I32)paren > PL_regsize)
-           PL_regstartp[paren] = -1;
-       PL_regendp[paren] = -1;
+     * this erroneously leaves $1 defined: "1" =~ /^(?:(\d)x)?\d$/
+     * --jhi updated by dapm */
+    for (i = *PL_reglastparen + 1; i <= rex->nparens; i++) {
+       if (i > PL_regsize)
+           PL_regoffs[i].start = -1;
+       PL_regoffs[i].end = -1;
     }
 #endif
     return input;
 }
 
-STATIC char *
-S_regcp_set_to(pTHX_ I32 ss)
-{
-    const I32 tmp = PL_savestack_ix;
-
-    PL_savestack_ix = ss;
-    regcppop();
-    PL_savestack_ix = tmp;
-    return Nullch;
-}
-
-typedef struct re_cc_state
-{
-    I32 ss;
-    regnode *node;
-    struct re_cc_state *prev;
-    CURCUR *cc;
-    regexp *re;
-} re_cc_state;
-
 #define regcpblow(cp) LEAVE_SCOPE(cp)  /* Ignores regcppush()ed data. */
 
-#define TRYPAREN(paren, n, input) {                            \
-    if (paren) {                                               \
-       if (n) {                                                \
-           PL_regstartp[paren] = HOPc(input, -1) - PL_bostr;   \
-           PL_regendp[paren] = input - PL_bostr;               \
-       }                                                       \
-       else                                                    \
-           PL_regendp[paren] = -1;                             \
-    }                                                          \
-    if (regmatch(next))                                                \
-       sayYES;                                                 \
-    if (paren && n)                                            \
-       PL_regendp[paren] = -1;                                 \
-}
-
-
 /*
  * pregexec and friends
  */
 
+#ifndef PERL_IN_XSUB_RE
 /*
  - pregexec - match a regexp against a string
  */
 I32
-Perl_pregexec(pTHX_ register regexp *prog, char *stringarg, register char *strend,
+Perl_pregexec(pTHX_ REGEXP * const prog, char* stringarg, register char *strend,
         char *strbeg, I32 minend, SV *screamer, U32 nosave)
 /* strend: pointer to null at end of string */
 /* strbeg: real beginning of string */
@@ -336,18 +318,7 @@ Perl_pregexec(pTHX_ register regexp *prog, char *stringarg, register char *stren
        regexec_flags(prog, stringarg, strend, strbeg, minend, screamer, NULL,
                      nosave ? 0 : REXEC_COPY_STR);
 }
-
-STATIC void
-S_cache_re(pTHX_ regexp *prog)
-{
-    PL_regprecomp = prog->precomp;             /* Needed for FAIL. */
-#ifdef DEBUGGING
-    PL_regprogram = prog->program;
 #endif
-    PL_regnpar = prog->nparens;
-    PL_regdata = prog->data;
-    PL_reg_re = prog;
-}
 
 /*
  * Need to implement the following flags for reg_anch:
@@ -365,7 +336,7 @@ S_cache_re(pTHX_ regexp *prog)
 
 /* Assumptions: if ANCH_GPOS, then strpos is anchored. XXXX Check GPOS logic */
 
-/* If SCREAM, then SvPVX(sv) should be compatible with strpos and strend.
+/* If SCREAM, then SvPVX_const(sv) should be compatible with strpos and strend.
    Otherwise, only SvCUR(sv) is used to get strbeg. */
 
 /* XXXX We assume that strpos is strbeg unless sv. */
@@ -375,7 +346,11 @@ S_cache_re(pTHX_ regexp *prog)
        RExen without fixed substrings.  Similarly, it is assumed that
        lengths of all the strings are no more than minlen, thus they
        cannot come from lookahead.
-       (Or minlen should take into account lookahead.) */
+       (Or minlen should take into account lookahead.) 
+  NOTE: Some of this comment is not correct. minlen does now take account
+  of lookahead/behind. Further research is required. -- demerphq
+
+*/
 
 /* A failure to find a constant substring means that there is no need to make
    an expensive call to REx engine, thus we celebrate a failure.  Similarly,
@@ -396,9 +371,10 @@ S_cache_re(pTHX_ regexp *prog)
    deleted from the finite automaton. */
 
 char *
-Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_ regexp *prog, SV *sv, char *strpos,
-                    char *strend, U32 flags, re_scream_pos_data *data)
+Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_ REGEXP * const prog, SV *sv, char *strpos,
+                    char *strend, const U32 flags, re_scream_pos_data *data)
 {
+    dVAR;
     register I32 start_shift = 0;
     /* Should be nonnegative! */
     register I32 end_shift   = 0;
@@ -406,49 +382,28 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_ regexp *prog, SV *sv, char *strpos,
     register SV *check;
     char *strbeg;
     char *t;
-    const int do_utf8 = sv ? SvUTF8(sv) : 0;   /* if no sv we have to assume bytes */
+    const bool do_utf8 = (sv && SvUTF8(sv)) ? 1 : 0; /* if no sv we have to assume bytes */
     I32 ml_anch;
-    register char *other_last = Nullch;        /* other substr checked before this */
-    char *check_at = Nullch;           /* check substr found at this pos */
-    I32 multiline = prog->reganch & PMf_MULTILINE;
+    register char *other_last = NULL;  /* other substr checked before this */
+    char *check_at = NULL;             /* check substr found at this pos */
+    const I32 multiline = prog->extflags & RXf_PMf_MULTILINE;
+    RXi_GET_DECL(prog,progi);
 #ifdef DEBUGGING
-    char *i_strpos = strpos;
-    SV *dsv = PERL_DEBUG_PAD_ZERO(0);
+    const char * const i_strpos = strpos;
 #endif
 
     GET_RE_DEBUG_FLAGS_DECL;
 
     RX_MATCH_UTF8_set(prog,do_utf8);
 
-    if (prog->reganch & ROPT_UTF8) {
-       DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
-                             "UTF-8 regex...\n"));
+    if (prog->extflags & RXf_UTF8) {
        PL_reg_flags |= RF_utf8;
     }
-
-    DEBUG_EXECUTE_r({
-        char *s   = PL_reg_match_utf8 ?
-                        sv_uni_display(dsv, sv, 60, UNI_DISPLAY_REGEX) :
-                        strpos;
-        int   len = PL_reg_match_utf8 ?
-                        strlen(s) : strend - strpos;
-        if (!PL_colorset)
-             reginitcolors();
-        if (PL_reg_match_utf8)
-            DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
-                                  "UTF-8 target...\n"));
-        PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
-                      "%sGuessing start of match, REx%s `%s%.60s%s%s' against `%s%.*s%s%s'...\n",
-                      PL_colors[4], PL_colors[5], PL_colors[0],
-                      prog->precomp,
-                      PL_colors[1],
-                      (strlen(prog->precomp) > 60 ? "..." : ""),
-                      PL_colors[0],
-                      (int)(len > 60 ? 60 : len),
-                      s, PL_colors[1],
-                      (len > 60 ? "..." : "")
+    DEBUG_EXECUTE_r( 
+        debug_start_match(prog, do_utf8, strpos, strend, 
+            sv ? "Guessing start of match in sv for"
+               : "Guessing start of match in string for");
              );
-    });
 
     /* CHR_DIST() would be more correct here but it makes things slow. */
     if (prog->minlen > strend - strpos) {
@@ -456,6 +411,7 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_ regexp *prog, SV *sv, char *strpos,
                              "String too short... [re_intuit_start]\n"));
        goto fail;
     }
+                
     strbeg = (sv && SvPOK(sv)) ? strend - SvCUR(sv) : strpos;
     PL_regeol = strend;
     if (do_utf8) {
@@ -467,31 +423,32 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_ regexp *prog, SV *sv, char *strpos,
            to_byte_substr(prog);
        check = prog->check_substr;
     }
-   if (check == &PL_sv_undef) {
+    if (check == &PL_sv_undef) {
        DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
-               "Non-utf string cannot match utf check string\n"));
+               "Non-utf8 string cannot match utf8 check string\n"));
        goto fail;
     }
-    if (prog->reganch & ROPT_ANCH) {   /* Match at beg-of-str or after \n */
-       ml_anch = !( (prog->reganch & ROPT_ANCH_SINGLE)
-                    || ( (prog->reganch & ROPT_ANCH_BOL)
+    if (prog->extflags & RXf_ANCH) {   /* Match at beg-of-str or after \n */
+       ml_anch = !( (prog->extflags & RXf_ANCH_SINGLE)
+                    || ( (prog->extflags & RXf_ANCH_BOL)
                          && !multiline ) );    /* Check after \n? */
 
        if (!ml_anch) {
-         if ( !(prog->reganch & (ROPT_ANCH_GPOS /* Checked by the caller */
-                                 | ROPT_IMPLICIT)) /* not a real BOL */
-              /* SvCUR is not set on references: SvRV and SvPVX overlap */
+         if ( !(prog->extflags & RXf_ANCH_GPOS) /* Checked by the caller */
+               && !(prog->intflags & PREGf_IMPLICIT) /* not a real BOL */
+              /* SvCUR is not set on references: SvRV and SvPVX_const overlap */
               && sv && !SvROK(sv)
               && (strpos != strbeg)) {
              DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, "Not at start...\n"));
              goto fail;
          }
          if (prog->check_offset_min == prog->check_offset_max &&
-             !(prog->reganch & ROPT_CANY_SEEN)) {
+             !(prog->extflags & RXf_CANY_SEEN)) {
            /* Substring at constant offset from beg-of-str... */
            I32 slen;
 
            s = HOP3c(strpos, prog->check_offset_min, strend);
+           
            if (SvTAIL(check)) {
                slen = SvCUR(check);    /* >= 1 */
 
@@ -502,26 +459,27 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_ regexp *prog, SV *sv, char *strpos,
                }
                /* Now should match s[0..slen-2] */
                slen--;
-               if (slen && (*SvPVX(check) != *s
+               if (slen && (*SvPVX_const(check) != *s
                             || (slen > 1
-                                && memNE(SvPVX(check), s, slen)))) {
+                                && memNE(SvPVX_const(check), s, slen)))) {
                  report_neq:
                    DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, "String not equal...\n"));
                    goto fail_finish;
                }
            }
-           else if (*SvPVX(check) != *s
+           else if (*SvPVX_const(check) != *s
                     || ((slen = SvCUR(check)) > 1
-                        && memNE(SvPVX(check), s, slen)))
+                        && memNE(SvPVX_const(check), s, slen)))
                goto report_neq;
+           check_at = s;
            goto success_at_start;
          }
        }
        /* Match is anchored, but substr is not anchored wrt beg-of-str. */
        s = strpos;
        start_shift = prog->check_offset_min; /* okay to underestimate on CC */
-       end_shift = prog->minlen - start_shift -
-           CHR_SVLEN(check) + (SvTAIL(check) != 0);
+       end_shift = prog->check_end_shift;
+       
        if (!ml_anch) {
            const I32 end = prog->check_offset_max + CHR_SVLEN(check)
                                         - (SvTAIL(check) != 0);
@@ -534,20 +492,37 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_ regexp *prog, SV *sv, char *strpos,
     else {                             /* Can match at random position */
        ml_anch = 0;
        s = strpos;
-       start_shift = prog->check_offset_min; /* okay to underestimate on CC */
-       /* Should be nonnegative! */
-       end_shift = prog->minlen - start_shift -
-           CHR_SVLEN(check) + (SvTAIL(check) != 0);
+       start_shift = prog->check_offset_min;  /* okay to underestimate on CC */
+       end_shift = prog->check_end_shift;
+       
+       /* end shift should be non negative here */
     }
 
-#ifdef DEBUGGING       /* 7/99: reports of failure (with the older version) */
+#ifdef QDEBUGGING      /* 7/99: reports of failure (with the older version) */
     if (end_shift < 0)
-       Perl_croak(aTHX_ "panic: end_shift");
+       Perl_croak(aTHX_ "panic: end_shift: %"IVdf" pattern:\n%s\n ",
+                  (IV)end_shift, prog->precomp);
 #endif
 
   restart:
     /* Find a possible match in the region s..strend by looking for
        the "check" substring in the region corrected by start/end_shift. */
+    
+    {
+        I32 srch_start_shift = start_shift;
+        I32 srch_end_shift = end_shift;
+        if (srch_start_shift < 0 && strbeg - s > srch_start_shift) {
+           srch_end_shift -= ((strbeg - s) - srch_start_shift); 
+           srch_start_shift = strbeg - s;
+       }
+    DEBUG_OPTIMISE_MORE_r({
+        PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, "Check offset min: %"IVdf" Start shift: %"IVdf" End shift %"IVdf" Real End Shift: %"IVdf"\n",
+            (IV)prog->check_offset_min,
+            (IV)srch_start_shift,
+            (IV)srch_end_shift, 
+            (IV)prog->check_end_shift);
+    });       
+        
     if (flags & REXEC_SCREAM) {
        I32 p = -1;                     /* Internal iterator of scream. */
        I32 * const pp = data ? data->scream_pos : &p;
@@ -557,53 +532,78 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_ regexp *prog, SV *sv, char *strpos,
                 && (BmPREVIOUS(check) == SvCUR(check) - 1)
                 && SvTAIL(check) ))
            s = screaminstr(sv, check,
-                           start_shift + (s - strbeg), end_shift, pp, 0);
+                           srch_start_shift + (s - strbeg), srch_end_shift, pp, 0);
        else
            goto fail_finish;
        /* we may be pointing at the wrong string */
        if (s && RX_MATCH_COPIED(prog))
-           s = strbeg + (s - SvPVX(sv));
+           s = strbeg + (s - SvPVX_const(sv));
        if (data)
            *data->scream_olds = s;
     }
-    else if (prog->reganch & ROPT_CANY_SEEN)
-       s = fbm_instr((U8*)(s + start_shift),
-                     (U8*)(strend - end_shift),
-                     check, multiline ? FBMrf_MULTILINE : 0);
-    else
-       s = fbm_instr(HOP3(s, start_shift, strend),
-                     HOP3(strend, -end_shift, strbeg),
+    else {
+        U8* start_point;
+        U8* end_point;
+        if (prog->extflags & RXf_CANY_SEEN) {
+            start_point= (U8*)(s + srch_start_shift);
+            end_point= (U8*)(strend - srch_end_shift);
+        } else {
+           start_point= HOP3(s, srch_start_shift, srch_start_shift < 0 ? strbeg : strend);
+            end_point= HOP3(strend, -srch_end_shift, strbeg);
+       }
+       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);
+        });
+
+       s = fbm_instr( start_point, end_point,
                      check, multiline ? FBMrf_MULTILINE : 0);
-
+    }
+    }
     /* Update the count-of-usability, remove useless subpatterns,
        unshift s.  */
 
-    DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, "%s %s substr `%s%.*s%s'%s%s",
+    DEBUG_EXECUTE_r({
+        RE_PV_QUOTED_DECL(quoted, do_utf8, PERL_DEBUG_PAD_ZERO(0), 
+            SvPVX_const(check), RE_SV_DUMPLEN(check), 30);
+        PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, "%s %s substr %s%s%s",
                          (s ? "Found" : "Did not find"),
-                         (check == (do_utf8 ? prog->anchored_utf8 : prog->anchored_substr) ? "anchored" : "floating"),
-                         PL_colors[0],
-                         (int)(SvCUR(check) - (SvTAIL(check)!=0)),
-                         SvPVX(check),
-                         PL_colors[1], (SvTAIL(check) ? "$" : ""),
-                         (s ? " at offset " : "...\n") ) );
+           (check == (do_utf8 ? prog->anchored_utf8 : prog->anchored_substr) 
+               ? "anchored" : "floating"),
+           quoted,
+           RE_SV_TAIL(check),
+           (s ? " at offset " : "...\n") ); 
+    });
 
     if (!s)
        goto fail_finish;
-
-    check_at = s;
-
     /* Finish the diagnostic message */
     DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, "%ld...\n", (long)(s - i_strpos)) );
 
+    /* XXX dmq: first branch is for positive lookbehind...
+       Our check string is offset from the beginning of the pattern.
+       So we need to do any stclass tests offset forward from that 
+       point. I think. :-(
+     */
+    
+        
+    
+    check_at=s;
+     
+
     /* Got a candidate.  Check MBOL anchoring, and the *other* substr.
        Start with the other substr.
        XXXX no SCREAM optimization yet - and a very coarse implementation
-       XXXX /ttx+/ results in anchored=`ttx', floating=`x'.  floating will
+       XXXX /ttx+/ results in anchored="ttx", floating="x".  floating will
                *always* match.  Probably should be marked during compile...
        Probably it is right to do no SCREAM here...
      */
 
-    if (do_utf8 ? (prog->float_utf8 && prog->anchored_utf8) : (prog->float_substr && prog->anchored_substr)) {
+    if (do_utf8 ? (prog->float_utf8 && prog->anchored_utf8) 
+                : (prog->float_substr && prog->anchored_substr)) 
+    {
        /* Take into account the "other" substring. */
        /* XXXX May be hopelessly wrong for UTF... */
        if (!other_last)
@@ -611,16 +611,17 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_ regexp *prog, SV *sv, char *strpos,
        if (check == (do_utf8 ? prog->float_utf8 : prog->float_substr)) {
          do_other_anchored:
            {
-               char *last = HOP3c(s, -start_shift, strbeg), *last1, *last2;
-               char *s1 = s;
+               char * const last = HOP3c(s, -start_shift, strbeg);
+               char *last1, *last2;
+               char * const saved_s = s;
                SV* must;
 
                t = s - prog->check_offset_max;
                if (s - strpos > prog->check_offset_max  /* signed-corrected t > strpos */
                    && (!do_utf8
-                       || ((t = reghopmaybe3_c(s, -(prog->check_offset_max), strpos))
+                       || ((t = (char*)reghopmaybe3((U8*)s, -(prog->check_offset_max), (U8*)strpos))
                            && t > strpos)))
-                   /* EMPTY */;
+                   NOOP;
                else
                    t = strpos;
                t = HOP3c(t, prog->anchored_offset, strend);
@@ -629,12 +630,17 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_ regexp *prog, SV *sv, char *strpos,
                last2 = last1 = HOP3c(strend, -prog->minlen, strbeg);
                if (last < last1)
                    last1 = last;
- /* XXXX It is not documented what units *_offsets are in.  Assume bytes.  */
+                /* XXXX It is not documented what units *_offsets are in.  
+                   We assume bytes, but this is clearly wrong. 
+                   Meaning this code needs to be carefully reviewed for errors.
+                   dmq.
+                  */
                /* On end-of-str: see comment below. */
                must = do_utf8 ? prog->anchored_utf8 : prog->anchored_substr;
                if (must == &PL_sv_undef) {
                    s = (char*)NULL;
-                   DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(must = prog->anchored_utf8);        /* for debug */
+                   DEBUG_r(must = prog->anchored_utf8);        /* for debug */
                }
                else
                    s = fbm_instr(
@@ -644,14 +650,15 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_ regexp *prog, SV *sv, char *strpos,
                        must,
                        multiline ? FBMrf_MULTILINE : 0
                    );
-               DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
-                       "%s anchored substr `%s%.*s%s'%s",
+                DEBUG_EXECUTE_r({
+                    RE_PV_QUOTED_DECL(quoted, do_utf8, PERL_DEBUG_PAD_ZERO(0), 
+                        SvPVX_const(must), RE_SV_DUMPLEN(must), 30);
+                    PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, "%s anchored substr %s%s",
                        (s ? "Found" : "Contradicts"),
-                       PL_colors[0],
-                         (int)(SvCUR(must)
-                         - (SvTAIL(must)!=0)),
-                         SvPVX(must),
-                         PL_colors[1], (SvTAIL(must) ? "$" : "")));
+                        quoted, RE_SV_TAIL(must));
+                });                
+               
+                           
                if (!s) {
                    if (last1 >= last2) {
                        DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
@@ -660,7 +667,7 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_ regexp *prog, SV *sv, char *strpos,
                    }
                    DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
                        ", trying floating at offset %ld...\n",
-                       (long)(HOP3c(s1, 1, strend) - i_strpos)));
+                       (long)(HOP3c(saved_s, 1, strend) - i_strpos)));
                    other_last = HOP3c(last1, prog->anchored_offset+1, strend);
                    s = HOP3c(last, 1, strend);
                    goto restart;
@@ -670,7 +677,7 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_ regexp *prog, SV *sv, char *strpos,
                          (long)(s - i_strpos)));
                    t = HOP3c(s, -prog->anchored_offset, strbeg);
                    other_last = HOP3c(s, 1, strend);
-                   s = s1;
+                   s = saved_s;
                    if (t == strpos)
                        goto try_at_start;
                    goto try_at_offset;
@@ -679,7 +686,7 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_ regexp *prog, SV *sv, char *strpos,
        }
        else {          /* Take into account the floating substring. */
            char *last, *last1;
-           char *s1 = s;
+           char * const saved_s = s;
            SV* must;
 
            t = HOP3c(s, -start_shift, strbeg);
@@ -697,19 +704,20 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_ regexp *prog, SV *sv, char *strpos,
               and end-of-str is not later than strend we are OK. */
            if (must == &PL_sv_undef) {
                s = (char*)NULL;
-               DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(must = prog->float_utf8);       /* for debug message */
+               DEBUG_r(must = prog->float_utf8);       /* for debug message */
            }
            else
                s = fbm_instr((unsigned char*)s,
                              (unsigned char*)last + SvCUR(must)
                                  - (SvTAIL(must)!=0),
                              must, multiline ? FBMrf_MULTILINE : 0);
-           DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, "%s floating substr `%s%.*s%s'%s",
+           DEBUG_EXECUTE_r({
+               RE_PV_QUOTED_DECL(quoted, do_utf8, PERL_DEBUG_PAD_ZERO(0), 
+                   SvPVX_const(must), RE_SV_DUMPLEN(must), 30);
+               PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, "%s floating substr %s%s",
                    (s ? "Found" : "Contradicts"),
-                   PL_colors[0],
-                     (int)(SvCUR(must) - (SvTAIL(must)!=0)),
-                     SvPVX(must),
-                     PL_colors[1], (SvTAIL(must) ? "$" : "")));
+                   quoted, RE_SV_TAIL(must));
+            });
            if (!s) {
                if (last1 == last) {
                    DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
@@ -718,7 +726,7 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_ regexp *prog, SV *sv, char *strpos,
                }
                DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
                    ", trying anchored starting at offset %ld...\n",
-                   (long)(s1 + 1 - i_strpos)));
+                   (long)(saved_s + 1 - i_strpos)));
                other_last = last;
                s = HOP3c(t, 1, strend);
                goto restart;
@@ -727,7 +735,7 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_ regexp *prog, SV *sv, char *strpos,
                DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, " at offset %ld...\n",
                      (long)(s - i_strpos)));
                other_last = s; /* Fix this later. --Hugo */
-               s = s1;
+               s = saved_s;
                if (t == strpos)
                    goto try_at_start;
                goto try_at_offset;
@@ -735,11 +743,26 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_ regexp *prog, SV *sv, char *strpos,
        }
     }
 
-    t = s - prog->check_offset_max;
+    
+    t= (char*)HOP3( s, -prog->check_offset_max, (prog->check_offset_max<0) ? strend : strpos);
+        
+    DEBUG_OPTIMISE_MORE_r(
+        PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, 
+            "Check offset min:%"IVdf" max:%"IVdf" S:%"IVdf" t:%"IVdf" D:%"IVdf" end:%"IVdf"\n",
+            (IV)prog->check_offset_min,
+            (IV)prog->check_offset_max,
+            (IV)(s-strpos),
+            (IV)(t-strpos),
+            (IV)(t-s),
+            (IV)(strend-strpos)
+        )
+    );
+
     if (s - strpos > prog->check_offset_max  /* signed-corrected t > strpos */
         && (!do_utf8
-           || ((t = reghopmaybe3_c(s, -prog->check_offset_max, strpos))
-                && t > strpos))) {
+           || ((t = (char*)reghopmaybe3((U8*)s, -prog->check_offset_max, (U8*) ((prog->check_offset_max<0) ? strend : strpos)))
+                && t > strpos))) 
+    {
        /* Fixed substring is found far enough so that the match
           cannot start at strpos. */
       try_at_offset:
@@ -807,17 +830,17 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_ regexp *prog, SV *sv, char *strpos,
        if (ml_anch && sv && !SvROK(sv) /* See prev comment on SvROK */
            && (strpos != strbeg) && strpos[-1] != '\n'
            /* May be due to an implicit anchor of m{.*foo}  */
-           && !(prog->reganch & ROPT_IMPLICIT))
+           && !(prog->intflags & PREGf_IMPLICIT))
        {
            t = strpos;
            goto find_anchor;
        }
        DEBUG_EXECUTE_r( if (ml_anch)
            PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, "Position at offset %ld does not contradict /%s^%s/m...\n",
-                       (long)(strpos - i_strpos), PL_colors[0], PL_colors[1]);
+                         (long)(strpos - i_strpos), PL_colors[0], PL_colors[1]);
        );
       success_at_start:
-       if (!(prog->reganch & ROPT_NAUGHTY)     /* XXXX If strpos moved? */
+       if (!(prog->intflags & PREGf_NAUGHTY)   /* XXXX If strpos moved? */
            && (do_utf8 ? (
                prog->check_utf8                /* Could be deleted already */
                && --BmUSEFUL(prog->check_utf8) < 0
@@ -833,14 +856,14 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_ regexp *prog, SV *sv, char *strpos,
            SvREFCNT_dec(do_utf8 ? prog->check_utf8 : prog->check_substr);
            if (do_utf8 ? prog->check_substr : prog->check_utf8)
                SvREFCNT_dec(do_utf8 ? prog->check_substr : prog->check_utf8);
-           prog->check_substr = prog->check_utf8 = Nullsv;     /* disable */
-           prog->float_substr = prog->float_utf8 = Nullsv;     /* clear */
-           check = Nullsv;                     /* abort */
+           prog->check_substr = prog->check_utf8 = NULL;       /* disable */
+           prog->float_substr = prog->float_utf8 = NULL;       /* clear */
+           check = NULL;                       /* abort */
            s = strpos;
            /* XXXX This is a remnant of the old implementation.  It
                    looks wasteful, since now INTUIT can use many
                    other heuristics. */
-           prog->reganch &= ~RE_USE_INTUIT;
+           prog->extflags &= ~RXf_USE_INTUIT;
        }
        else
            s = strpos;
@@ -848,7 +871,9 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_ regexp *prog, SV *sv, char *strpos,
 
     /* Last resort... */
     /* XXXX BmUSEFUL already changed, maybe multiple change is meaningful... */
-    if (prog->regstclass) {
+    /* trie stclasses are too expensive to use here, we are better off to
+       leave it to regmatch itself */
+    if (progi->regstclass && PL_regkind[OP(progi->regstclass)]!=TRIE) {
        /* minlen == 0 is possible if regstclass is \b or \B,
           and the fixed substr is ''$.
           Since minlen is already taken into account, s+1 is before strend;
@@ -857,23 +882,26 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_ regexp *prog, SV *sv, char *strpos,
           regstclass does not come from lookahead...  */
        /* If regstclass takes bytelength more than 1: If charlength==1, OK.
           This leaves EXACTF only, which is dealt with in find_byclass().  */
-        const U8* str = (U8*)STRING(prog->regstclass);
-        const int cl_l = (PL_regkind[(U8)OP(prog->regstclass)] == EXACT
-                   ? CHR_DIST(str+STR_LEN(prog->regstclass), str)
+        const U8* const str = (U8*)STRING(progi->regstclass);
+        const int cl_l = (PL_regkind[OP(progi->regstclass)] == EXACT
+                   ? CHR_DIST(str+STR_LEN(progi->regstclass), str)
                    : 1);
-       const char * const endpos = (prog->anchored_substr || prog->anchored_utf8 || ml_anch)
-               ? HOP3c(s, (prog->minlen ? cl_l : 0), strend)
-               : (prog->float_substr || prog->float_utf8
-                  ? HOP3c(HOP3c(check_at, -start_shift, strbeg),
-                          cl_l, strend)
-                  : strend);
-
+       char * endpos;
+       if (prog->anchored_substr || prog->anchored_utf8 || ml_anch)
+            endpos= HOP3c(s, (prog->minlen ? cl_l : 0), strend);
+        else if (prog->float_substr || prog->float_utf8)
+           endpos= HOP3c(HOP3c(check_at, -start_shift, strbeg), cl_l, strend);
+        else 
+            endpos= strend;
+                   
+        DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, "start_shift: %"IVdf" check_at: %"IVdf" s: %"IVdf" endpos: %"IVdf"\n",
+                                     (IV)start_shift, (IV)(check_at - strbeg), (IV)(s - strbeg), (IV)(endpos - strbeg)));
+       
        t = s;
-       cache_re(prog);
-        s = find_byclass(prog, prog->regstclass, s, endpos, 1);
+        s = find_byclass(prog, progi->regstclass, s, endpos, NULL);
        if (!s) {
 #ifdef DEBUGGING
-           const char *what = 0;
+           const char *what = NULL;
 #endif
            if (endpos == strend) {
                DEBUG_EXECUTE_r( PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
@@ -882,7 +910,7 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_ regexp *prog, SV *sv, char *strpos,
            }
            DEBUG_EXECUTE_r( PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
                                   "This position contradicts STCLASS...\n") );
-           if ((prog->reganch & ROPT_ANCH) && !ml_anch)
+           if ((prog->extflags & RXf_ANCH) && !ml_anch)
                goto fail;
            /* Contradict one of substrings */
            if (prog->anchored_substr || prog->anchored_utf8) {
@@ -958,15 +986,172 @@ Perl_re_intuit_start(pTHX_ regexp *prog, SV *sv, char *strpos,
   fail:
     DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, "%sMatch rejected by optimizer%s\n",
                          PL_colors[4], PL_colors[5]));
-    return Nullch;
+    return NULL;
 }
 
+
+
+#define REXEC_TRIE_READ_CHAR(trie_type, trie, widecharmap, uc, uscan, len,  \
+uvc, charid, foldlen, foldbuf, uniflags) STMT_START {                       \
+    switch (trie_type) {                                                    \
+    case trie_utf8_fold:                                                    \
+       if ( foldlen>0 ) {                                                  \
+           uvc = utf8n_to_uvuni( uscan, UTF8_MAXLEN, &len, uniflags );     \
+           foldlen -= len;                                                 \
+           uscan += len;                                                   \
+           len=0;                                                          \
+       } else {                                                            \
+           uvc = utf8n_to_uvuni( (U8*)uc, UTF8_MAXLEN, &len, uniflags );   \
+           uvc = to_uni_fold( uvc, foldbuf, &foldlen );                    \
+           foldlen -= UNISKIP( uvc );                                      \
+           uscan = foldbuf + UNISKIP( uvc );                               \
+       }                                                                   \
+       break;                                                              \
+    case trie_utf8:                                                         \
+       uvc = utf8n_to_uvuni( (U8*)uc, UTF8_MAXLEN, &len, uniflags );       \
+       break;                                                              \
+    case trie_plain:                                                        \
+       uvc = (UV)*uc;                                                      \
+       len = 1;                                                            \
+    }                                                                       \
+                                                                           \
+    if (uvc < 256) {                                                        \
+       charid = trie->charmap[ uvc ];                                      \
+    }                                                                       \
+    else {                                                                  \
+       charid = 0;                                                         \
+       if (widecharmap) {                                                  \
+           SV** const svpp = hv_fetch(widecharmap,                         \
+                       (char*)&uvc, sizeof(UV), 0);                        \
+           if (svpp)                                                       \
+               charid = (U16)SvIV(*svpp);                                  \
+       }                                                                   \
+    }                                                                       \
+} STMT_END
+
+#define REXEC_FBC_EXACTISH_CHECK(CoNd)                  \
+    if ( (CoNd)                                        \
+        && (ln == len ||                              \
+            ibcmp_utf8(s, NULL, 0,  do_utf8,          \
+                       m, NULL, ln, (bool)UTF))       \
+        && (!reginfo || regtry(reginfo, &s)) )         \
+       goto got_it;                                   \
+    else {                                             \
+        U8 foldbuf[UTF8_MAXBYTES_CASE+1];             \
+        uvchr_to_utf8(tmpbuf, c);                     \
+        f = to_utf8_fold(tmpbuf, foldbuf, &foldlen);  \
+        if ( f != c                                   \
+             && (f == c1 || f == c2)                  \
+             && (ln == foldlen ||                     \
+                 !ibcmp_utf8((char *) foldbuf,        \
+                             NULL, foldlen, do_utf8,  \
+                             m,                       \
+                             NULL, ln, (bool)UTF))    \
+             && (!reginfo || regtry(reginfo, &s)) )    \
+             goto got_it;                             \
+    }                                                  \
+    s += len
+
+#define REXEC_FBC_EXACTISH_SCAN(CoNd)                     \
+STMT_START {                                              \
+    while (s <= e) {                                      \
+       if ( (CoNd)                                       \
+            && (ln == 1 || !(OP(c) == EXACTF             \
+                             ? ibcmp(s, m, ln)           \
+                             : ibcmp_locale(s, m, ln)))  \
+            && (!reginfo || regtry(reginfo, &s)) )        \
+           goto got_it;                                  \
+       s++;                                              \
+    }                                                     \
+} STMT_END
+
+#define REXEC_FBC_UTF8_SCAN(CoDe)                     \
+STMT_START {                                          \
+    while (s + (uskip = UTF8SKIP(s)) <= strend) {     \
+       CoDe                                          \
+       s += uskip;                                   \
+    }                                                 \
+} STMT_END
+
+#define REXEC_FBC_SCAN(CoDe)                          \
+STMT_START {                                          \
+    while (s < strend) {                              \
+       CoDe                                          \
+       s++;                                          \
+    }                                                 \
+} STMT_END
+
+#define REXEC_FBC_UTF8_CLASS_SCAN(CoNd)               \
+REXEC_FBC_UTF8_SCAN(                                  \
+    if (CoNd) {                                       \
+       if (tmp && (!reginfo || regtry(reginfo, &s)))  \
+           goto got_it;                              \
+       else                                          \
+           tmp = doevery;                            \
+    }                                                 \
+    else                                              \
+       tmp = 1;                                      \
+)
+
+#define REXEC_FBC_CLASS_SCAN(CoNd)                    \
+REXEC_FBC_SCAN(                                       \
+    if (CoNd) {                                       \
+       if (tmp && (!reginfo || regtry(reginfo, &s)))  \
+           goto got_it;                              \
+       else                                          \
+           tmp = doevery;                            \
+    }                                                 \
+    else                                              \
+       tmp = 1;                                      \
+)
+
+#define REXEC_FBC_TRYIT               \
+if ((!reginfo || regtry(reginfo, &s))) \
+    goto got_it
+
+#define REXEC_FBC_CSCAN(CoNdUtF8,CoNd)                         \
+    if (do_utf8) {                                             \
+       REXEC_FBC_UTF8_CLASS_SCAN(CoNdUtF8);                   \
+    }                                                          \
+    else {                                                     \
+       REXEC_FBC_CLASS_SCAN(CoNd);                            \
+    }                                                          \
+    break
+    
+#define REXEC_FBC_CSCAN_PRELOAD(UtFpReLoAd,CoNdUtF8,CoNd)      \
+    if (do_utf8) {                                             \
+       UtFpReLoAd;                                            \
+       REXEC_FBC_UTF8_CLASS_SCAN(CoNdUtF8);                   \
+    }                                                          \
+    else {                                                     \
+       REXEC_FBC_CLASS_SCAN(CoNd);                            \
+    }                                                          \
+    break
+
+#define REXEC_FBC_CSCAN_TAINT(CoNdUtF8,CoNd)                   \
+    PL_reg_flags |= RF_tainted;                                \
+    if (do_utf8) {                                             \
+       REXEC_FBC_UTF8_CLASS_SCAN(CoNdUtF8);                   \
+    }                                                          \
+    else {                                                     \
+       REXEC_FBC_CLASS_SCAN(CoNd);                            \
+    }                                                          \
+    break
+
+#define DUMP_EXEC_POS(li,s,doutf8) \
+    dump_exec_pos(li,s,(PL_regeol),(PL_bostr),(PL_reg_starttry),doutf8)
+
 /* We know what class REx starts with.  Try to find this position... */
+/* if reginfo is NULL, its a dryrun */
+/* annoyingly all the vars in this routine have different names from their counterparts
+   in regmatch. /grrr */
+
 STATIC char *
-S_find_byclass(pTHX_ regexp * prog, regnode *c, char *s, const char *strend, I32 norun)
+S_find_byclass(pTHX_ regexp * prog, const regnode *c, char *s, 
+    const char *strend, regmatch_info *reginfo)
 {
        dVAR;
-       I32 doevery = (prog->reganch & ROPT_SKIP) == 0;
+       const I32 doevery = (prog->intflags & PREGf_SKIP) == 0;
        char *m;
        STRLEN ln;
        STRLEN lnc;
@@ -976,36 +1161,27 @@ S_find_byclass(pTHX_ regexp * prog, regnode *c, char *s, const char *strend, I32
        char *e;
        register I32 tmp = 1;   /* Scratch variable? */
        register const bool do_utf8 = PL_reg_match_utf8;
-
+        RXi_GET_DECL(prog,progi);
+        
        /* We know what class it must start with. */
        switch (OP(c)) {
        case ANYOF:
            if (do_utf8) {
-                while (s + (uskip = UTF8SKIP(s)) <= strend) {
-                     if ((ANYOF_FLAGS(c) & ANYOF_UNICODE) ||
+                REXEC_FBC_UTF8_CLASS_SCAN((ANYOF_FLAGS(c) & ANYOF_UNICODE) ||
                          !UTF8_IS_INVARIANT((U8)s[0]) ?
-                         reginclass(c, (U8*)s, 0, do_utf8) :
-                         REGINCLASS(c, (U8*)s)) {
-                          if (tmp && (norun || regtry(prog, s)))
-                               goto got_it;
-                          else
-                               tmp = doevery;
-                     }
-                     else 
-                          tmp = 1;
-                     s += uskip;
-                }
+                         reginclass(prog, c, (U8*)s, 0, do_utf8) :
+                         REGINCLASS(prog, c, (U8*)s));
            }
            else {
                 while (s < strend) {
                      STRLEN skip = 1;
 
-                     if (REGINCLASS(c, (U8*)s) ||
+                     if (REGINCLASS(prog, c, (U8*)s) ||
                          (ANYOF_FOLD_SHARP_S(c, s, strend) &&
                           /* The assignment of 2 is intentional:
                            * for the folded sharp s, the skip is 2. */
                           (skip = SHARP_S_SKIP))) {
-                          if (tmp && (norun || regtry(prog, s)))
+                          if (tmp && (!reginfo || regtry(reginfo, &s)))
                                goto got_it;
                           else
                                tmp = doevery;
@@ -1017,13 +1193,12 @@ S_find_byclass(pTHX_ regexp * prog, regnode *c, char *s, const char *strend, I32
            }
            break;
        case CANY:
-           while (s < strend) {
-               if (tmp && (norun || regtry(prog, s)))
+           REXEC_FBC_SCAN(
+               if (tmp && (!reginfo || regtry(reginfo, &s)))
                    goto got_it;
                else
                    tmp = doevery;
-               s++;
-           }
+           );
            break;
        case EXACTF:
            m   = STRING(c);
@@ -1034,14 +1209,15 @@ S_find_byclass(pTHX_ regexp * prog, regnode *c, char *s, const char *strend, I32
                U8 *sm = (U8 *) m;
                U8 tmpbuf1[UTF8_MAXBYTES_CASE+1];
                U8 tmpbuf2[UTF8_MAXBYTES_CASE+1];
+               const U32 uniflags = UTF8_ALLOW_DEFAULT;
 
                to_utf8_lower((U8*)m, tmpbuf1, &ulen1);
                to_utf8_upper((U8*)m, tmpbuf2, &ulen2);
 
                c1 = utf8n_to_uvchr(tmpbuf1, UTF8_MAXBYTES_CASE, 
-                                   0, ckWARN(WARN_UTF8) ? 0 : UTF8_ALLOW_ANY);
+                                   0, uniflags);
                c2 = utf8n_to_uvchr(tmpbuf2, UTF8_MAXBYTES_CASE,
-                                   0, ckWARN(WARN_UTF8) ? 0 : UTF8_ALLOW_ANY);
+                                   0, uniflags);
                lnc = 0;
                while (sm < ((U8 *) m + ln)) {
                    lnc++;
@@ -1062,7 +1238,7 @@ S_find_byclass(pTHX_ regexp * prog, regnode *c, char *s, const char *strend, I32
          do_exactf:
            e = HOP3c(strend, -((I32)lnc), s);
 
-           if (norun && e < s)
+           if (!reginfo && e < s)
                e = s;                  /* Due to minlen logic of intuit() */
 
            /* The idea in the EXACTF* cases is to first find the
@@ -1079,43 +1255,21 @@ S_find_byclass(pTHX_ regexp * prog, regnode *c, char *s, const char *strend, I32
            if (do_utf8) {
                UV c, f;
                U8 tmpbuf [UTF8_MAXBYTES+1];
-               U8 foldbuf[UTF8_MAXBYTES_CASE+1];
                STRLEN len, foldlen;
-               
+               const U32 uniflags = UTF8_ALLOW_DEFAULT;
                if (c1 == c2) {
                    /* Upper and lower of 1st char are equal -
                     * probably not a "letter". */
                    while (s <= e) {
                        c = utf8n_to_uvchr((U8*)s, UTF8_MAXBYTES, &len,
-                                          ckWARN(WARN_UTF8) ?
-                                          0 : UTF8_ALLOW_ANY);
-                       if ( c == c1
-                            && (ln == len ||
-                                ibcmp_utf8(s, (char **)0, 0,  do_utf8,
-                                           m, (char **)0, ln, (bool)UTF))
-                            && (norun || regtry(prog, s)) )
-                           goto got_it;
-                       else {
-                            uvchr_to_utf8(tmpbuf, c);
-                            f = to_utf8_fold(tmpbuf, foldbuf, &foldlen);
-                            if ( f != c
-                                 && (f == c1 || f == c2)
-                                 && (ln == foldlen ||
-                                     !ibcmp_utf8((char *) foldbuf,
-                                                 (char **)0, foldlen, do_utf8,
-                                                 m,
-                                                 (char **)0, ln, (bool)UTF))
-                                 && (norun || regtry(prog, s)) )
-                                 goto got_it;
-                       }
-                       s += len;
+                                          uniflags);
+                       REXEC_FBC_EXACTISH_CHECK(c == c1);
                    }
                }
                else {
                    while (s <= e) {
                      c = utf8n_to_uvchr((U8*)s, UTF8_MAXBYTES, &len,
-                                          ckWARN(WARN_UTF8) ?
-                                          0 : UTF8_ALLOW_ANY);
+                                          uniflags);
 
                        /* Handle some of the three Greek sigmas cases.
                         * Note that not all the possible combinations
@@ -1128,50 +1282,15 @@ S_find_byclass(pTHX_ regexp * prog, regnode *c, char *s, const char *strend, I32
                            c == (UV)UNICODE_GREEK_SMALL_LETTER_FINAL_SIGMA)
                            c = (UV)UNICODE_GREEK_SMALL_LETTER_SIGMA;
 
-                       if ( (c == c1 || c == c2)
-                            && (ln == len ||
-                                ibcmp_utf8(s, (char **)0, 0,  do_utf8,
-                                           m, (char **)0, ln, (bool)UTF))
-                            && (norun || regtry(prog, s)) )
-                           goto got_it;
-                       else {
-                            uvchr_to_utf8(tmpbuf, c);
-                            f = to_utf8_fold(tmpbuf, foldbuf, &foldlen);
-                            if ( f != c
-                                 && (f == c1 || f == c2)
-                                 && (ln == foldlen ||
-                                     !ibcmp_utf8((char *) foldbuf,
-                                                 (char **)0, foldlen, do_utf8,
-                                                 m,
-                                                 (char **)0, ln, (bool)UTF))
-                                 && (norun || regtry(prog, s)) )
-                                 goto got_it;
-                       }
-                       s += len;
+                       REXEC_FBC_EXACTISH_CHECK(c == c1 || c == c2);
                    }
                }
            }
            else {
                if (c1 == c2)
-                   while (s <= e) {
-                       if ( *(U8*)s == c1
-                            && (ln == 1 || !(OP(c) == EXACTF
-                                             ? ibcmp(s, m, ln)
-                                             : ibcmp_locale(s, m, ln)))
-                            && (norun || regtry(prog, s)) )
-                           goto got_it;
-                       s++;
-                   }
+                   REXEC_FBC_EXACTISH_SCAN(*(U8*)s == c1);
                else
-                   while (s <= e) {
-                       if ( (*(U8*)s == c1 || *(U8*)s == c2)
-                            && (ln == 1 || !(OP(c) == EXACTF
-                                             ? ibcmp(s, m, ln)
-                                             : ibcmp_locale(s, m, ln)))
-                            && (norun || regtry(prog, s)) )
-                           goto got_it;
-                       s++;
-                   }
+                   REXEC_FBC_EXACTISH_SCAN(*(U8*)s == c1 || *(U8*)s == c2);
            }
            break;
        case BOUNDL:
@@ -1182,39 +1301,34 @@ S_find_byclass(pTHX_ regexp * prog, regnode *c, char *s, const char *strend, I32
                if (s == PL_bostr)
                    tmp = '\n';
                else {
-                   U8 *r = reghop3((U8*)s, -1, (U8*)PL_bostr);
-               
-                   tmp = utf8n_to_uvchr(r, UTF8SKIP(r), 0, 0);
+                   U8 * const r = reghop3((U8*)s, -1, (U8*)PL_bostr);
+                   tmp = utf8n_to_uvchr(r, UTF8SKIP(r), 0, UTF8_ALLOW_DEFAULT);
                }
                tmp = ((OP(c) == BOUND ?
                        isALNUM_uni(tmp) : isALNUM_LC_uvchr(UNI_TO_NATIVE(tmp))) != 0);
-               LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS(alnum,"a");
-               while (s + (uskip = UTF8SKIP(s)) <= strend) {
+               LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS_ALNUM();
+               REXEC_FBC_UTF8_SCAN(
                    if (tmp == !(OP(c) == BOUND ?
-                                swash_fetch(PL_utf8_alnum, (U8*)s, do_utf8) :
+                                (bool)swash_fetch(PL_utf8_alnum, (U8*)s, do_utf8) :
                                 isALNUM_LC_utf8((U8*)s)))
                    {
                        tmp = !tmp;
-                       if ((norun || regtry(prog, s)))
-                           goto got_it;
-                   }
-                   s += uskip;
+                       REXEC_FBC_TRYIT;
                }
+               );
            }
            else {
                tmp = (s != PL_bostr) ? UCHARAT(s - 1) : '\n';
                tmp = ((OP(c) == BOUND ? isALNUM(tmp) : isALNUM_LC(tmp)) != 0);
-               while (s < strend) {
+               REXEC_FBC_SCAN(
                    if (tmp ==
                        !(OP(c) == BOUND ? isALNUM(*s) : isALNUM_LC(*s))) {
                        tmp = !tmp;
-                       if ((norun || regtry(prog, s)))
-                           goto got_it;
-                   }
-                   s++;
+                       REXEC_FBC_TRYIT;
                }
+               );
            }
-           if ((!prog->minlen && tmp) && (norun || regtry(prog, s)))
+           if ((!prog->minlen && tmp) && (!reginfo || regtry(reginfo, &s)))
                goto got_it;
            break;
        case NBOUNDL:
@@ -1225,385 +1339,336 @@ S_find_byclass(pTHX_ regexp * prog, regnode *c, char *s, const char *strend, I32
                if (s == PL_bostr)
                    tmp = '\n';
                else {
-                   U8 *r = reghop3((U8*)s, -1, (U8*)PL_bostr);
-               
-                   tmp = utf8n_to_uvchr(r, UTF8SKIP(r), 0, 0);
+                   U8 * const r = reghop3((U8*)s, -1, (U8*)PL_bostr);
+                   tmp = utf8n_to_uvchr(r, UTF8SKIP(r), 0, UTF8_ALLOW_DEFAULT);
                }
                tmp = ((OP(c) == NBOUND ?
                        isALNUM_uni(tmp) : isALNUM_LC_uvchr(UNI_TO_NATIVE(tmp))) != 0);
-               LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS(alnum,"a");
-               while (s + (uskip = UTF8SKIP(s)) <= strend) {
+               LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS_ALNUM();
+               REXEC_FBC_UTF8_SCAN(
                    if (tmp == !(OP(c) == NBOUND ?
-                                swash_fetch(PL_utf8_alnum, (U8*)s, do_utf8) :
+                                (bool)swash_fetch(PL_utf8_alnum, (U8*)s, do_utf8) :
                                 isALNUM_LC_utf8((U8*)s)))
                        tmp = !tmp;
-                   else if ((norun || regtry(prog, s)))
-                       goto got_it;
-                   s += uskip;
-               }
+                   else REXEC_FBC_TRYIT;
+               );
            }
            else {
                tmp = (s != PL_bostr) ? UCHARAT(s - 1) : '\n';
                tmp = ((OP(c) == NBOUND ?
                        isALNUM(tmp) : isALNUM_LC(tmp)) != 0);
-               while (s < strend) {
+               REXEC_FBC_SCAN(
                    if (tmp ==
                        !(OP(c) == NBOUND ? isALNUM(*s) : isALNUM_LC(*s)))
                        tmp = !tmp;
-                   else if ((norun || regtry(prog, s)))
-                       goto got_it;
-                   s++;
-               }
+                   else REXEC_FBC_TRYIT;
+               );
            }
-           if ((!prog->minlen && !tmp) && (norun || regtry(prog, s)))
+           if ((!prog->minlen && !tmp) && (!reginfo || regtry(reginfo, &s)))
                goto got_it;
            break;
        case ALNUM:
-           if (do_utf8) {
-               LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS(alnum,"a");
-               while (s + (uskip = UTF8SKIP(s)) <= strend) {
-                   if (swash_fetch(PL_utf8_alnum, (U8*)s, do_utf8)) {
-                       if (tmp && (norun || regtry(prog, s)))
-                           goto got_it;
-                       else
-                           tmp = doevery;
-                   }
-                   else
-                       tmp = 1;
-                   s += uskip;
-               }
-           }
-           else {
-               while (s < strend) {
-                   if (isALNUM(*s)) {
-                       if (tmp && (norun || regtry(prog, s)))
-                           goto got_it;
-                       else
-                           tmp = doevery;
-                   }
-                   else
-                       tmp = 1;
-                   s++;
-               }
-           }
-           break;
+           REXEC_FBC_CSCAN_PRELOAD(
+               LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS_ALNUM(),
+               swash_fetch(PL_utf8_alnum, (U8*)s, do_utf8),
+               isALNUM(*s)
+           );
        case ALNUML:
-           PL_reg_flags |= RF_tainted;
-           if (do_utf8) {
-               while (s + (uskip = UTF8SKIP(s)) <= strend) {
-                   if (isALNUM_LC_utf8((U8*)s)) {
-                       if (tmp && (norun || regtry(prog, s)))
-                           goto got_it;
-                       else
-                           tmp = doevery;
-                   }
-                   else
-                       tmp = 1;
-                   s += uskip;
-               }
-           }
-           else {
-               while (s < strend) {
-                   if (isALNUM_LC(*s)) {
-                       if (tmp && (norun || regtry(prog, s)))
-                           goto got_it;
-                       else
-                           tmp = doevery;
-                   }
-                   else
-                       tmp = 1;
-                   s++;
-               }
-           }
-           break;
+           REXEC_FBC_CSCAN_TAINT(
+               isALNUM_LC_utf8((U8*)s),
+               isALNUM_LC(*s)
+           );
        case NALNUM:
-           if (do_utf8) {
-               LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS(alnum,"a");
-               while (s + (uskip = UTF8SKIP(s)) <= strend) {
-                   if (!swash_fetch(PL_utf8_alnum, (U8*)s, do_utf8)) {
-                       if (tmp && (norun || regtry(prog, s)))
-                           goto got_it;
-                       else
-                           tmp = doevery;
-                   }
-                   else
-                       tmp = 1;
-                   s += uskip;
-               }
-           }
-           else {
-               while (s < strend) {
-                   if (!isALNUM(*s)) {
-                       if (tmp && (norun || regtry(prog, s)))
-                           goto got_it;
-                       else
-                           tmp = doevery;
-                   }
-                   else
-                       tmp = 1;
-                   s++;
-               }
-           }
-           break;
+           REXEC_FBC_CSCAN_PRELOAD(
+               LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS_ALNUM(),
+               !swash_fetch(PL_utf8_alnum, (U8*)s, do_utf8),
+               !isALNUM(*s)
+           );
        case NALNUML:
-           PL_reg_flags |= RF_tainted;
-           if (do_utf8) {
-               while (s + (uskip = UTF8SKIP(s)) <= strend) {
-                   if (!isALNUM_LC_utf8((U8*)s)) {
-                       if (tmp && (norun || regtry(prog, s)))
-                           goto got_it;
-                       else
-                           tmp = doevery;
-                   }
-                   else
-                       tmp = 1;
-                   s += uskip;
-               }
-           }
-           else {
-               while (s < strend) {
-                   if (!isALNUM_LC(*s)) {
-                       if (tmp && (norun || regtry(prog, s)))
-                           goto got_it;
-                       else
-                           tmp = doevery;
-                   }
-                   else
-                       tmp = 1;
-                   s++;
-               }
-           }
-           break;
+           REXEC_FBC_CSCAN_TAINT(
+               !isALNUM_LC_utf8((U8*)s),
+               !isALNUM_LC(*s)
+           );
        case SPACE:
-           if (do_utf8) {
-               LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS(space," ");
-               while (s + (uskip = UTF8SKIP(s)) <= strend) {
-                   if (*s == ' ' || swash_fetch(PL_utf8_space,(U8*)s, do_utf8)) {
-                       if (tmp && (norun || regtry(prog, s)))
-                           goto got_it;
-                       else
-                           tmp = doevery;
-                   }
-                   else
-                       tmp = 1;
-                   s += uskip;
-               }
-           }
-           else {
-               while (s < strend) {
-                   if (isSPACE(*s)) {
-                       if (tmp && (norun || regtry(prog, s)))
-                           goto got_it;
-                       else
-                           tmp = doevery;
-                   }
-                   else
-                       tmp = 1;
-                   s++;
-               }
-           }
-           break;
+           REXEC_FBC_CSCAN_PRELOAD(
+               LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS_SPACE(),
+               *s == ' ' || swash_fetch(PL_utf8_space,(U8*)s, do_utf8),
+               isSPACE(*s)
+           );
        case SPACEL:
-           PL_reg_flags |= RF_tainted;
-           if (do_utf8) {
-               while (s + (uskip = UTF8SKIP(s)) <= strend) {
-                   if (*s == ' ' || isSPACE_LC_utf8((U8*)s)) {
-                       if (tmp && (norun || regtry(prog, s)))
-                           goto got_it;
-                       else
-                           tmp = doevery;
-                   }
-                   else
-                       tmp = 1;
-                   s += uskip;
-               }
-           }
-           else {
-               while (s < strend) {
-                   if (isSPACE_LC(*s)) {
-                       if (tmp && (norun || regtry(prog, s)))
-                           goto got_it;
-                       else
-                           tmp = doevery;
-                   }
-                   else
-                       tmp = 1;
-                   s++;
-               }
-           }
-           break;
+           REXEC_FBC_CSCAN_TAINT(
+               *s == ' ' || isSPACE_LC_utf8((U8*)s),
+               isSPACE_LC(*s)
+           );
        case NSPACE:
-           if (do_utf8) {
-               LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS(space," ");
-               while (s + (uskip = UTF8SKIP(s)) <= strend) {
-                   if (!(*s == ' ' || swash_fetch(PL_utf8_space,(U8*)s, do_utf8))) {
-                       if (tmp && (norun || regtry(prog, s)))
-                           goto got_it;
-                       else
-                           tmp = doevery;
-                   }
-                   else
-                       tmp = 1;
-                   s += uskip;
-               }
-           }
-           else {
-               while (s < strend) {
-                   if (!isSPACE(*s)) {
-                       if (tmp && (norun || regtry(prog, s)))
-                           goto got_it;
-                       else
-                           tmp = doevery;
-                   }
-                   else
-                       tmp = 1;
-                   s++;
-               }
-           }
-           break;
+           REXEC_FBC_CSCAN_PRELOAD(
+               LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS_SPACE(),
+               !(*s == ' ' || swash_fetch(PL_utf8_space,(U8*)s, do_utf8)),
+               !isSPACE(*s)
+           );
        case NSPACEL:
-           PL_reg_flags |= RF_tainted;
-           if (do_utf8) {
-               while (s + (uskip = UTF8SKIP(s)) <= strend) {
-                   if (!(*s == ' ' || isSPACE_LC_utf8((U8*)s))) {
-                       if (tmp && (norun || regtry(prog, s)))
-                           goto got_it;
-                       else
-                           tmp = doevery;
-                   }
-                   else
-                       tmp = 1;
-                   s += uskip;
-               }
-           }
-           else {
-               while (s < strend) {
-                   if (!isSPACE_LC(*s)) {
-                       if (tmp && (norun || regtry(prog, s)))
-                           goto got_it;
-                       else
-                           tmp = doevery;
-                   }
-                   else
-                       tmp = 1;
-                   s++;
-               }
-           }
-           break;
+           REXEC_FBC_CSCAN_TAINT(
+               !(*s == ' ' || isSPACE_LC_utf8((U8*)s)),
+               !isSPACE_LC(*s)
+           );
        case DIGIT:
-           if (do_utf8) {
-               LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS(digit,"0");
-               while (s + (uskip = UTF8SKIP(s)) <= strend) {
-                   if (swash_fetch(PL_utf8_digit,(U8*)s, do_utf8)) {
-                       if (tmp && (norun || regtry(prog, s)))
-                           goto got_it;
-                       else
-                           tmp = doevery;
-                   }
-                   else
-                       tmp = 1;
-                   s += uskip;
-               }
-           }
-           else {
-               while (s < strend) {
-                   if (isDIGIT(*s)) {
-                       if (tmp && (norun || regtry(prog, s)))
-                           goto got_it;
-                       else
-                           tmp = doevery;
-                   }
-                   else
-                       tmp = 1;
-                   s++;
-               }
-           }
-           break;
+           REXEC_FBC_CSCAN_PRELOAD(
+               LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS_DIGIT(),
+               swash_fetch(PL_utf8_digit,(U8*)s, do_utf8),
+               isDIGIT(*s)
+           );
        case DIGITL:
-           PL_reg_flags |= RF_tainted;
-           if (do_utf8) {
-               while (s + (uskip = UTF8SKIP(s)) <= strend) {
-                   if (isDIGIT_LC_utf8((U8*)s)) {
-                       if (tmp && (norun || regtry(prog, s)))
-                           goto got_it;
-                       else
-                           tmp = doevery;
-                   }
-                   else
-                       tmp = 1;
-                   s += uskip;
-               }
-           }
-           else {
-               while (s < strend) {
-                   if (isDIGIT_LC(*s)) {
-                       if (tmp && (norun || regtry(prog, s)))
-                           goto got_it;
-                       else
-                           tmp = doevery;
-                   }
-                   else
-                       tmp = 1;
-                   s++;
-               }
-           }
-           break;
+           REXEC_FBC_CSCAN_TAINT(
+               isDIGIT_LC_utf8((U8*)s),
+               isDIGIT_LC(*s)
+           );
        case NDIGIT:
-           if (do_utf8) {
-               LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS(digit,"0");
-               while (s + (uskip = UTF8SKIP(s)) <= strend) {
-                   if (!swash_fetch(PL_utf8_digit,(U8*)s, do_utf8)) {
-                       if (tmp && (norun || regtry(prog, s)))
-                           goto got_it;
-                       else
-                           tmp = doevery;
-                   }
-                   else
-                       tmp = 1;
-                   s += uskip;
-               }
-           }
-           else {
-               while (s < strend) {
-                   if (!isDIGIT(*s)) {
-                       if (tmp && (norun || regtry(prog, s)))
-                           goto got_it;
-                       else
-                           tmp = doevery;
-                   }
-                   else
-                       tmp = 1;
-                   s++;
-               }
-           }
-           break;
+           REXEC_FBC_CSCAN_PRELOAD(
+               LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS_DIGIT(),
+               !swash_fetch(PL_utf8_digit,(U8*)s, do_utf8),
+               !isDIGIT(*s)
+           );
        case NDIGITL:
-           PL_reg_flags |= RF_tainted;
-           if (do_utf8) {
-               while (s + (uskip = UTF8SKIP(s)) <= strend) {
-                   if (!isDIGIT_LC_utf8((U8*)s)) {
-                       if (tmp && (norun || regtry(prog, s)))
-                           goto got_it;
-                       else
-                           tmp = doevery;
-                   }
-                   else
-                       tmp = 1;
-                   s += uskip;
-               }
-           }
-           else {
-               while (s < strend) {
-                   if (!isDIGIT_LC(*s)) {
-                       if (tmp && (norun || regtry(prog, s)))
-                           goto got_it;
-                       else
-                           tmp = doevery;
-                   }
-                   else
-                       tmp = 1;
-                   s++;
-               }
+           REXEC_FBC_CSCAN_TAINT(
+               !isDIGIT_LC_utf8((U8*)s),
+               !isDIGIT_LC(*s)
+           );
+       case LNBREAK:
+           REXEC_FBC_CSCAN(
+               is_LNBREAK_utf8(s),
+               is_LNBREAK_latin1(s)
+           );
+       case VERTWS:
+           REXEC_FBC_CSCAN(
+               is_VERTWS_utf8(s),
+               is_VERTWS_latin1(s)
+           );
+       case NVERTWS:
+           REXEC_FBC_CSCAN(
+               !is_VERTWS_utf8(s),
+               !is_VERTWS_latin1(s)
+           );
+       case HORIZWS:
+           REXEC_FBC_CSCAN(
+               is_HORIZWS_utf8(s),
+               is_HORIZWS_latin1(s)
+           );
+       case NHORIZWS:
+           REXEC_FBC_CSCAN(
+               !is_HORIZWS_utf8(s),
+               !is_HORIZWS_latin1(s)
+           );      
+       case AHOCORASICKC:
+       case AHOCORASICK: 
+           {
+               const enum { trie_plain, trie_utf8, trie_utf8_fold }
+                   trie_type = do_utf8 ?
+                         (c->flags == EXACT ? trie_utf8 : trie_utf8_fold)
+                       : trie_plain;
+                /* what trie are we using right now */
+               reg_ac_data *aho
+                   = (reg_ac_data*)progi->data->data[ ARG( c ) ];
+               reg_trie_data *trie
+                   = (reg_trie_data*)progi->data->data[ aho->trie ];
+               HV *widecharmap = (HV*) progi->data->data[ aho->trie + 1 ];
+
+               const char *last_start = strend - trie->minlen;
+#ifdef DEBUGGING
+               const char *real_start = s;
+#endif
+               STRLEN maxlen = trie->maxlen;
+               SV *sv_points;
+               U8 **points; /* map of where we were in the input string
+                               when reading a given char. For ASCII this
+                               is unnecessary overhead as the relationship
+                               is always 1:1, but for unicode, especially
+                               case folded unicode this is not true. */
+               U8 foldbuf[ UTF8_MAXBYTES_CASE + 1 ];
+               U8 *bitmap=NULL;
+
+
+                GET_RE_DEBUG_FLAGS_DECL;
+
+                /* We can't just allocate points here. We need to wrap it in
+                 * an SV so it gets freed properly if there is a croak while
+                 * running the match */
+                ENTER;
+               SAVETMPS;
+                sv_points=newSV(maxlen * sizeof(U8 *));
+                SvCUR_set(sv_points,
+                    maxlen * sizeof(U8 *));
+                SvPOK_on(sv_points);
+                sv_2mortal(sv_points);
+                points=(U8**)SvPV_nolen(sv_points );
+                if ( trie_type != trie_utf8_fold 
+                     && (trie->bitmap || OP(c)==AHOCORASICKC) ) 
+                {
+                    if (trie->bitmap) 
+                        bitmap=(U8*)trie->bitmap;
+                    else
+                        bitmap=(U8*)ANYOF_BITMAP(c);
+                }
+                /* this is the Aho-Corasick algorithm modified a touch
+                   to include special handling for long "unknown char" 
+                   sequences. The basic idea being that we use AC as long
+                   as we are dealing with a possible matching char, when
+                   we encounter an unknown char (and we have not encountered
+                   an accepting state) we scan forward until we find a legal 
+                   starting char. 
+                   AC matching is basically that of trie matching, except
+                   that when we encounter a failing transition, we fall back
+                   to the current states "fail state", and try the current char 
+                   again, a process we repeat until we reach the root state, 
+                   state 1, or a legal transition. If we fail on the root state 
+                   then we can either terminate if we have reached an accepting 
+                   state previously, or restart the entire process from the beginning 
+                   if we have not.
+
+                 */
+                while (s <= last_start) {
+                    const U32 uniflags = UTF8_ALLOW_DEFAULT;
+                    U8 *uc = (U8*)s;
+                    U16 charid = 0;
+                    U32 base = 1;
+                    U32 state = 1;
+                    UV uvc = 0;
+                    STRLEN len = 0;
+                    STRLEN foldlen = 0;
+                    U8 *uscan = (U8*)NULL;
+                    U8 *leftmost = NULL;
+#ifdef DEBUGGING                    
+                    U32 accepted_word= 0;
+#endif
+                    U32 pointpos = 0;
+
+                    while ( state && uc <= (U8*)strend ) {
+                        int failed=0;
+                        U32 word = aho->states[ state ].wordnum;
+
+                        if( state==1 ) {
+                            if ( bitmap ) {
+                                DEBUG_TRIE_EXECUTE_r(
+                                    if ( uc <= (U8*)last_start && !BITMAP_TEST(bitmap,*uc) ) {
+                                        dump_exec_pos( (char *)uc, c, strend, real_start, 
+                                            (char *)uc, do_utf8 );
+                                        PerlIO_printf( Perl_debug_log,
+                                            " Scanning for legal start char...\n");
+                                    }
+                                );            
+                                while ( uc <= (U8*)last_start  && !BITMAP_TEST(bitmap,*uc) ) {
+                                    uc++;
+                                }
+                                s= (char *)uc;
+                            }
+                            if (uc >(U8*)last_start) break;
+                        }
+                                            
+                        if ( word ) {
+                            U8 *lpos= points[ (pointpos - trie->wordlen[word-1] ) % maxlen ];
+                            if (!leftmost || lpos < leftmost) {
+                                DEBUG_r(accepted_word=word);
+                                leftmost= lpos;
+                            }
+                            if (base==0) break;
+                            
+                        }
+                        points[pointpos++ % maxlen]= uc;
+                       REXEC_TRIE_READ_CHAR(trie_type, trie, widecharmap, uc,
+                                            uscan, len, uvc, charid, foldlen,
+                                            foldbuf, uniflags);
+                        DEBUG_TRIE_EXECUTE_r({
+                            dump_exec_pos( (char *)uc, c, strend, real_start, 
+                                s,   do_utf8 );
+                            PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
+                                " Charid:%3u CP:%4"UVxf" ",
+                                 charid, uvc);
+                        });
+
+                        do {
+#ifdef DEBUGGING
+                            word = aho->states[ state ].wordnum;
+#endif
+                            base = aho->states[ state ].trans.base;
+
+                            DEBUG_TRIE_EXECUTE_r({
+                                if (failed) 
+                                    dump_exec_pos( (char *)uc, c, strend, real_start, 
+                                        s,   do_utf8 );
+                                PerlIO_printf( Perl_debug_log,
+                                    "%sState: %4"UVxf", word=%"UVxf,
+                                    failed ? " Fail transition to " : "",
+                                    (UV)state, (UV)word);
+                            });
+                            if ( base ) {
+                                U32 tmp;
+                                if (charid &&
+                                     (base + charid > trie->uniquecharcount )
+                                     && (base + charid - 1 - trie->uniquecharcount
+                                            < trie->lasttrans)
+                                     && trie->trans[base + charid - 1 -
+                                            trie->uniquecharcount].check == state
+                                     && (tmp=trie->trans[base + charid - 1 -
+                                        trie->uniquecharcount ].next))
+                                {
+                                    DEBUG_TRIE_EXECUTE_r(
+                                        PerlIO_printf( Perl_debug_log," - legal\n"));
+                                    state = tmp;
+                                    break;
+                                }
+                                else {
+                                    DEBUG_TRIE_EXECUTE_r(
+                                        PerlIO_printf( Perl_debug_log," - fail\n"));
+                                    failed = 1;
+                                    state = aho->fail[state];
+                                }
+                            }
+                            else {
+                                /* we must be accepting here */
+                                DEBUG_TRIE_EXECUTE_r(
+                                        PerlIO_printf( Perl_debug_log," - accepting\n"));
+                                failed = 1;
+                                break;
+                            }
+                        } while(state);
+                        uc += len;
+                        if (failed) {
+                            if (leftmost)
+                                break;
+                            if (!state) state = 1;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    if ( aho->states[ state ].wordnum ) {
+                        U8 *lpos = points[ (pointpos - trie->wordlen[aho->states[ state ].wordnum-1]) % maxlen ];
+                        if (!leftmost || lpos < leftmost) {
+                            DEBUG_r(accepted_word=aho->states[ state ].wordnum);
+                            leftmost = lpos;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    if (leftmost) {
+                        s = (char*)leftmost;
+                        DEBUG_TRIE_EXECUTE_r({
+                            PerlIO_printf( 
+                                Perl_debug_log,"Matches word #%"UVxf" at position %"IVdf". Trying full pattern...\n",
+                                (UV)accepted_word, (IV)(s - real_start)
+                            );
+                        });
+                        if (!reginfo || regtry(reginfo, &s)) {
+                            FREETMPS;
+                           LEAVE;
+                            goto got_it;
+                        }
+                        s = HOPc(s,1);
+                        DEBUG_TRIE_EXECUTE_r({
+                            PerlIO_printf( Perl_debug_log,"Pattern failed. Looking for new start point...\n");
+                        });
+                    } else {
+                        DEBUG_TRIE_EXECUTE_r(
+                            PerlIO_printf( Perl_debug_log,"No match.\n"));
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+                FREETMPS;
+                LEAVE;
            }
            break;
        default:
@@ -1615,46 +1680,58 @@ S_find_byclass(pTHX_ regexp * prog, regnode *c, char *s, const char *strend, I32
        return s;
 }
 
+static void 
+S_swap_match_buff (pTHX_ regexp *prog) {
+    regexp_paren_pair *t;
+
+    if (!prog->swap) {
+    /* We have to be careful. If the previous successful match
+       was from this regex we don't want a subsequent paritally
+       successful match to clobber the old results. 
+       So when we detect this possibility we add a swap buffer
+       to the re, and switch the buffer each match. If we fail
+       we switch it back, otherwise we leave it swapped.
+    */
+        Newxz(prog->swap, (prog->nparens + 1), regexp_paren_pair);
+    }
+    t = prog->swap;
+    prog->swap = prog->offs;
+    prog->offs = t;
+}    
+
+
 /*
  - regexec_flags - match a regexp against a string
  */
 I32
-Perl_regexec_flags(pTHX_ register regexp *prog, char *stringarg, register char *strend,
+Perl_regexec_flags(pTHX_ REGEXP * const prog, char *stringarg, register char *strend,
              char *strbeg, I32 minend, SV *sv, void *data, U32 flags)
 /* strend: pointer to null at end of string */
 /* strbeg: real beginning of string */
 /* minend: end of match must be >=minend after stringarg. */
-/* data: May be used for some additional optimizations. */
+/* data: May be used for some additional optimizations. 
+         Currently its only used, with a U32 cast, for transmitting 
+         the ganch offset when doing a /g match. This will change */
 /* nosave: For optimizations. */
 {
-    register char *s;
+    dVAR;
+    /*register*/ char *s;
     register regnode *c;
-    register char *startpos = stringarg;
+    /*register*/ char *startpos = stringarg;
     I32 minlen;                /* must match at least this many chars */
     I32 dontbother = 0;        /* how many characters not to try at end */
-    /* I32 start_shift = 0; */         /* Offset of the start to find
-                                        constant substr. */            /* CC */
     I32 end_shift = 0;                 /* Same for the end. */         /* CC */
     I32 scream_pos = -1;               /* Internal iterator of scream. */
-    char *scream_olds;
-    SV* oreplsv = GvSV(PL_replgv);
-    bool do_utf8 = DO_UTF8(sv);
-    const I32 multiline = prog->reganch & PMf_MULTILINE;
-#ifdef DEBUGGING
-    SV *dsv0 = PERL_DEBUG_PAD_ZERO(0);
-    SV *dsv1 = PERL_DEBUG_PAD_ZERO(1);
-#endif
+    char *scream_olds = NULL;
+    const bool do_utf8 = (bool)DO_UTF8(sv);
+    I32 multiline;
+    RXi_GET_DECL(prog,progi);
+    regmatch_info reginfo;  /* create some info to pass to regtry etc */
+    bool swap_on_fail = 0;
 
     GET_RE_DEBUG_FLAGS_DECL;
 
-    RX_MATCH_UTF8_set(prog,do_utf8);
-
-    PL_regcc = 0;
-
-    cache_re(prog);
-#ifdef DEBUGGING
-    PL_regnarrate = DEBUG_r_TEST;
-#endif
+    PERL_UNUSED_ARG(data);
 
     /* Be paranoid... */
     if (prog == NULL || startpos == NULL) {
@@ -1662,15 +1739,26 @@ Perl_regexec_flags(pTHX_ register regexp *prog, char *stringarg, register char *
        return 0;
     }
 
+    multiline = prog->extflags & RXf_PMf_MULTILINE;
+    reginfo.prog = prog;
+
+    RX_MATCH_UTF8_set(prog, do_utf8);
+    DEBUG_EXECUTE_r( 
+        debug_start_match(prog, do_utf8, startpos, strend, 
+        "Matching");
+    );
+
     minlen = prog->minlen;
-    if (strend - startpos < minlen) {
+    
+    if (strend - startpos < (minlen+(prog->check_offset_min<0?prog->check_offset_min:0))) {
         DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
                              "String too short [regexec_flags]...\n"));
        goto phooey;
     }
 
+    
     /* Check validity of program. */
-    if (UCHARAT(prog->program) != REG_MAGIC) {
+    if (UCHARAT(progi->program) != REG_MAGIC) {
        Perl_croak(aTHX_ "corrupted regexp program");
     }
 
@@ -1678,47 +1766,50 @@ Perl_regexec_flags(pTHX_ register regexp *prog, char *stringarg, register char *
     PL_reg_eval_set = 0;
     PL_reg_maxiter = 0;
 
-    if (prog->reganch & ROPT_UTF8)
+    if (prog->extflags & RXf_UTF8)
        PL_reg_flags |= RF_utf8;
 
     /* Mark beginning of line for ^ and lookbehind. */
-    PL_regbol = startpos;
+    reginfo.bol = startpos; /* XXX not used ??? */
     PL_bostr  = strbeg;
-    PL_reg_sv = sv;
+    reginfo.sv = sv;
 
     /* Mark end of line for $ (and such) */
     PL_regeol = strend;
 
     /* see how far we have to get to not match where we matched before */
-    PL_regtill = startpos+minend;
-
-    /* We start without call_cc context.  */
-    PL_reg_call_cc = 0;
+    reginfo.till = startpos+minend;
 
     /* If there is a "must appear" string, look for it. */
     s = startpos;
 
-    if (prog->reganch & ROPT_GPOS_SEEN) { /* Need to have PL_reg_ganch */
+    if (prog->extflags & RXf_GPOS_SEEN) { /* Need to set reginfo->ganch */
        MAGIC *mg;
 
        if (flags & REXEC_IGNOREPOS)    /* Means: check only at start */
-           PL_reg_ganch = startpos;
+           reginfo.ganch = startpos + prog->gofs;
        else if (sv && SvTYPE(sv) >= SVt_PVMG
                  && SvMAGIC(sv)
                  && (mg = mg_find(sv, PERL_MAGIC_regex_global))
                  && mg->mg_len >= 0) {
-           PL_reg_ganch = strbeg + mg->mg_len; /* Defined pos() */
-           if (prog->reganch & ROPT_ANCH_GPOS) {
-               if (s > PL_reg_ganch)
+           reginfo.ganch = strbeg + mg->mg_len;        /* Defined pos() */
+           if (prog->extflags & RXf_ANCH_GPOS) {
+               if (s > reginfo.ganch)
                    goto phooey;
-               s = PL_reg_ganch;
+               s = reginfo.ganch - prog->gofs;
            }
        }
-       else                            /* pos() not defined */
-           PL_reg_ganch = strbeg;
+       else if (data) {
+           reginfo.ganch = strbeg + PTR2UV(data);
+       } else                          /* pos() not defined */
+           reginfo.ganch = strbeg;
     }
-
-    if (!(flags & REXEC_CHECKED) && (prog->check_substr != Nullsv || prog->check_utf8 != Nullsv)) {
+    if (PL_curpm && (PM_GETRE(PL_curpm) == prog)) {
+        swap_on_fail = 1;
+        swap_match_buff(prog); /* do we need a save destructor here for
+                                  eval dies? */
+    }
+    if (!(flags & REXEC_CHECKED) && (prog->check_substr != NULL || prog->check_utf8 != NULL)) {
        re_scream_pos_data d;
 
        d.scream_olds = &scream_olds;
@@ -1730,37 +1821,15 @@ Perl_regexec_flags(pTHX_ register regexp *prog, char *stringarg, register char *
        }
     }
 
-    DEBUG_EXECUTE_r({
-        char *s0   = UTF ?
-          pv_uni_display(dsv0, (U8*)prog->precomp, prog->prelen, 60,
-                         UNI_DISPLAY_REGEX) :
-          prog->precomp;
-        int   len0 = UTF ? SvCUR(dsv0) : prog->prelen;
-        char *s1   = do_utf8 ? sv_uni_display(dsv1, sv, 60,
-                                              UNI_DISPLAY_REGEX) : startpos;
-        int   len1 = do_utf8 ? SvCUR(dsv1) : strend - startpos;
-        if (!PL_colorset)
-            reginitcolors();
-        PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
-                      "%sMatching REx%s `%s%*.*s%s%s' against `%s%.*s%s%s'\n",
-                      PL_colors[4], PL_colors[5], PL_colors[0],
-                      len0, len0, s0,
-                      PL_colors[1],
-                      len0 > 60 ? "..." : "",
-                      PL_colors[0],
-                      (int)(len1 > 60 ? 60 : len1),
-                      s1, PL_colors[1],
-                      (len1 > 60 ? "..." : "")
-             );
-    });
+
 
     /* Simplest case:  anchored match need be tried only once. */
     /*  [unless only anchor is BOL and multiline is set] */
-    if (prog->reganch & (ROPT_ANCH & ~ROPT_ANCH_GPOS)) {
-       if (s == startpos && regtry(prog, startpos))
+    if (prog->extflags & (RXf_ANCH & ~RXf_ANCH_GPOS)) {
+       if (s == startpos && regtry(&reginfo, &startpos))
            goto got_it;
-       else if (multiline || (prog->reganch & ROPT_IMPLICIT)
-                || (prog->reganch & ROPT_ANCH_MBOL)) /* XXXX SBOL? */
+       else if (multiline || (prog->intflags & PREGf_IMPLICIT)
+                || (prog->extflags & RXf_ANCH_MBOL)) /* XXXX SBOL? */
        {
            char *end;
 
@@ -1772,12 +1841,12 @@ Perl_regexec_flags(pTHX_ register regexp *prog, char *stringarg, register char *
                if (s == startpos)
                    goto after_try;
                while (1) {
-                   if (regtry(prog, s))
+                   if (regtry(&reginfo, &s))
                        goto got_it;
                  after_try:
-                   if (s >= end)
+                   if (s > end)
                        goto phooey;
-                   if (prog->reganch & RE_USE_INTUIT) {
+                   if (prog->extflags & RXf_USE_INTUIT) {
                        s = re_intuit_start(prog, sv, s + 1, strend, flags, NULL);
                        if (!s)
                            goto phooey;
@@ -1790,21 +1859,26 @@ Perl_regexec_flags(pTHX_ register regexp *prog, char *stringarg, register char *
                    s--;
                while (s < end) {
                    if (*s++ == '\n') { /* don't need PL_utf8skip here */
-                       if (regtry(prog, s))
+                       if (regtry(&reginfo, &s))
                            goto got_it;
                    }
                }               
            }
        }
        goto phooey;
-    } else if (prog->reganch & ROPT_ANCH_GPOS) {
-       if (regtry(prog, PL_reg_ganch))
+    } else if (RXf_GPOS_CHECK == (prog->extflags & RXf_GPOS_CHECK)) 
+    {
+        /* the warning about reginfo.ganch being used without intialization
+           is bogus -- we set it above, when prog->extflags & RXf_GPOS_SEEN 
+           and we only enter this block when the same bit is set. */
+        char *tmp_s = reginfo.ganch - prog->gofs;
+       if (regtry(&reginfo, &tmp_s))
            goto got_it;
        goto phooey;
     }
 
     /* Messy cases:  unanchored match. */
-    if ((prog->anchored_substr || prog->anchored_utf8) && prog->reganch & ROPT_SKIP) {
+    if ((prog->anchored_substr || prog->anchored_utf8) && prog->intflags & PREGf_SKIP) {
        /* we have /x+whatever/ */
        /* it must be a one character string (XXXX Except UTF?) */
        char ch;
@@ -1813,41 +1887,38 @@ Perl_regexec_flags(pTHX_ register regexp *prog, char *stringarg, register char *
 #endif
        if (!(do_utf8 ? prog->anchored_utf8 : prog->anchored_substr))
            do_utf8 ? to_utf8_substr(prog) : to_byte_substr(prog);
-       ch = SvPVX(do_utf8 ? prog->anchored_utf8 : prog->anchored_substr)[0];
+       ch = SvPVX_const(do_utf8 ? prog->anchored_utf8 : prog->anchored_substr)[0];
 
        if (do_utf8) {
-           while (s < strend) {
+           REXEC_FBC_SCAN(
                if (*s == ch) {
                    DEBUG_EXECUTE_r( did_match = 1 );
-                   if (regtry(prog, s)) goto got_it;
+                   if (regtry(&reginfo, &s)) goto got_it;
                    s += UTF8SKIP(s);
                    while (s < strend && *s == ch)
                        s += UTF8SKIP(s);
                }
-               s += UTF8SKIP(s);
-           }
+           );
        }
        else {
-           while (s < strend) {
+           REXEC_FBC_SCAN(
                if (*s == ch) {
                    DEBUG_EXECUTE_r( did_match = 1 );
-                   if (regtry(prog, s)) goto got_it;
+                   if (regtry(&reginfo, &s)) goto got_it;
                    s++;
                    while (s < strend && *s == ch)
                        s++;
                }
-               s++;
-           }
+           );
        }
        DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(if (!did_match)
                PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
                                   "Did not find anchored character...\n")
                );
     }
-    /*SUPPRESS 560*/
-    else if (prog->anchored_substr != Nullsv
-             || prog->anchored_utf8 != Nullsv
-             || ((prog->float_substr != Nullsv || prog->float_utf8 != Nullsv)
+    else if (prog->anchored_substr != NULL
+             || prog->anchored_utf8 != NULL
+             || ((prog->float_substr != NULL || prog->float_utf8 != NULL)
                  && prog->float_max_offset < strend - s)) {
        SV *must;
        I32 back_max;
@@ -1869,107 +1940,101 @@ Perl_regexec_flags(pTHX_ register regexp *prog, char *stringarg, register char *
            back_max = prog->float_max_offset;
            back_min = prog->float_min_offset;
        }
+       
+           
        if (must == &PL_sv_undef)
            /* could not downgrade utf8 check substring, so must fail */
            goto phooey;
 
-       last = HOP3c(strend,    /* Cannot start after this */
-                         -(I32)(CHR_SVLEN(must)
-                                - (SvTAIL(must) != 0) + back_min), strbeg);
-
+        if (back_min<0) {
+           last = strend;
+       } else {
+            last = HOP3c(strend,       /* Cannot start after this */
+                 -(I32)(CHR_SVLEN(must)
+                        - (SvTAIL(must) != 0) + back_min), strbeg);
+        }
        if (s > PL_bostr)
            last1 = HOPc(s, -1);
        else
            last1 = s - 1;      /* bogus */
 
-       /* XXXX check_substr already used to find `s', can optimize if
+       /* XXXX check_substr already used to find "s", can optimize if
           check_substr==must. */
        scream_pos = -1;
        dontbother = end_shift;
        strend = HOPc(strend, -dontbother);
        while ( (s <= last) &&
                ((flags & REXEC_SCREAM)
-                ? (s = screaminstr(sv, must, HOP3c(s, back_min, strend) - strbeg,
+                ? (s = screaminstr(sv, must, HOP3c(s, back_min, (back_min<0 ? strbeg : strend)) - strbeg,
                                    end_shift, &scream_pos, 0))
-                : (s = fbm_instr((unsigned char*)HOP3(s, back_min, strend),
+                : (s = fbm_instr((unsigned char*)HOP3(s, back_min, (back_min<0 ? strbeg : strend)),
                                  (unsigned char*)strend, must,
                                  multiline ? FBMrf_MULTILINE : 0))) ) {
            /* we may be pointing at the wrong string */
            if ((flags & REXEC_SCREAM) && RX_MATCH_COPIED(prog))
-               s = strbeg + (s - SvPVX(sv));
+               s = strbeg + (s - SvPVX_const(sv));
            DEBUG_EXECUTE_r( did_match = 1 );
            if (HOPc(s, -back_max) > last1) {
                last1 = HOPc(s, -back_min);
                s = HOPc(s, -back_max);
            }
            else {
-               char *t = (last1 >= PL_bostr) ? HOPc(last1, 1) : last1 + 1;
+               char * const t = (last1 >= PL_bostr) ? HOPc(last1, 1) : last1 + 1;
 
                last1 = HOPc(s, -back_min);
-               s = t;          
+               s = t;
            }
            if (do_utf8) {
                while (s <= last1) {
-                   if (regtry(prog, s))
+                   if (regtry(&reginfo, &s))
                        goto got_it;
                    s += UTF8SKIP(s);
                }
            }
            else {
                while (s <= last1) {
-                   if (regtry(prog, s))
+                   if (regtry(&reginfo, &s))
                        goto got_it;
                    s++;
                }
            }
        }
-       DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(if (!did_match)
-                    PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, 
-                                  "Did not find %s substr `%s%.*s%s'%s...\n",
+       DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(if (!did_match) {
+            RE_PV_QUOTED_DECL(quoted, do_utf8, PERL_DEBUG_PAD_ZERO(0), 
+                SvPVX_const(must), RE_SV_DUMPLEN(must), 30);
+            PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, "Did not find %s substr %s%s...\n",
                              ((must == prog->anchored_substr || must == prog->anchored_utf8)
                               ? "anchored" : "floating"),
-                             PL_colors[0],
-                             (int)(SvCUR(must) - (SvTAIL(must)!=0)),
-                             SvPVX(must),
-                                  PL_colors[1], (SvTAIL(must) ? "$" : ""))
-               );
+                quoted, RE_SV_TAIL(must));
+        });                
        goto phooey;
     }
-    else if ((c = prog->regstclass)) {
+    else if ( (c = progi->regstclass) ) {
        if (minlen) {
-           I32 op = (U8)OP(prog->regstclass);
+           const OPCODE op = OP(progi->regstclass);
            /* don't bother with what can't match */
-           if (PL_regkind[op] != EXACT && op != CANY)
+           if (PL_regkind[op] != EXACT && op != CANY && PL_regkind[op] != TRIE)
                strend = HOPc(strend, -(minlen - 1));
        }
        DEBUG_EXECUTE_r({
-           SV *prop = sv_newmortal();
-           char *s0;
-           char *s1;
-           int len0;
-           int len1;
-
-           regprop(prop, c);
-           s0 = UTF ?
-             pv_uni_display(dsv0, (U8*)SvPVX(prop), SvCUR(prop), 60,
-                            UNI_DISPLAY_REGEX) :
-             SvPVX(prop);
-           len0 = UTF ? SvCUR(dsv0) : SvCUR(prop);
-           s1 = UTF ?
-             sv_uni_display(dsv1, sv, 60, UNI_DISPLAY_REGEX) : s;
-           len1 = UTF ? SvCUR(dsv1) : strend - s;
-           PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
-                         "Matching stclass `%*.*s' against `%*.*s'\n",
-                         len0, len0, s0,
-                         len1, len1, s1);
+           SV * const prop = sv_newmortal();
+           regprop(prog, prop, c);
+           {
+               RE_PV_QUOTED_DECL(quoted,do_utf8,PERL_DEBUG_PAD_ZERO(1),
+                   s,strend-s,60);
+               PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
+                   "Matching stclass %.*s against %s (%d chars)\n",
+                   (int)SvCUR(prop), SvPVX_const(prop),
+                    quoted, (int)(strend - s));
+           }
        });
-        if (find_byclass(prog, c, s, strend, 0))
+        if (find_byclass(prog, c, s, strend, &reginfo))
            goto got_it;
-       DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, "Contradicts stclass...\n"));
+       DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, "Contradicts stclass... [regexec_flags]\n"));
     }
     else {
        dontbother = 0;
-       if (prog->float_substr != Nullsv || prog->float_utf8 != Nullsv) {
+       if (prog->float_substr != NULL || prog->float_utf8 != NULL) {
            /* Trim the end. */
            char *last;
            SV* float_real;
@@ -1985,18 +2050,18 @@ Perl_regexec_flags(pTHX_ register regexp *prog, char *stringarg, register char *
                    last = scream_olds; /* Only one occurrence. */
                /* we may be pointing at the wrong string */
                else if (RX_MATCH_COPIED(prog))
-                   s = strbeg + (s - SvPVX(sv));
+                   s = strbeg + (s - SvPVX_const(sv));
            }
            else {
                STRLEN len;
-                const char * const little = SvPV(float_real, len);
+                const char * const little = SvPV_const(float_real, len);
 
                if (SvTAIL(float_real)) {
                    if (memEQ(strend - len + 1, little, len - 1))
                        last = strend - len + 1;
                    else if (!multiline)
                        last = memEQ(strend - len, little, len)
-                           ? strend - len : Nullch;
+                           ? strend - len : NULL;
                    else
                        goto find_last;
                } else {
@@ -2004,13 +2069,14 @@ Perl_regexec_flags(pTHX_ register regexp *prog, char *stringarg, register char *
                    if (len)
                        last = rninstr(s, strend, little, little + len);
                    else
-                       last = strend;  /* matching `$' */
+                       last = strend;  /* matching "$" */
                }
            }
            if (last == NULL) {
-               DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
-                                     "%sCan't trim the tail, match fails (should not happen)%s\n",
-                                     PL_colors[4], PL_colors[5]));
+               DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(
+                   PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
+                       "%sCan't trim the tail, match fails (should not happen)%s\n",
+                       PL_colors[4], PL_colors[5]));
                goto phooey; /* Should not happen! */
            }
            dontbother = strend - last + prog->float_min_offset;
@@ -2021,7 +2087,7 @@ Perl_regexec_flags(pTHX_ register regexp *prog, char *stringarg, register char *
        /* We don't know much -- general case. */
        if (do_utf8) {
            for (;;) {
-               if (regtry(prog, s))
+               if (regtry(&reginfo, &s))
                    goto got_it;
                if (s >= strend)
                    break;
@@ -2030,7 +2096,7 @@ Perl_regexec_flags(pTHX_ register regexp *prog, char *stringarg, register char *
        }
        else {
            do {
-               if (regtry(prog, s))
+               if (regtry(&reginfo, &s))
                    goto got_it;
            } while (s++ < strend);
        }
@@ -2042,21 +2108,17 @@ Perl_regexec_flags(pTHX_ register regexp *prog, char *stringarg, register char *
 got_it:
     RX_MATCH_TAINTED_set(prog, PL_reg_flags & RF_tainted);
 
-    if (PL_reg_eval_set) {
-       /* Preserve the current value of $^R */
-       if (oreplsv != GvSV(PL_replgv))
-           sv_setsv(oreplsv, GvSV(PL_replgv));/* So that when GvSV(replgv) is
-                                                 restored, the value remains
-                                                 the same. */
-       restore_pos(aTHX_ 0);
-    }
+    if (PL_reg_eval_set)
+       restore_pos(aTHX_ prog);
+    if (prog->paren_names) 
+        (void)hv_iterinit(prog->paren_names);
 
     /* make sure $`, $&, $', and $digit will work later */
     if ( !(flags & REXEC_NOT_FIRST) ) {
        RX_MATCH_COPY_FREE(prog);
        if (flags & REXEC_COPY_STR) {
-           I32 i = PL_regeol - startpos + (stringarg - strbeg);
-#ifdef PERL_COPY_ON_WRITE
+           const I32 i = PL_regeol - startpos + (stringarg - strbeg);
+#ifdef PERL_OLD_COPY_ON_WRITE
            if ((SvIsCOW(sv)
                 || (SvFLAGS(sv) & CAN_COW_MASK) == CAN_COW_FLAGS)) {
                if (DEBUG_C_TEST) {
@@ -2065,7 +2127,7 @@ got_it:
                                  (int) SvTYPE(sv));
                }
                prog->saved_copy = sv_setsv_cow(prog->saved_copy, sv);
-               prog->subbeg = SvPVX(prog->saved_copy);
+               prog->subbeg = (char *)SvPVX_const(prog->saved_copy);
                assert (SvPOKp(prog->saved_copy));
            } else
 #endif
@@ -2088,26 +2150,29 @@ phooey:
     DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, "%sMatch failed%s\n",
                          PL_colors[4], PL_colors[5]));
     if (PL_reg_eval_set)
-       restore_pos(aTHX_ 0);
+       restore_pos(aTHX_ prog);
+    if (swap_on_fail) 
+        /* we failed :-( roll it back */
+        swap_match_buff(prog);
+    
     return 0;
 }
 
+
 /*
  - regtry - try match at specific point
  */
 STATIC I32                     /* 0 failure, 1 success */
-S_regtry(pTHX_ regexp *prog, char *startpos)
+S_regtry(pTHX_ regmatch_info *reginfo, char **startpos)
 {
-    register I32 i;
-    register I32 *sp;
-    register I32 *ep;
+    dVAR;
     CHECKPOINT lastcp;
+    regexp *prog = reginfo->prog;
+    RXi_GET_DECL(prog,progi);
     GET_RE_DEBUG_FLAGS_DECL;
+    reginfo->cutpoint=NULL;
 
-#ifdef DEBUGGING
-    PL_regindent = 0;  /* XXXX Not good when matches are reenterable... */
-#endif
-    if ((prog->reganch & ROPT_EVAL_SEEN) && !PL_reg_eval_set) {
+    if ((prog->extflags & RXf_EVAL_SEEN) && !PL_reg_eval_set) {
        MAGIC *mg;
 
        PL_reg_eval_set = RS_init;
@@ -2115,7 +2180,7 @@ S_regtry(pTHX_ regexp *prog, char *startpos)
            PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, "  setting stack tmpbase at %"IVdf"\n",
                          (IV)(PL_stack_sp - PL_stack_base));
            ));
-       SAVEI32(cxstack[cxstack_ix].blk_oldsp);
+       SAVESTACK_CXPOS();
        cxstack[cxstack_ix].blk_oldsp = PL_stack_sp - PL_stack_base;
        /* Otherwise OP_NEXTSTATE will free whatever on stack now.  */
        SAVETMPS;
@@ -2123,30 +2188,33 @@ S_regtry(pTHX_ regexp *prog, char *startpos)
        /* SAVEI8(cxstack[cxstack_ix].blk_gimme);
           cxstack[cxstack_ix].blk_gimme = G_SCALAR; */
 
-       if (PL_reg_sv) {
+       if (reginfo->sv) {
            /* Make $_ available to executed code. */
-           if (PL_reg_sv != DEFSV) {
+           if (reginfo->sv != DEFSV) {
                SAVE_DEFSV;
-               DEFSV = PL_reg_sv;
+               DEFSV = reginfo->sv;
            }
        
-           if (!(SvTYPE(PL_reg_sv) >= SVt_PVMG && SvMAGIC(PL_reg_sv)
-                 && (mg = mg_find(PL_reg_sv, PERL_MAGIC_regex_global)))) {
+           if (!(SvTYPE(reginfo->sv) >= SVt_PVMG && SvMAGIC(reginfo->sv)
+                 && (mg = mg_find(reginfo->sv, PERL_MAGIC_regex_global)))) {
                /* prepare for quick setting of pos */
-               sv_magic(PL_reg_sv, (SV*)0,
-                       PERL_MAGIC_regex_global, Nullch, 0);
-               mg = mg_find(PL_reg_sv, PERL_MAGIC_regex_global);
+#ifdef PERL_OLD_COPY_ON_WRITE
+               if (SvIsCOW(reginfo->sv))
+                   sv_force_normal_flags(reginfo->sv, 0);
+#endif
+               mg = sv_magicext(reginfo->sv, NULL, PERL_MAGIC_regex_global,
+                                &PL_vtbl_mglob, NULL, 0);
                mg->mg_len = -1;
            }
            PL_reg_magic    = mg;
            PL_reg_oldpos   = mg->mg_len;
-           SAVEDESTRUCTOR_X(restore_pos, 0);
+           SAVEDESTRUCTOR_X(restore_pos, prog);
         }
         if (!PL_reg_curpm) {
-           Newz(22, PL_reg_curpm, 1, PMOP);
+           Newxz(PL_reg_curpm, 1, PMOP);
 #ifdef USE_ITHREADS
             {
-                SV* repointer = newSViv(0);
+               SV* const repointer = newSViv(0);
                 /* so we know which PL_regex_padav element is PL_reg_curpm */
                 SvFLAGS(repointer) |= SVf_BREAK;
                 av_push(PL_regex_padav,repointer);
@@ -2164,32 +2232,31 @@ S_regtry(pTHX_ regexp *prog, char *startpos)
                $` inside (?{}) could fail... */
            PL_reg_oldsaved = prog->subbeg;
            PL_reg_oldsavedlen = prog->sublen;
-#ifdef PERL_COPY_ON_WRITE
+#ifdef PERL_OLD_COPY_ON_WRITE
            PL_nrs = prog->saved_copy;
 #endif
            RX_MATCH_COPIED_off(prog);
        }
        else
-           PL_reg_oldsaved = Nullch;
+           PL_reg_oldsaved = NULL;
        prog->subbeg = PL_bostr;
        prog->sublen = PL_regeol - PL_bostr; /* strend may have been modified */
     }
-    prog->startp[0] = startpos - PL_bostr;
-    PL_reginput = startpos;
-    PL_regstartp = prog->startp;
-    PL_regendp = prog->endp;
+    DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PL_reg_starttry = *startpos);
+    prog->offs[0].start = *startpos - PL_bostr;
+    PL_reginput = *startpos;
     PL_reglastparen = &prog->lastparen;
     PL_reglastcloseparen = &prog->lastcloseparen;
     prog->lastparen = 0;
     prog->lastcloseparen = 0;
     PL_regsize = 0;
-    DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PL_reg_starttry = startpos);
+    PL_regoffs = prog->offs;
     if (PL_reg_start_tmpl <= prog->nparens) {
        PL_reg_start_tmpl = prog->nparens*3/2 + 3;
         if(PL_reg_start_tmp)
             Renew(PL_reg_start_tmp, PL_reg_start_tmpl, char*);
         else
-            New(22, PL_reg_start_tmp, PL_reg_start_tmpl, char*);
+            Newx(PL_reg_start_tmp, PL_reg_start_tmpl, char*);
     }
 
     /* XXXX What this code is doing here?!!!  There should be no need
@@ -2199,226 +2266,482 @@ S_regtry(pTHX_ regexp *prog, char *startpos)
     /* Tests pat.t#187 and split.t#{13,14} seem to depend on this code.
      * Actually, the code in regcppop() (which Ilya may be meaning by
      * PL_reglastparen), is not needed at all by the test suite
-     * (op/regexp, op/pat, op/split), but that code is needed, oddly
-     * enough, for building DynaLoader, or otherwise this
-     * "Error: '*' not in typemap in DynaLoader.xs, line 164"
-     * will happen.  Meanwhile, this code *is* needed for the
+     * (op/regexp, op/pat, op/split), but that code is needed otherwise
+     * this erroneously leaves $1 defined: "1" =~ /^(?:(\d)x)?\d$/
+     * Meanwhile, this code *is* needed for the
      * above-mentioned test suite tests to succeed.  The common theme
      * on those tests seems to be returning null fields from matches.
-     * --jhi */
+     * --jhi updated by dapm */
 #if 1
-    sp = prog->startp;
-    ep = prog->endp;
     if (prog->nparens) {
+       regexp_paren_pair *pp = PL_regoffs;
+       register I32 i;
        for (i = prog->nparens; i > (I32)*PL_reglastparen; i--) {
-           *++sp = -1;
-           *++ep = -1;
+           ++pp;
+           pp->start = -1;
+           pp->end = -1;
        }
     }
 #endif
     REGCP_SET(lastcp);
-    if (regmatch(prog->program + 1)) {
-       prog->endp[0] = PL_reginput - PL_bostr;
+    if (regmatch(reginfo, progi->program + 1)) {
+       PL_regoffs[0].end = PL_reginput - PL_bostr;
        return 1;
     }
+    if (reginfo->cutpoint)
+        *startpos= reginfo->cutpoint;
     REGCP_UNWIND(lastcp);
     return 0;
 }
 
-#define RE_UNWIND_BRANCH       1
-#define RE_UNWIND_BRANCHJ      2
-
-union re_unwind_t;
-
-typedef struct {               /* XX: makes sense to enlarge it... */
-    I32 type;
-    I32 prev;
-    CHECKPOINT lastcp;
-} re_unwind_generic_t;
-
-typedef struct {
-    I32 type;
-    I32 prev;
-    CHECKPOINT lastcp;
-    I32 lastparen;
-    regnode *next;
-    char *locinput;
-    I32 nextchr;
-#ifdef DEBUGGING
-    int regindent;
-#endif
-} re_unwind_branch_t;
-
-typedef union re_unwind_t {
-    I32 type;
-    re_unwind_generic_t generic;
-    re_unwind_branch_t branch;
-} re_unwind_t;
 
 #define sayYES goto yes
 #define sayNO goto no
-#define sayNO_ANYOF goto no_anyof
-#define sayYES_FINAL goto yes_final
-#define sayYES_LOUD  goto yes_loud
-#define sayNO_FINAL  goto no_final
-#define sayNO_SILENT goto do_no
-#define saySAME(x) if (x) goto yes; else goto no
-
-#define POSCACHE_SUCCESS 0     /* caching success rather than failure */
-#define POSCACHE_SEEN 1                /* we know what we're caching */
-#define POSCACHE_START 2       /* the real cache: this bit maps to pos 0 */
-#define CACHEsayYES STMT_START { \
-    if (cache_offset | cache_bit) { \
-       if (!(PL_reg_poscache[0] & (1<<POSCACHE_SEEN))) \
-           PL_reg_poscache[0] |= (1<<POSCACHE_SUCCESS) || (1<<POSCACHE_SEEN); \
-        else if (!(PL_reg_poscache[0] & (1<<POSCACHE_SUCCESS))) { \
-           /* cache records failure, but this is success */ \
-           DEBUG_r( \
-               PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, \
-                   "%*s  (remove success from failure cache)\n", \
-                   REPORT_CODE_OFF+PL_regindent*2, "") \
-           ); \
-           PL_reg_poscache[cache_offset] &= ~(1<<cache_bit); \
-       } \
-    } \
-    sayYES; \
-} STMT_END
-#define CACHEsayNO STMT_START { \
-    if (cache_offset | cache_bit) { \
-       if (!(PL_reg_poscache[0] & (1<<POSCACHE_SEEN))) \
-           PL_reg_poscache[0] |= (1<<POSCACHE_SEEN); \
-        else if ((PL_reg_poscache[0] & (1<<POSCACHE_SUCCESS))) { \
-           /* cache records success, but this is failure */ \
-           DEBUG_r( \
-               PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, \
-                   "%*s  (remove failure from success cache)\n", \
-                   REPORT_CODE_OFF+PL_regindent*2, "") \
-           ); \
-           PL_reg_poscache[cache_offset] &= ~(1<<cache_bit); \
-       } \
-    } \
-    sayNO; \
-} STMT_END
+#define sayNO_SILENT goto no_silent
+
+/* we dont use STMT_START/END here because it leads to 
+   "unreachable code" warnings, which are bogus, but distracting. */
+#define CACHEsayNO \
+    if (ST.cache_mask) \
+       PL_reg_poscache[ST.cache_offset] |= ST.cache_mask; \
+    sayNO
 
 /* this is used to determine how far from the left messages like
-   'failed...' are printed. Currently 29 makes these messages line
-   up with the opcode they refer to. Earlier perls used 25 which
-   left these messages outdented making reviewing a debug output
-   quite difficult.
+   'failed...' are printed. It should be set such that messages 
+   are inline with the regop output that created them.
 */
-#define REPORT_CODE_OFF 29
+#define REPORT_CODE_OFF 32
 
 
 /* Make sure there is a test for this +1 options in re_tests */
 #define TRIE_INITAL_ACCEPT_BUFFLEN 4;
 
-#define TRIE_CHECK_STATE_IS_ACCEPTING STMT_START {                       \
-    if ( trie->states[ state ].wordnum ) {                               \
-       if ( !accepted ) {                                               \
-           ENTER;                                                       \
-           SAVETMPS;                                                    \
-           bufflen = TRIE_INITAL_ACCEPT_BUFFLEN ;                       \
-           sv_accept_buff=NEWSV( 1234,                                  \
-             bufflen * sizeof(reg_trie_accepted) - 1 );                 \
-           SvCUR_set( sv_accept_buff, sizeof(reg_trie_accepted) );      \
-           SvPOK_on( sv_accept_buff );                                  \
-           sv_2mortal( sv_accept_buff );                                \
-           accept_buff = (reg_trie_accepted*)SvPV_nolen( sv_accept_buff );\
-       } else {                                                         \
-           if ( accepted >= bufflen ) {                                 \
-               bufflen *= 2;                                            \
-               accept_buff =(reg_trie_accepted*)SvGROW( sv_accept_buff, \
-                   bufflen * sizeof(reg_trie_accepted) );               \
-           }                                                            \
-           SvCUR_set( sv_accept_buff,SvCUR( sv_accept_buff )            \
-               + sizeof( reg_trie_accepted ) );                         \
-       }                                                                \
-       accept_buff[ accepted ].wordnum = trie->states[ state ].wordnum; \
-       accept_buff[ accepted ].endpos = uc;                             \
-       ++accepted;                                                      \
-    } } STMT_END
-
-#define TRIE_HANDLE_CHAR STMT_START {                                   \
-        if ( uvc < 256 ) {                                              \
-            charid = trie->charmap[ uvc ];                              \
-        } else {                                                        \
-            charid = 0;                                                 \
-            if( trie->widecharmap ) {                                   \
-            SV** svpp = (SV**)NULL;                                     \
-            svpp = hv_fetch( trie->widecharmap, (char*)&uvc,            \
-                         sizeof( UV ), 0 );                            \
-            if ( svpp ) {                                               \
-               charid = (U16)SvIV( *svpp );                            \
-                }                                                       \
-            }                                                           \
-        }                                                               \
-        if ( charid &&                                                  \
-             ( base + charid > trie->uniquecharcount ) &&               \
-             ( base + charid - 1 - trie->uniquecharcount < trie->lasttrans) && \
-             trie->trans[ base + charid - 1 - trie->uniquecharcount ].check == state ) \
-        {                                                               \
-            state = trie->trans[ base + charid - 1 - trie->uniquecharcount ].next;     \
-        } else {                                                        \
-            state = 0;                                                  \
-        }                                                               \
-        uc += len;                                                      \
-    } STMT_END
+#define CHRTEST_UNINIT -1001 /* c1/c2 haven't been calculated yet */
+#define CHRTEST_VOID   -1000 /* the c1/c2 "next char" test should be skipped */
+
+#define SLAB_FIRST(s) (&(s)->states[0])
+#define SLAB_LAST(s)  (&(s)->states[PERL_REGMATCH_SLAB_SLOTS-1])
+
+/* grab a new slab and return the first slot in it */
+
+STATIC regmatch_state *
+S_push_slab(pTHX)
+{
+#if PERL_VERSION < 9 && !defined(PERL_CORE)
+    dMY_CXT;
+#endif
+    regmatch_slab *s = PL_regmatch_slab->next;
+    if (!s) {
+       Newx(s, 1, regmatch_slab);
+       s->prev = PL_regmatch_slab;
+       s->next = NULL;
+       PL_regmatch_slab->next = s;
+    }
+    PL_regmatch_slab = s;
+    return SLAB_FIRST(s);
+}
+
+
+/* push a new state then goto it */
+
+#define PUSH_STATE_GOTO(state, node) \
+    scan = node; \
+    st->resume_state = state; \
+    goto push_state;
+
+/* push a new state with success backtracking, then goto it */
+
+#define PUSH_YES_STATE_GOTO(state, node) \
+    scan = node; \
+    st->resume_state = state; \
+    goto push_yes_state;
+
+
 
 /*
- - regmatch - main matching routine
- *
- * Conceptually the strategy is simple:  check to see whether the current
- * node matches, call self recursively to see whether the rest matches,
- * and then act accordingly.  In practice we make some effort to avoid
- * recursion, in particular by going through "ordinary" nodes (that don't
- * need to know whether the rest of the match failed) by a loop instead of
- * by recursion.
- */
-/* [lwall] I've hoisted the register declarations to the outer block in order to
- * maybe save a little bit of pushing and popping on the stack.  It also takes
- * advantage of machines that use a register save mask on subroutine entry.
+
+regmatch() - main matching routine
+
+This is basically one big switch statement in a loop. We execute an op,
+set 'next' to point the next op, and continue. If we come to a point which
+we may need to backtrack to on failure such as (A|B|C), we push a
+backtrack state onto the backtrack stack. On failure, we pop the top
+state, and re-enter the loop at the state indicated. If there are no more
+states to pop, we return failure.
+
+Sometimes we also need to backtrack on success; for example /A+/, where
+after successfully matching one A, we need to go back and try to
+match another one; similarly for lookahead assertions: if the assertion
+completes successfully, we backtrack to the state just before the assertion
+and then carry on.  In these cases, the pushed state is marked as
+'backtrack on success too'. This marking is in fact done by a chain of
+pointers, each pointing to the previous 'yes' state. On success, we pop to
+the nearest yes state, discarding any intermediate failure-only states.
+Sometimes a yes state is pushed just to force some cleanup code to be
+called at the end of a successful match or submatch; e.g. (??{$re}) uses
+it to free the inner regex.
+
+Note that failure backtracking rewinds the cursor position, while
+success backtracking leaves it alone.
+
+A pattern is complete when the END op is executed, while a subpattern
+such as (?=foo) is complete when the SUCCESS op is executed. Both of these
+ops trigger the "pop to last yes state if any, otherwise return true"
+behaviour.
+
+A common convention in this function is to use A and B to refer to the two
+subpatterns (or to the first nodes thereof) in patterns like /A*B/: so A is
+the subpattern to be matched possibly multiple times, while B is the entire
+rest of the pattern. Variable and state names reflect this convention.
+
+The states in the main switch are the union of ops and failure/success of
+substates associated with with that op.  For example, IFMATCH is the op
+that does lookahead assertions /(?=A)B/ and so the IFMATCH state means
+'execute IFMATCH'; while IFMATCH_A is a state saying that we have just
+successfully matched A and IFMATCH_A_fail is a state saying that we have
+just failed to match A. Resume states always come in pairs. The backtrack
+state we push is marked as 'IFMATCH_A', but when that is popped, we resume
+at IFMATCH_A or IFMATCH_A_fail, depending on whether we are backtracking
+on success or failure.
+
+The struct that holds a backtracking state is actually a big union, with
+one variant for each major type of op. The variable st points to the
+top-most backtrack struct. To make the code clearer, within each
+block of code we #define ST to alias the relevant union.
+
+Here's a concrete example of a (vastly oversimplified) IFMATCH
+implementation:
+
+    switch (state) {
+    ....
+
+#define ST st->u.ifmatch
+
+    case IFMATCH: // we are executing the IFMATCH op, (?=A)B
+       ST.foo = ...; // some state we wish to save
+       ...
+       // push a yes backtrack state with a resume value of
+       // IFMATCH_A/IFMATCH_A_fail, then continue execution at the
+       // first node of A:
+       PUSH_YES_STATE_GOTO(IFMATCH_A, A);
+       // NOTREACHED
+
+    case IFMATCH_A: // we have successfully executed A; now continue with B
+       next = B;
+       bar = ST.foo; // do something with the preserved value
+       break;
+
+    case IFMATCH_A_fail: // A failed, so the assertion failed
+       ...;   // do some housekeeping, then ...
+       sayNO; // propagate the failure
+
+#undef ST
+
+    ...
+    }
+
+For any old-timers reading this who are familiar with the old recursive
+approach, the code above is equivalent to:
+
+    case IFMATCH: // we are executing the IFMATCH op, (?=A)B
+    {
+       int foo = ...
+       ...
+       if (regmatch(A)) {
+           next = B;
+           bar = foo;
+           break;
+       }
+       ...;   // do some housekeeping, then ...
+       sayNO; // propagate the failure
+    }
+
+The topmost backtrack state, pointed to by st, is usually free. If you
+want to claim it, populate any ST.foo fields in it with values you wish to
+save, then do one of
+
+       PUSH_STATE_GOTO(resume_state, node);
+       PUSH_YES_STATE_GOTO(resume_state, node);
+
+which sets that backtrack state's resume value to 'resume_state', pushes a
+new free entry to the top of the backtrack stack, then goes to 'node'.
+On backtracking, the free slot is popped, and the saved state becomes the
+new free state. An ST.foo field in this new top state can be temporarily
+accessed to retrieve values, but once the main loop is re-entered, it
+becomes available for reuse.
+
+Note that the depth of the backtrack stack constantly increases during the
+left-to-right execution of the pattern, rather than going up and down with
+the pattern nesting. For example the stack is at its maximum at Z at the
+end of the pattern, rather than at X in the following:
+
+    /(((X)+)+)+....(Y)+....Z/
+
+The only exceptions to this are lookahead/behind assertions and the cut,
+(?>A), which pop all the backtrack states associated with A before
+continuing.
+Bascktrack state structs are allocated in slabs of about 4K in size.
+PL_regmatch_state and st always point to the currently active state,
+and PL_regmatch_slab points to the slab currently containing
+PL_regmatch_state.  The first time regmatch() is called, the first slab is
+allocated, and is never freed until interpreter destruction. When the slab
+is full, a new one is allocated and chained to the end. At exit from
+regmatch(), slabs allocated since entry are freed.
+
+*/
+
+#define DEBUG_STATE_pp(pp)                                 \
+    DEBUG_STATE_r({                                        \
+       DUMP_EXEC_POS(locinput, scan, do_utf8);             \
+       PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,                       \
+           "    %*s"pp" %s%s%s%s%s\n",                     \
+           depth*2, "",                                    \
+           PL_reg_name[st->resume_state],                     \
+           ((st==yes_state||st==mark_state) ? "[" : ""),   \
+           ((st==yes_state) ? "Y" : ""),                   \
+           ((st==mark_state) ? "M" : ""),                  \
+           ((st==yes_state||st==mark_state) ? "]" : "")    \
+       );                                                  \
+    });
+
+
+#define REG_NODE_NUM(x) ((x) ? (int)((x)-prog) : -1)
+
+#ifdef DEBUGGING
+
+STATIC void
+S_debug_start_match(pTHX_ const regexp *prog, const bool do_utf8, 
+    const char *start, const char *end, const char *blurb)
+{
+    const bool utf8_pat= prog->extflags & RXf_UTF8 ? 1 : 0;
+    if (!PL_colorset)   
+            reginitcolors();    
+    {
+        RE_PV_QUOTED_DECL(s0, utf8_pat, PERL_DEBUG_PAD_ZERO(0), 
+            prog->precomp, prog->prelen, 60);   
+        
+        RE_PV_QUOTED_DECL(s1, do_utf8, PERL_DEBUG_PAD_ZERO(1), 
+            start, end - start, 60); 
+        
+        PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, 
+            "%s%s REx%s %s against %s\n", 
+                      PL_colors[4], blurb, PL_colors[5], s0, s1); 
+        
+        if (do_utf8||utf8_pat) 
+            PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, "UTF-8 %s%s%s...\n",
+                utf8_pat ? "pattern" : "",
+                utf8_pat && do_utf8 ? " and " : "",
+                do_utf8 ? "string" : ""
+            ); 
+    }
+}
+
+STATIC void
+S_dump_exec_pos(pTHX_ const char *locinput, 
+                      const regnode *scan, 
+                      const char *loc_regeol, 
+                      const char *loc_bostr, 
+                      const char *loc_reg_starttry,
+                      const bool do_utf8)
+{
+    const int docolor = *PL_colors[0] || *PL_colors[2] || *PL_colors[4];
+    const int taill = (docolor ? 10 : 7); /* 3 chars for "> <" */
+    int l = (loc_regeol - locinput) > taill ? taill : (loc_regeol - locinput);
+    /* The part of the string before starttry has one color
+       (pref0_len chars), between starttry and current
+       position another one (pref_len - pref0_len chars),
+       after the current position the third one.
+       We assume that pref0_len <= pref_len, otherwise we
+       decrease pref0_len.  */
+    int pref_len = (locinput - loc_bostr) > (5 + taill) - l
+       ? (5 + taill) - l : locinput - loc_bostr;
+    int pref0_len;
+
+    while (do_utf8 && UTF8_IS_CONTINUATION(*(U8*)(locinput - pref_len)))
+       pref_len++;
+    pref0_len = pref_len  - (locinput - loc_reg_starttry);
+    if (l + pref_len < (5 + taill) && l < loc_regeol - locinput)
+       l = ( loc_regeol - locinput > (5 + taill) - pref_len
+             ? (5 + taill) - pref_len : loc_regeol - locinput);
+    while (do_utf8 && UTF8_IS_CONTINUATION(*(U8*)(locinput + l)))
+       l--;
+    if (pref0_len < 0)
+       pref0_len = 0;
+    if (pref0_len > pref_len)
+       pref0_len = pref_len;
+    {
+       const int is_uni = (do_utf8 && OP(scan) != CANY) ? 1 : 0;
+
+       RE_PV_COLOR_DECL(s0,len0,is_uni,PERL_DEBUG_PAD(0),
+           (locinput - pref_len),pref0_len, 60, 4, 5);
+       
+       RE_PV_COLOR_DECL(s1,len1,is_uni,PERL_DEBUG_PAD(1),
+                   (locinput - pref_len + pref0_len),
+                   pref_len - pref0_len, 60, 2, 3);
+       
+       RE_PV_COLOR_DECL(s2,len2,is_uni,PERL_DEBUG_PAD(2),
+                   locinput, loc_regeol - locinput, 10, 0, 1);
+
+       const STRLEN tlen=len0+len1+len2;
+       PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
+                   "%4"IVdf" <%.*s%.*s%s%.*s>%*s|",
+                   (IV)(locinput - loc_bostr),
+                   len0, s0,
+                   len1, s1,
+                   (docolor ? "" : "> <"),
+                   len2, s2,
+                   (int)(tlen > 19 ? 0 :  19 - tlen),
+                   "");
+    }
+}
+
+#endif
+
+/* reg_check_named_buff_matched()
+ * Checks to see if a named buffer has matched. The data array of 
+ * buffer numbers corresponding to the buffer is expected to reside
+ * in the regexp->data->data array in the slot stored in the ARG() of
+ * node involved. Note that this routine doesn't actually care about the
+ * name, that information is not preserved from compilation to execution.
+ * Returns the index of the leftmost defined buffer with the given name
+ * or 0 if non of the buffers matched.
  */
+STATIC I32
+S_reg_check_named_buff_matched(pTHX_ const regexp *rex, const regnode *scan) {
+    I32 n;
+    RXi_GET_DECL(rex,rexi);
+    SV *sv_dat=(SV*)rexi->data->data[ ARG( scan ) ];
+    I32 *nums=(I32*)SvPVX(sv_dat);
+    for ( n=0; n<SvIVX(sv_dat); n++ ) {
+        if ((I32)*PL_reglastparen >= nums[n] &&
+            PL_regoffs[nums[n]].end != -1)
+        {
+            return nums[n];
+        }
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
+/* free all slabs above current one  - called during LEAVE_SCOPE */
+
+STATIC void
+S_clear_backtrack_stack(pTHX_ void *p)
+{
+    regmatch_slab *s = PL_regmatch_slab->next;
+    PERL_UNUSED_ARG(p);
+
+    if (!s)
+       return;
+    PL_regmatch_slab->next = NULL;
+    while (s) {
+       regmatch_slab * const osl = s;
+       s = s->next;
+       Safefree(osl);
+    }
+}
+
+
+#define SETREX(Re1,Re2) \
+    if (PL_reg_eval_set) PM_SETRE((PL_reg_curpm), (Re2)); \
+    Re1 = (Re2)
+
 STATIC I32                     /* 0 failure, 1 success */
-S_regmatch(pTHX_ regnode *prog)
+S_regmatch(pTHX_ regmatch_info *reginfo, regnode *prog)
 {
+#if PERL_VERSION < 9 && !defined(PERL_CORE)
+    dMY_CXT;
+#endif
     dVAR;
-    register regnode *scan;    /* Current node. */
-    regnode *next;             /* Next node. */
-    regnode *inner;            /* Next node in internal branch. */
-    register I32 nextchr;      /* renamed nextchr - nextchar colides with
-                                  function of same name */
-    register I32 n;            /* no or next */
-    register I32 ln = 0;       /* len or last */
-    register char *s = Nullch; /* operand or save */
+    register const bool do_utf8 = PL_reg_match_utf8;
+    const U32 uniflags = UTF8_ALLOW_DEFAULT;
+
+    regexp *rex = reginfo->prog;
+    RXi_GET_DECL(rex,rexi);
+    
+    I32        oldsave;
+
+    /* the current state. This is a cached copy of PL_regmatch_state */
+    register regmatch_state *st;
+
+    /* cache heavy used fields of st in registers */
+    register regnode *scan;
+    register regnode *next;
+    register U32 n = 0;        /* general value; init to avoid compiler warning */
+    register I32 ln = 0; /* len or last;  init to avoid compiler warning */
     register char *locinput = PL_reginput;
-    register I32 c1 = 0, c2 = 0, paren;        /* case fold search, parenth */
-    int minmod = 0, sw = 0, logical = 0;
-    I32 unwind = 0;
-
-    /* used by the trie code */
-    SV                 *sv_accept_buff = 0;  /* accepting states we have traversed */
-    reg_trie_accepted  *accept_buff = 0;     /* "" */
-    reg_trie_data      *trie;                /* what trie are we using right now */
-    U32 accepted = 0;                        /* how many accepting states we have seen*/
-
-#if 0
-    I32 firstcp = PL_savestack_ix;
-#endif
-    const register bool do_utf8 = PL_reg_match_utf8;
-#ifdef DEBUGGING
-    SV *dsv0 = PERL_DEBUG_PAD_ZERO(0);
-    SV *dsv1 = PERL_DEBUG_PAD_ZERO(1);
-    SV *dsv2 = PERL_DEBUG_PAD_ZERO(2);
+    register I32 nextchr;   /* is always set to UCHARAT(locinput) */
+
+    bool result = 0;       /* return value of S_regmatch */
+    int depth = 0;         /* depth of backtrack stack */
+    U32 nochange_depth = 0; /* depth of GOSUB recursion with nochange */
+    const U32 max_nochange_depth =
+        (3 * rex->nparens > MAX_RECURSE_EVAL_NOCHANGE_DEPTH) ?
+        3 * rex->nparens : MAX_RECURSE_EVAL_NOCHANGE_DEPTH;
+            
+    regmatch_state *yes_state = NULL; /* state to pop to on success of
+                                                           subpattern */
+    /* mark_state piggy backs on the yes_state logic so that when we unwind 
+       the stack on success we can update the mark_state as we go */
+    regmatch_state *mark_state = NULL; /* last mark state we have seen */
+    
+    regmatch_state *cur_eval = NULL; /* most recent EVAL_AB state */
+    struct regmatch_state  *cur_curlyx = NULL; /* most recent curlyx */
+    U32 state_num;
+    bool no_final = 0;      /* prevent failure from backtracking? */
+    bool do_cutgroup = 0;   /* no_final only until next branch/trie entry */
+    char *startpoint = PL_reginput;
+    SV *popmark = NULL;     /* are we looking for a mark? */
+    SV *sv_commit = NULL;   /* last mark name seen in failure */
+    SV *sv_yes_mark = NULL; /* last mark name we have seen 
+                               during a successfull match */
+    U32 lastopen = 0;       /* last open we saw */
+    bool has_cutgroup = RX_HAS_CUTGROUP(rex) ? 1 : 0;   
+
+    SV* const oreplsv = GvSV(PL_replgv);
+               
+    
+    /* these three flags are set by various ops to signal information to
+     * the very next op. They have a useful lifetime of exactly one loop
+     * iteration, and are not preserved or restored by state pushes/pops
+     */
+    bool sw = 0;           /* the condition value in (?(cond)a|b) */
+    bool minmod = 0;       /* the next "{n,m}" is a "{n,m}?" */
+    int logical = 0;       /* the following EVAL is:
+                               0: (?{...})
+                               1: (?(?{...})X|Y)
+                               2: (??{...})
+                              or the following IFMATCH/UNLESSM is:
+                               false: plain (?=foo)
+                               true:  used as a condition: (?(?=foo))
+                           */
 
-    SV *re_debug_flags = NULL;
+#ifdef DEBUGGING
+    GET_RE_DEBUG_FLAGS_DECL;
 #endif
 
-    GET_RE_DEBUG_FLAGS;
+    DEBUG_OPTIMISE_r( DEBUG_EXECUTE_r({
+           PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,"regmatch start\n");
+    }));
+    /* on first ever call to regmatch, allocate first slab */
+    if (!PL_regmatch_slab) {
+       Newx(PL_regmatch_slab, 1, regmatch_slab);
+       PL_regmatch_slab->prev = NULL;
+       PL_regmatch_slab->next = NULL;
+       PL_regmatch_state = SLAB_FIRST(PL_regmatch_slab);
+    }
 
-#ifdef DEBUGGING
-    PL_regindent++;
-#endif
+    oldsave = PL_savestack_ix;
+    SAVEDESTRUCTOR_X(S_clear_backtrack_stack, NULL);
+    SAVEVPTR(PL_regmatch_slab);
+    SAVEVPTR(PL_regmatch_state);
 
+    /* grab next free state slot */
+    st = ++PL_regmatch_state;
+    if (st >  SLAB_LAST(PL_regmatch_slab))
+       st = PL_regmatch_state = S_push_slab(aTHX);
 
     /* Note that nextchr is a byte even in UTF */
     nextchr = UCHARAT(locinput);
@@ -2426,79 +2749,30 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regnode *prog)
     while (scan != NULL) {
 
         DEBUG_EXECUTE_r( {
-           SV *prop = sv_newmortal();
-           int docolor = *PL_colors[0];
-           int taill = (docolor ? 10 : 7); /* 3 chars for "> <" */
-           int l = (PL_regeol - locinput) > taill ? taill : (PL_regeol - locinput);
-           /* The part of the string before starttry has one color
-              (pref0_len chars), between starttry and current
-              position another one (pref_len - pref0_len chars),
-              after the current position the third one.
-              We assume that pref0_len <= pref_len, otherwise we
-              decrease pref0_len.  */
-           int pref_len = (locinput - PL_bostr) > (5 + taill) - l
-               ? (5 + taill) - l : locinput - PL_bostr;
-           int pref0_len;
-
-           while (do_utf8 && UTF8_IS_CONTINUATION(*(U8*)(locinput - pref_len)))
-               pref_len++;
-           pref0_len = pref_len  - (locinput - PL_reg_starttry);
-           if (l + pref_len < (5 + taill) && l < PL_regeol - locinput)
-               l = ( PL_regeol - locinput > (5 + taill) - pref_len
-                     ? (5 + taill) - pref_len : PL_regeol - locinput);
-           while (do_utf8 && UTF8_IS_CONTINUATION(*(U8*)(locinput + l)))
-               l--;
-           if (pref0_len < 0)
-               pref0_len = 0;
-           if (pref0_len > pref_len)
-               pref0_len = pref_len;
-           regprop(prop, scan);
-           {
-             char *s0 =
-               do_utf8 && OP(scan) != CANY ?
-               pv_uni_display(dsv0, (U8*)(locinput - pref_len),
-                              pref0_len, 60, UNI_DISPLAY_REGEX) :
-               locinput - pref_len;
-             int len0 = do_utf8 ? strlen(s0) : pref0_len;
-             char *s1 = do_utf8 && OP(scan) != CANY ?
-               pv_uni_display(dsv1, (U8*)(locinput - pref_len + pref0_len),
-                              pref_len - pref0_len, 60, UNI_DISPLAY_REGEX) :
-               locinput - pref_len + pref0_len;
-             int len1 = do_utf8 ? strlen(s1) : pref_len - pref0_len;
-             char *s2 = do_utf8 && OP(scan) != CANY ?
-               pv_uni_display(dsv2, (U8*)locinput,
-                              PL_regeol - locinput, 60, UNI_DISPLAY_REGEX) :
-               locinput;
-             int len2 = do_utf8 ? strlen(s2) : l;
-             PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
-                           "%4"IVdf" <%s%.*s%s%s%.*s%s%s%s%.*s%s>%*s|%3"IVdf":%*s%s\n",
-                           (IV)(locinput - PL_bostr),
-                           PL_colors[4],
-                           len0, s0,
-                           PL_colors[5],
-                           PL_colors[2],
-                           len1, s1,
-                           PL_colors[3],
-                           (docolor ? "" : "> <"),
-                           PL_colors[0],
-                           len2, s2,
-                           PL_colors[1],
-                           15 - l - pref_len + 1,
-                           "",
-                           (IV)(scan - PL_regprogram), PL_regindent*2, "",
-                           SvPVX(prop));
-           }
+           SV * const prop = sv_newmortal();
+           regnode *rnext=regnext(scan);
+           DUMP_EXEC_POS( locinput, scan, do_utf8 );
+           regprop(rex, prop, scan);
+            
+           PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
+                   "%3"IVdf":%*s%s(%"IVdf")\n",
+                   (IV)(scan - rexi->program), depth*2, "",
+                   SvPVX_const(prop),
+                   (PL_regkind[OP(scan)] == END || !rnext) ? 
+                       0 : (IV)(rnext - rexi->program));
        });
 
        next = scan + NEXT_OFF(scan);
        if (next == scan)
            next = NULL;
+       state_num = OP(scan);
 
-       switch (OP(scan)) {
+      reenter_switch:
+       switch (state_num) {
        case BOL:
            if (locinput == PL_bostr)
            {
-               /* regtill = regbol; */
+               /* reginfo->till = reginfo->bol; */
                break;
            }
            sayNO;
@@ -2514,9 +2788,22 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regnode *prog)
                break;
            sayNO;
        case GPOS:
-           if (locinput == PL_reg_ganch)
+           if (locinput == reginfo->ganch)
                break;
            sayNO;
+
+       case KEEPS:
+           /* update the startpoint */
+           st->u.keeper.val = PL_regoffs[0].start;
+           PL_reginput = locinput;
+           PL_regoffs[0].start = locinput - PL_bostr;
+           PUSH_STATE_GOTO(KEEPS_next, next);
+           /*NOT-REACHED*/
+       case KEEPS_next_fail:
+           /* rollback the start point change */
+           PL_regoffs[0].start = st->u.keeper.val;
+           sayNO_SILENT;
+           /*NOT-REACHED*/
        case EOL:
                goto seol;
        case MEOL:
@@ -2564,237 +2851,331 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regnode *prog)
                nextchr = UCHARAT(++locinput);
            break;
 
-
-
-       /*
-          traverse the TRIE keeping track of all accepting states
-          we transition through until we get to a failing node.
-
-          we use two slightly different pieces of code to handle
-          the traversal depending on whether its case sensitive or
-          not. we reuse the accept code however. (this should probably
-          be turned into a macro.)
-
-       */
-       case TRIEF:
-       case TRIEFL:
+#undef  ST
+#define ST st->u.trie
+        case TRIEC:
+            /* In this case the charclass data is available inline so
+               we can fail fast without a lot of extra overhead. 
+             */
+            if (scan->flags == EXACT || !do_utf8) {
+                if(!ANYOF_BITMAP_TEST(scan, *locinput)) {
+                    DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(
+                        PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
+                                 "%*s  %sfailed to match trie start class...%s\n",
+                                 REPORT_CODE_OFF+depth*2, "", PL_colors[4], PL_colors[5])
+                    );
+                    sayNO_SILENT;
+                    /* NOTREACHED */
+                }                      
+            }
+            /* FALL THROUGH */
+       case TRIE:
            {
-
-               const U32 uniflags = ckWARN( WARN_UTF8 ) ? 0 : UTF8_ALLOW_ANY;
+                /* what type of TRIE am I? (utf8 makes this contextual) */
+               const enum { trie_plain, trie_utf8, trie_utf8_fold }
+                   trie_type = do_utf8 ?
+                         (scan->flags == EXACT ? trie_utf8 : trie_utf8_fold)
+                       : trie_plain;
+
+                /* what trie are we using right now */
+               reg_trie_data * const trie
+                   = (reg_trie_data*)rexi->data->data[ ARG( scan ) ];
+               HV * widecharmap = (HV *)rexi->data->data[ ARG( scan ) + 1 ];
+                U32 state = trie->startstate;
+
+               if (trie->bitmap && trie_type != trie_utf8_fold &&
+                   !TRIE_BITMAP_TEST(trie,*locinput)
+               ) {
+                   if (trie->states[ state ].wordnum) {
+                        DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(
+                            PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
+                                         "%*s  %smatched empty string...%s\n",
+                                         REPORT_CODE_OFF+depth*2, "", PL_colors[4], PL_colors[5])
+                        );
+                       break;
+                   } else {
+                       DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(
+                            PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
+                                         "%*s  %sfailed to match trie start class...%s\n",
+                                         REPORT_CODE_OFF+depth*2, "", PL_colors[4], PL_colors[5])
+                        );
+                       sayNO_SILENT;
+                  }
+                }
+
+            { 
                U8 *uc = ( U8* )locinput;
-               U32 state = 1;
-               U16 charid = 0;
-               U32 base = 0;
-               UV uvc = 0;
+
                STRLEN len = 0;
                STRLEN foldlen = 0;
-               U8 foldbuf[ UTF8_MAXBYTES_CASE + 1 ];
                U8 *uscan = (U8*)NULL;
                STRLEN bufflen=0;
-               accepted = 0;
+               SV *sv_accept_buff = NULL;
+               U8 foldbuf[ UTF8_MAXBYTES_CASE + 1 ];
 
-               trie = (reg_trie_data*)PL_regdata->data[ ARG( scan ) ];
+               ST.accepted = 0; /* how many accepting states we have seen */
+               ST.B = next;
+               ST.jump = trie->jump;
+               ST.me = scan;
+               /*
+                  traverse the TRIE keeping track of all accepting states
+                  we transition through until we get to a failing node.
+               */
 
                while ( state && uc <= (U8*)PL_regeol ) {
+                    U32 base = trie->states[ state ].trans.base;
+                    UV uvc = 0;
+                    U16 charid;
+                    /* We use charid to hold the wordnum as we don't use it
+                       for charid until after we have done the wordnum logic. 
+                       We define an alias just so that the wordnum logic reads
+                       more naturally. */
+
+#define got_wordnum charid
+                    got_wordnum = trie->states[ state ].wordnum;
+
+                   if ( got_wordnum ) {
+                       if ( ! ST.accepted ) {
+                           ENTER;
+                           SAVETMPS;
+                           bufflen = TRIE_INITAL_ACCEPT_BUFFLEN;
+                           sv_accept_buff=newSV(bufflen *
+                                           sizeof(reg_trie_accepted) - 1);
+                           SvCUR_set(sv_accept_buff, 0);
+                           SvPOK_on(sv_accept_buff);
+                           sv_2mortal(sv_accept_buff);
+                           SAVETMPS;
+                           ST.accept_buff =
+                               (reg_trie_accepted*)SvPV_nolen(sv_accept_buff );
+                       }
+                       do {
+                           if (ST.accepted >= bufflen) {
+                               bufflen *= 2;
+                               ST.accept_buff =(reg_trie_accepted*)
+                                   SvGROW(sv_accept_buff,
+                                       bufflen * sizeof(reg_trie_accepted));
+                           }
+                           SvCUR_set(sv_accept_buff,SvCUR(sv_accept_buff)
+                               + sizeof(reg_trie_accepted));
 
-                   TRIE_CHECK_STATE_IS_ACCEPTING;
 
-                   base = trie->states[ state ].trans.base;
+                           ST.accept_buff[ST.accepted].wordnum = got_wordnum;
+                           ST.accept_buff[ST.accepted].endpos = uc;
+                           ++ST.accepted;
+                       } while (trie->nextword && (got_wordnum= trie->nextword[got_wordnum]));
+                   }
+#undef got_wordnum 
 
-                   DEBUG_TRIE_EXECUTE_r(
+                   DEBUG_TRIE_EXECUTE_r({
+                               DUMP_EXEC_POS( (char *)uc, scan, do_utf8 );
                                PerlIO_printf( Perl_debug_log,
-                                   "%*s  %sState: %4"UVxf", Base: %4"UVxf", Accepted: %4"UVxf" ",
-                                   REPORT_CODE_OFF + PL_regindent * 2, "", PL_colors[4],
-                                   (UV)state, (UV)base, (UV)accepted );
-                   );
+                                   "%*s  %sState: %4"UVxf" Accepted: %4"UVxf" ",
+                                   2+depth * 2, "", PL_colors[4],
+                                   (UV)state, (UV)ST.accepted );
+                   });
 
                    if ( base ) {
-
-                       if ( do_utf8 || UTF ) {
-                           if ( foldlen>0 ) {
-                               uvc = utf8n_to_uvuni( uscan, UTF8_MAXLEN, &len, uniflags );
-                               foldlen -= len;
-                               uscan += len;
-                               len=0;
-                           } else {
-                               uvc = utf8n_to_uvuni( (U8*)uc, UTF8_MAXLEN, &len, uniflags );
-                               uvc = to_uni_fold( uvc, foldbuf, &foldlen );
-                               foldlen -= UNISKIP( uvc );
-                               uscan = foldbuf + UNISKIP( uvc );
-                           }
-                       } else {
-                           uvc = (UV)*uc;
-                           len = 1;
+                       REXEC_TRIE_READ_CHAR(trie_type, trie, widecharmap, uc,
+                                            uscan, len, uvc, charid, foldlen,
+                                            foldbuf, uniflags);
+
+                       if (charid &&
+                            (base + charid > trie->uniquecharcount )
+                            && (base + charid - 1 - trie->uniquecharcount
+                                   < trie->lasttrans)
+                            && trie->trans[base + charid - 1 -
+                                   trie->uniquecharcount].check == state)
+                       {
+                           state = trie->trans[base + charid - 1 -
+                               trie->uniquecharcount ].next;
                        }
+                       else {
+                           state = 0;
+                       }
+                       uc += len;
 
-                       TRIE_HANDLE_CHAR;
-
-                   } else {
+                   }
+                   else {
                        state = 0;
                    }
                    DEBUG_TRIE_EXECUTE_r(
                        PerlIO_printf( Perl_debug_log,
-                           "Charid:%3x CV:%4"UVxf" After State: %4"UVxf"%s\n",
+                           "Charid:%3x CP:%4"UVxf" After State: %4"UVxf"%s\n",
                            charid, uvc, (UV)state, PL_colors[5] );
                    );
                }
-               if ( !accepted ) {
+               if (!ST.accepted )
                   sayNO;
-               } else {
-                   goto TrieAccept;
-               }
+
+               DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(
+                   PerlIO_printf( Perl_debug_log,
+                       "%*s  %sgot %"IVdf" possible matches%s\n",
+                       REPORT_CODE_OFF + depth * 2, "",
+                       PL_colors[4], (IV)ST.accepted, PL_colors[5] );
+               );
+           }}
+            goto trie_first_try; /* jump into the fail handler */
+           /* NOTREACHED */
+       case TRIE_next_fail: /* we failed - try next alterative */
+            if ( ST.jump) {
+                REGCP_UNWIND(ST.cp);
+               for (n = *PL_reglastparen; n > ST.lastparen; n--)
+                   PL_regoffs[n].end = -1;
+               *PL_reglastparen = n;
            }
-           /* unreached codepoint: we jump into the middle of the next case
-              from previous if blocks */
-       case TRIE:
-           {
-               const U32 uniflags = ckWARN( WARN_UTF8 ) ? 0 : UTF8_ALLOW_ANY;
-               U8 *uc = (U8*)locinput;
-               U32 state = 1;
-               U16 charid = 0;
-               U32 base = 0;
-               UV uvc = 0;
-               STRLEN len = 0;
-               STRLEN bufflen = 0;
-               accepted = 0;
+          trie_first_try:
+            if (do_cutgroup) {
+                do_cutgroup = 0;
+                no_final = 0;
+            }
 
-               trie = (reg_trie_data*)PL_regdata->data[ ARG( scan ) ];
-
-               while ( state && uc <= (U8*)PL_regeol ) {
-
-                   TRIE_CHECK_STATE_IS_ACCEPTING;
+            if ( ST.jump) {
+                ST.lastparen = *PL_reglastparen;
+               REGCP_SET(ST.cp);
+            }          
+           if ( ST.accepted == 1 ) {
+               /* only one choice left - just continue */
+               DEBUG_EXECUTE_r({
+                   AV *const trie_words
+                       = (AV *) rexi->data->data[ARG(ST.me)+TRIE_WORDS_OFFSET];
+                   SV ** const tmp = av_fetch( trie_words, 
+                       ST.accept_buff[ 0 ].wordnum-1, 0 );
+                   SV *sv= tmp ? sv_newmortal() : NULL;
+                   
+                   PerlIO_printf( Perl_debug_log,
+                       "%*s  %sonly one match left: #%d <%s>%s\n",
+                       REPORT_CODE_OFF+depth*2, "", PL_colors[4],
+                       ST.accept_buff[ 0 ].wordnum,
+                       tmp ? pv_pretty(sv, SvPV_nolen_const(*tmp), SvCUR(*tmp), 0, 
+                               PL_colors[0], PL_colors[1],
+                               (SvUTF8(*tmp) ? PERL_PV_ESCAPE_UNI : 0)
+                            ) 
+                       : "not compiled under -Dr",
+                       PL_colors[5] );
+               });
+               PL_reginput = (char *)ST.accept_buff[ 0 ].endpos;
+               /* in this case we free tmps/leave before we call regmatch
+                  as we wont be using accept_buff again. */
+               
+               locinput = PL_reginput;
+               nextchr = UCHARAT(locinput);
+               if ( !ST.jump || !ST.jump[ST.accept_buff[0].wordnum]) 
+                   scan = ST.B;
+               else
+                   scan = ST.me + ST.jump[ST.accept_buff[0].wordnum];
+               if (!has_cutgroup) {
+                   FREETMPS;
+                   LEAVE;
+                } else {
+                    ST.accepted--;
+                    PUSH_YES_STATE_GOTO(TRIE_next, scan);
+                }
+               
+               continue; /* execute rest of RE */
+           }
+           
+           if ( !ST.accepted-- ) {
+               DEBUG_EXECUTE_r({
+                   PerlIO_printf( Perl_debug_log,
+                       "%*s  %sTRIE failed...%s\n",
+                       REPORT_CODE_OFF+depth*2, "", 
+                       PL_colors[4],
+                       PL_colors[5] );
+               });
+               FREETMPS;
+               LEAVE;
+               sayNO_SILENT;
+               /*NOTREACHED*/
+           } 
 
-                   base = trie->states[ state ].trans.base;
+           /*
+              There are at least two accepting states left.  Presumably
+              the number of accepting states is going to be low,
+              typically two. So we simply scan through to find the one
+              with lowest wordnum.  Once we find it, we swap the last
+              state into its place and decrement the size. We then try to
+              match the rest of the pattern at the point where the word
+              ends. If we succeed, control just continues along the
+              regex; if we fail we return here to try the next accepting
+              state
+            */
 
+           {
+               U32 best = 0;
+               U32 cur;
+               for( cur = 1 ; cur <= ST.accepted ; cur++ ) {
                    DEBUG_TRIE_EXECUTE_r(
-                           PerlIO_printf( Perl_debug_log,
-                               "%*s  %sState: %4"UVxf", Base: %4"UVxf", Accepted: %4"UVxf" ",
-                               REPORT_CODE_OFF + PL_regindent * 2, "", PL_colors[4],
-                               (UV)state, (UV)base, (UV)accepted );
+                       PerlIO_printf( Perl_debug_log,
+                           "%*s  %sgot %"IVdf" (%d) as best, looking at %"IVdf" (%d)%s\n",
+                           REPORT_CODE_OFF + depth * 2, "", PL_colors[4],
+                           (IV)best, ST.accept_buff[ best ].wordnum, (IV)cur,
+                           ST.accept_buff[ cur ].wordnum, PL_colors[5] );
                    );
 
-                   if ( base ) {
-
-                       if ( do_utf8 || UTF ) {
-                           uvc = utf8n_to_uvuni( (U8*)uc, UTF8_MAXLEN, &len, uniflags );
-                       } else {
-                           uvc = (U32)*uc;
-                           len = 1;
-                       }
-
-                        TRIE_HANDLE_CHAR;
-
-                   } else {
-                       state = 0;
-                   }
-                   DEBUG_TRIE_EXECUTE_r(
-                           PerlIO_printf( Perl_debug_log,
-                               "Charid:%3x CV:%4"UVxf" After State: %4"UVxf"%s\n",
-                               charid, uvc, (UV)state, PL_colors[5] );
-                   );
-               }
-               if ( !accepted ) {
-                  sayNO;
+                   if (ST.accept_buff[cur].wordnum <
+                           ST.accept_buff[best].wordnum)
+                       best = cur;
                }
-           }
-
 
-           /*
-              There was at least one accepting state that we
-              transitioned through. Presumably the number of accepting
-              states is going to be low, typically one or two. So we
-              simply scan through to find the one with lowest wordnum.
-              Once we find it, we swap the last state into its place
-              and decrement the size. We then try to match the rest of
-              the pattern at the point where the word ends, if we
-              succeed then we end the loop, otherwise the loop
-              eventually terminates once all of the accepting states
-              have been tried.
-           */
-       TrieAccept:
-           {
-               int gotit = 0;
-
-               if ( accepted == 1 ) {
-                   DEBUG_EXECUTE_r({
-                        SV **tmp = av_fetch( trie->words, accept_buff[ 0 ].wordnum-1, 0 );
-                               PerlIO_printf( Perl_debug_log,
-                           "%*s  %sonly one match : #%d <%s>%s\n",
-                           REPORT_CODE_OFF+PL_regindent*2, "", PL_colors[4],
-                           accept_buff[ 0 ].wordnum,
-                           tmp ? SvPV_nolen( *tmp ) : "not compiled under -Dr",
-                           PL_colors[5] );
-                   });
-                   PL_reginput = (char *)accept_buff[ 0 ].endpos;
-                   /* in this case we free tmps/leave before we call regmatch
-                      as we wont be using accept_buff again. */
-                   FREETMPS;
-                   LEAVE;
-                   gotit = regmatch( scan + NEXT_OFF( scan ) );
-               } else {
-                    DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(
-                        PerlIO_printf( Perl_debug_log,"%*s  %sgot %"IVdf" possible matches%s\n",
-                            REPORT_CODE_OFF + PL_regindent * 2, "", PL_colors[4], (IV)accepted,
-                            PL_colors[5] );
-                    );
-                   while ( !gotit && accepted-- ) {
-                       U32 best = 0;
-                       U32 cur;
-                       for( cur = 1 ; cur <= accepted ; cur++ ) {
-                           DEBUG_TRIE_EXECUTE_r(
-                               PerlIO_printf( Perl_debug_log,
-                                   "%*s  %sgot %"IVdf" (%d) as best, looking at %"IVdf" (%d)%s\n",
-                                   REPORT_CODE_OFF + PL_regindent * 2, "", PL_colors[4],
-                                   (IV)best, accept_buff[ best ].wordnum, (IV)cur,
-                                   accept_buff[ cur ].wordnum, PL_colors[5] );
-                           );
-
-                           if ( accept_buff[ cur ].wordnum < accept_buff[ best ].wordnum )
-                                   best = cur;
-                       }
-                       DEBUG_EXECUTE_r({
-                           SV **tmp = av_fetch( trie->words, accept_buff[ best ].wordnum - 1, 0 );
-                           PerlIO_printf( Perl_debug_log, "%*s  %strying alternation #%d <%s> at 0x%p%s\n",
-                               REPORT_CODE_OFF+PL_regindent*2, "", PL_colors[4],
-                               accept_buff[best].wordnum,
-                               tmp ? SvPV_nolen( *tmp ) : "not compiled under -Dr",scan,
-                               PL_colors[5] );
-                       });
-                       if ( best<accepted ) {
-                           reg_trie_accepted tmp = accept_buff[ best ];
-                           accept_buff[ best ] = accept_buff[ accepted ];
-                           accept_buff[ accepted ] = tmp;
-                           best = accepted;
-                       }
-                       PL_reginput = (char *)accept_buff[ best ].endpos;
-
-                        /* 
-                           as far as I can tell we only need the SAVETMPS/FREETMPS 
-                           for re's with EVAL in them but I'm leaving them in for 
-                           all until I can be sure.
-                         */
-                       SAVETMPS;
-                       gotit = regmatch( scan + NEXT_OFF( scan ) ) ;
-                       FREETMPS;
-                   }
-                   FREETMPS;
-                   LEAVE;
+               DEBUG_EXECUTE_r({
+                   AV *const trie_words
+                       = (AV *) rexi->data->data[ARG(ST.me)+TRIE_WORDS_OFFSET];
+                   SV ** const tmp = av_fetch( trie_words, 
+                       ST.accept_buff[ best ].wordnum - 1, 0 );
+                   regnode *nextop=(!ST.jump || !ST.jump[ST.accept_buff[best].wordnum]) ? 
+                                   ST.B : 
+                                   ST.me + ST.jump[ST.accept_buff[best].wordnum];    
+                   SV *sv= tmp ? sv_newmortal() : NULL;
+                   
+                   PerlIO_printf( Perl_debug_log, 
+                       "%*s  %strying alternation #%d <%s> at node #%d %s\n",
+                       REPORT_CODE_OFF+depth*2, "", PL_colors[4],
+                       ST.accept_buff[best].wordnum,
+                       tmp ? pv_pretty(sv, SvPV_nolen_const(*tmp), SvCUR(*tmp), 0, 
+                               PL_colors[0], PL_colors[1],
+                               (SvUTF8(*tmp) ? PERL_PV_ESCAPE_UNI : 0)
+                            ) : "not compiled under -Dr", 
+                           REG_NODE_NUM(nextop),
+                       PL_colors[5] );
+               });
+
+               if ( best<ST.accepted ) {
+                   reg_trie_accepted tmp = ST.accept_buff[ best ];
+                   ST.accept_buff[ best ] = ST.accept_buff[ ST.accepted ];
+                   ST.accept_buff[ ST.accepted ] = tmp;
+                   best = ST.accepted;
                }
-               
-               if ( gotit ) {
-                   sayYES;
+               PL_reginput = (char *)ST.accept_buff[ best ].endpos;
+               if ( !ST.jump || !ST.jump[ST.accept_buff[best].wordnum]) {
+                   scan = ST.B;
+                   /* NOTREACHED */
                } else {
-                   sayNO;
-               }
+                   scan = ST.me + ST.jump[ST.accept_buff[best].wordnum];
+                   /* NOTREACHED */
+                }
+                if (has_cutgroup) {
+                    PUSH_YES_STATE_GOTO(TRIE_next, scan);    
+                    /* NOTREACHED */
+                } else {
+                    PUSH_STATE_GOTO(TRIE_next, scan);
+                    /* NOTREACHED */
+                }
+                /* NOTREACHED */
            }
-           /* unreached codepoint */
-       case EXACT:
-           s = STRING(scan);
+           /* NOTREACHED */
+        case TRIE_next:
+            FREETMPS;
+           LEAVE;
+           sayYES;
+#undef  ST
+
+       case EXACT: {
+           char *s = STRING(scan);
            ln = STR_LEN(scan);
            if (do_utf8 != UTF) {
                /* The target and the pattern have differing utf8ness. */
                char *l = locinput;
-               const char *e = s + ln;
+               const char * const e = s + ln;
 
                if (do_utf8) {
                    /* The target is utf8, the pattern is not utf8. */
@@ -2804,8 +3185,7 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regnode *prog)
                             sayNO;
                        if (NATIVE_TO_UNI(*(U8*)s) !=
                            utf8n_to_uvuni((U8*)l, UTF8_MAXBYTES, &ulen,
-                                          ckWARN(WARN_UTF8) ?
-                                          0 : UTF8_ALLOW_ANY))
+                                           uniflags))
                             sayNO;
                        l += ulen;
                        s ++;
@@ -2819,8 +3199,7 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regnode *prog)
                            sayNO;
                        if (NATIVE_TO_UNI(*((U8*)l)) !=
                            utf8n_to_uvuni((U8*)s, UTF8_MAXBYTES, &ulen,
-                                          ckWARN(WARN_UTF8) ?
-                                          0 : UTF8_ALLOW_ANY))
+                                          uniflags))
                            sayNO;
                        s += ulen;
                        l ++;
@@ -2841,16 +3220,17 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regnode *prog)
            locinput += ln;
            nextchr = UCHARAT(locinput);
            break;
+           }
        case EXACTFL:
            PL_reg_flags |= RF_tainted;
            /* FALL THROUGH */
-       case EXACTF:
-           s = STRING(scan);
+       case EXACTF: {
+           char * const s = STRING(scan);
            ln = STR_LEN(scan);
 
            if (do_utf8 || UTF) {
              /* Either target or the pattern are utf8. */
-               char *l = locinput;
+               const char * const l = locinput;
                char *e = PL_regeol;
 
                if (ibcmp_utf8(s, 0,  ln, (bool)UTF,
@@ -2859,8 +3239,9 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regnode *prog)
                      * pack("U0U*", 0xDF) =~ /ss/i,
                      * the 0xC3 0x9F are the UTF-8
                      * byte sequence for the U+00DF. */
+
                     if (!(do_utf8 &&
-                          toLOWER(s[0]) == 's' &&
+                          toLOWER(s[0]) == 's' &&
                           ln >= 2 &&
                           toLOWER(s[1]) == 's' &&
                           (U8)l[0] == 0xC3 &&
@@ -2889,12 +3270,13 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regnode *prog)
            locinput += ln;
            nextchr = UCHARAT(locinput);
            break;
+           }
        case ANYOF:
            if (do_utf8) {
                STRLEN inclasslen = PL_regeol - locinput;
 
-               if (!reginclass(scan, (U8*)locinput, &inclasslen, do_utf8))
-                   sayNO_ANYOF;
+               if (!reginclass(rex, scan, (U8*)locinput, &inclasslen, do_utf8))
+                   goto anyof_fail;
                if (locinput >= PL_regeol)
                    sayNO;
                locinput += inclasslen ? inclasslen : UTF8SKIP(locinput);
@@ -2904,14 +3286,14 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regnode *prog)
            else {
                if (nextchr < 0)
                    nextchr = UCHARAT(locinput);
-               if (!REGINCLASS(scan, (U8*)locinput))
-                   sayNO_ANYOF;
+               if (!REGINCLASS(rex, scan, (U8*)locinput))
+                   goto anyof_fail;
                if (!nextchr && locinput >= PL_regeol)
                    sayNO;
                nextchr = UCHARAT(++locinput);
                break;
            }
-       no_anyof:
+       anyof_fail:
            /* If we might have the case of the German sharp s
             * in a casefolding Unicode character class. */
 
@@ -2929,9 +3311,9 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regnode *prog)
            if (!nextchr)
                sayNO;
            if (do_utf8) {
-               LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS(alnum,"a");
+               LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS_ALNUM();
                if (!(OP(scan) == ALNUM
-                     ? swash_fetch(PL_utf8_alnum, (U8*)locinput, do_utf8)
+                     ? (bool)swash_fetch(PL_utf8_alnum, (U8*)locinput, do_utf8)
                      : isALNUM_LC_utf8((U8*)locinput)))
                {
                    sayNO;
@@ -2952,9 +3334,9 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regnode *prog)
            if (!nextchr && locinput >= PL_regeol)
                sayNO;
            if (do_utf8) {
-               LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS(alnum,"a");
+               LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS_ALNUM();
                if (OP(scan) == NALNUM
-                   ? swash_fetch(PL_utf8_alnum, (U8*)locinput, do_utf8)
+                   ? (bool)swash_fetch(PL_utf8_alnum, (U8*)locinput, do_utf8)
                    : isALNUM_LC_utf8((U8*)locinput))
                {
                    sayNO;
@@ -2981,11 +3363,11 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regnode *prog)
                else {
                    const U8 * const r = reghop3((U8*)locinput, -1, (U8*)PL_bostr);
                
-                   ln = utf8n_to_uvchr(r, UTF8SKIP(r), 0, 0);
+                   ln = utf8n_to_uvchr(r, UTF8SKIP(r), 0, uniflags);
                }
                if (OP(scan) == BOUND || OP(scan) == NBOUND) {
                    ln = isALNUM_uni(ln);
-                   LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS(alnum,"a");
+                   LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS_ALNUM();
                    n = swash_fetch(PL_utf8_alnum, (U8*)locinput, do_utf8);
                }
                else {
@@ -3017,9 +3399,9 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regnode *prog)
                sayNO;
            if (do_utf8) {
                if (UTF8_IS_CONTINUED(nextchr)) {
-                   LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS(space," ");
+                   LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS_SPACE();
                    if (!(OP(scan) == SPACE
-                         ? swash_fetch(PL_utf8_space, (U8*)locinput, do_utf8)
+                         ? (bool)swash_fetch(PL_utf8_space, (U8*)locinput, do_utf8)
                          : isSPACE_LC_utf8((U8*)locinput)))
                    {
                        sayNO;
@@ -3047,9 +3429,9 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regnode *prog)
            if (!nextchr && locinput >= PL_regeol)
                sayNO;
            if (do_utf8) {
-               LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS(space," ");
+               LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS_SPACE();
                if (OP(scan) == NSPACE
-                   ? swash_fetch(PL_utf8_space, (U8*)locinput, do_utf8)
+                   ? (bool)swash_fetch(PL_utf8_space, (U8*)locinput, do_utf8)
                    : isSPACE_LC_utf8((U8*)locinput))
                {
                    sayNO;
@@ -3070,9 +3452,9 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regnode *prog)
            if (!nextchr)
                sayNO;
            if (do_utf8) {
-               LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS(digit,"0");
+               LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS_DIGIT();
                if (!(OP(scan) == DIGIT
-                     ? swash_fetch(PL_utf8_digit, (U8*)locinput, do_utf8)
+                     ? (bool)swash_fetch(PL_utf8_digit, (U8*)locinput, do_utf8)
                      : isDIGIT_LC_utf8((U8*)locinput)))
                {
                    sayNO;
@@ -3093,9 +3475,9 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regnode *prog)
            if (!nextchr && locinput >= PL_regeol)
                sayNO;
            if (do_utf8) {
-               LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS(digit,"0");
+               LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS_DIGIT();
                if (OP(scan) == NDIGIT
-                   ? swash_fetch(PL_utf8_digit, (U8*)locinput, do_utf8)
+                   ? (bool)swash_fetch(PL_utf8_digit, (U8*)locinput, do_utf8)
                    : isDIGIT_LC_utf8((U8*)locinput))
                {
                    sayNO;
@@ -3113,7 +3495,7 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regnode *prog)
            if (locinput >= PL_regeol)
                sayNO;
            if  (do_utf8) {
-               LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS(mark,"~");
+               LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS_MARK();
                if (swash_fetch(PL_utf8_mark,(U8*)locinput, do_utf8))
                    sayNO;
                locinput += PL_utf8skip[nextchr];
@@ -3127,29 +3509,50 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regnode *prog)
               locinput++;
            nextchr = UCHARAT(locinput);
            break;
+            
+       case NREFFL:
+       {
+           char *s;
+           char type;
+           PL_reg_flags |= RF_tainted;
+           /* FALL THROUGH */
+       case NREF:
+       case NREFF:
+           type = OP(scan);
+           n = reg_check_named_buff_matched(rex,scan);
+
+            if ( n ) {
+                type = REF + ( type - NREF );
+                goto do_ref;
+            } else {
+                sayNO;
+            }
+            /* unreached */
        case REFFL:
            PL_reg_flags |= RF_tainted;
            /* FALL THROUGH */
         case REF:
-       case REFF:
+       case REFF: 
            n = ARG(scan);  /* which paren pair */
-           ln = PL_regstartp[n];
+           type = OP(scan);
+         do_ref:  
+           ln = PL_regoffs[n].start;
            PL_reg_leftiter = PL_reg_maxiter;           /* Void cache */
-           if ((I32)*PL_reglastparen < n || ln == -1)
+           if (*PL_reglastparen < n || ln == -1)
                sayNO;                  /* Do not match unless seen CLOSEn. */
-           if (ln == PL_regendp[n])
+           if (ln == PL_regoffs[n].end)
                break;
 
            s = PL_bostr + ln;
-           if (do_utf8 && OP(scan) != REF) {   /* REF can do byte comparison */
+           if (do_utf8 && type != REF) {       /* REF can do byte comparison */
                char *l = locinput;
-               const char *e = PL_bostr + PL_regendp[n];
+               const char *e = PL_bostr + PL_regoffs[n].end;
                /*
                 * Note that we can't do the "other character" lookup trick as
                 * in the 8-bit case (no pun intended) because in Unicode we
                 * have to map both upper and title case to lower case.
                 */
-               if (OP(scan) == REFF) {
+               if (type == REFF) {
                    while (s < e) {
                        STRLEN ulen1, ulen2;
                        U8 tmpbuf1[UTF8_MAXBYTES_CASE+1];
@@ -3172,45 +3575,88 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regnode *prog)
 
            /* Inline the first character, for speed. */
            if (UCHARAT(s) != nextchr &&
-               (OP(scan) == REF ||
-                (UCHARAT(s) != ((OP(scan) == REFF
-                                 ? PL_fold : PL_fold_locale)[nextchr]))))
+               (type == REF ||
+                (UCHARAT(s) != (type == REFF
+                                 ? PL_fold : PL_fold_locale)[nextchr])))
                sayNO;
-           ln = PL_regendp[n] - ln;
+           ln = PL_regoffs[n].end - ln;
            if (locinput + ln > PL_regeol)
                sayNO;
-           if (ln > 1 && (OP(scan) == REF
+           if (ln > 1 && (type == REF
                           ? memNE(s, locinput, ln)
-                          : (OP(scan) == REFF
+                          : (type == REFF
                              ? ibcmp(s, locinput, ln)
                              : ibcmp_locale(s, locinput, ln))))
                sayNO;
            locinput += ln;
            nextchr = UCHARAT(locinput);
            break;
-
+       }
        case NOTHING:
        case TAIL:
            break;
        case BACK:
            break;
-       case EVAL:
+
+#undef  ST
+#define ST st->u.eval
        {
-           dSP;
-           OP_4tree *oop = PL_op;
-           COP *ocurcop = PL_curcop;
-           PAD *old_comppad;
            SV *ret;
-           struct regexp *oreg = PL_reg_re;
-       
-           n = ARG(scan);
-           PL_op = (OP_4tree*)PL_regdata->data[n];
-           DEBUG_EXECUTE_r( PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, "  re_eval 0x%"UVxf"\n", PTR2UV(PL_op)) );
-           PAD_SAVE_LOCAL(old_comppad, (PAD*)PL_regdata->data[n + 2]);
-           PL_regendp[0] = PL_reg_magic->mg_len = locinput - PL_bostr;
-
+            regexp *re;
+            regexp_internal *rei;
+            regnode *startpoint;
+
+       case GOSTART:
+       case GOSUB: /*    /(...(?1))/   /(...(?&foo))/   */
+           if (cur_eval && cur_eval->locinput==locinput) {
+                if (cur_eval->u.eval.close_paren == (U32)ARG(scan)) 
+                    Perl_croak(aTHX_ "Infinite recursion in regex");
+                if ( ++nochange_depth > max_nochange_depth )
+                    Perl_croak(aTHX_ 
+                        "Pattern subroutine nesting without pos change"
+                        " exceeded limit in regex");
+            } else {
+                nochange_depth = 0;
+            }
+            re = rex;
+            rei = rexi;
+            (void)ReREFCNT_inc(rex);
+            if (OP(scan)==GOSUB) {
+                startpoint = scan + ARG2L(scan);
+                ST.close_paren = ARG(scan);
+            } else {
+                startpoint = rei->program+1;
+                ST.close_paren = 0;
+            }
+            goto eval_recurse_doit;
+            /* NOTREACHED */
+        case EVAL:  /*   /(?{A})B/   /(??{A})B/  and /(?(?{A})X|Y)B/   */        
+            if (cur_eval && cur_eval->locinput==locinput) {
+               if ( ++nochange_depth > max_nochange_depth )
+                    Perl_croak(aTHX_ "EVAL without pos change exceeded limit in regex");
+            } else {
+                nochange_depth = 0;
+            }    
            {
-               SV **before = SP;
+               /* execute the code in the {...} */
+               dSP;
+               SV ** const before = SP;
+               OP_4tree * const oop = PL_op;
+               COP * const ocurcop = PL_curcop;
+               PAD *old_comppad;
+           
+               n = ARG(scan);
+               PL_op = (OP_4tree*)rexi->data->data[n];
+               DEBUG_STATE_r( PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, 
+                   "  re_eval 0x%"UVxf"\n", PTR2UV(PL_op)) );
+               PAD_SAVE_LOCAL(old_comppad, (PAD*)rexi->data->data[n + 2]);
+               PL_regoffs[0].end = PL_reg_magic->mg_len = locinput - PL_bostr;
+
+                if (sv_yes_mark) {
+                    SV *sv_mrk = get_sv("REGMARK", 1);
+                    sv_setsv(sv_mrk, sv_yes_mark);
+                }
+
                CALLRUNOPS(aTHX);                       /* Scalar context. */
                SPAGAIN;
                if (SP == before)
@@ -3219,20 +3665,24 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regnode *prog)
                    ret = POPs;
                    PUTBACK;
                }
-           }
 
-           PL_op = oop;
-           PAD_RESTORE_LOCAL(old_comppad);
-           PL_curcop = ocurcop;
-           if (logical) {
-               if (logical == 2) {     /* Postponed subexpression. */
-                   regexp *re;
-                   MAGIC *mg = Null(MAGIC*);
-                   re_cc_state state;
-                   CHECKPOINT cp, lastcp;
-                    int toggleutf;
-                   register SV *sv;
+               PL_op = oop;
+               PAD_RESTORE_LOCAL(old_comppad);
+               PL_curcop = ocurcop;
+               if (!logical) {
+                   /* /(?{...})/ */
+                   sv_setsv(save_scalar(PL_replgv), ret);
+                   break;
+               }
+           }
+           if (logical == 2) { /* Postponed subexpression: /(??{...})/ */
+               logical = 0;
+               {
+                   /* extract RE object from returned value; compiling if
+                    * necessary */
 
+                   MAGIC *mg = NULL;
+                   const SV *sv;
                    if(SvROK(ret) && SvSMAGICAL(sv = SvRV(ret)))
                        mg = mg_find(sv, PERL_MAGIC_qr);
                    else if (SvSMAGICAL(ret)) {
@@ -3243,121 +3693,177 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regnode *prog)
                    }
 
                    if (mg) {
-                       re = (regexp *)mg->mg_obj;
-                       (void)ReREFCNT_inc(re);
+                       re = reg_temp_copy((regexp *)mg->mg_obj); /*XXX:dmq*/
                    }
                    else {
-                       STRLEN len;
-                       char *t = SvPV(ret, len);
-                       PMOP pm;
-                       char * const oprecomp = PL_regprecomp;
+                       U32 pm_flags = 0;
                        const I32 osize = PL_regsize;
-                       const I32 onpar = PL_regnpar;
 
-                       Zero(&pm, 1, PMOP);
-                        if (DO_UTF8(ret)) pm.op_pmdynflags |= PMdf_DYN_UTF8;
-                       re = CALLREGCOMP(aTHX_ t, t + len, &pm);
+                       if (DO_UTF8(ret)) pm_flags |= RXf_UTF8;
+                       re = CALLREGCOMP(ret, pm_flags);
                        if (!(SvFLAGS(ret)
                              & (SVs_TEMP | SVs_PADTMP | SVf_READONLY
                                | SVs_GMG)))
                            sv_magic(ret,(SV*)ReREFCNT_inc(re),
                                        PERL_MAGIC_qr,0,0);
-                       PL_regprecomp = oprecomp;
                        PL_regsize = osize;
-                       PL_regnpar = onpar;
                    }
-                   DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(
-                       PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
-                                     "Entering embedded `%s%.60s%s%s'\n",
-                                     PL_colors[0],
-                                     re->precomp,
-                                     PL_colors[1],
-                                     (strlen(re->precomp) > 60 ? "..." : ""))
-                       );
-                   state.node = next;
-                   state.prev = PL_reg_call_cc;
-                   state.cc = PL_regcc;
-                   state.re = PL_reg_re;
-
-                   PL_regcc = 0;
-               
-                   cp = regcppush(0);  /* Save *all* the positions. */
-                   REGCP_SET(lastcp);
-                   cache_re(re);
-                   state.ss = PL_savestack_ix;
-                   *PL_reglastparen = 0;
-                   *PL_reglastcloseparen = 0;
-                   PL_reg_call_cc = &state;
-                   PL_reginput = locinput;
-                   toggleutf = ((PL_reg_flags & RF_utf8) != 0) ^
-                               ((re->reganch & ROPT_UTF8) != 0);
-                   if (toggleutf) PL_reg_flags ^= RF_utf8;
-
-                   /* XXXX This is too dramatic a measure... */
-                   PL_reg_maxiter = 0;
-
-                   if (regmatch(re->program + 1)) {
-                       /* Even though we succeeded, we need to restore
-                          global variables, since we may be wrapped inside
-                          SUSPEND, thus the match may be not finished yet. */
-
-                       /* XXXX Do this only if SUSPENDed? */
-                       PL_reg_call_cc = state.prev;
-                       PL_regcc = state.cc;
-                       PL_reg_re = state.re;
-                       cache_re(PL_reg_re);
-                       if (toggleutf) PL_reg_flags ^= RF_utf8;
-
-                       /* XXXX This is too dramatic a measure... */
-                       PL_reg_maxiter = 0;
-
-                       /* These are needed even if not SUSPEND. */
-                       ReREFCNT_dec(re);
-                       regcpblow(cp);
-                       sayYES;
-                   }
-                   ReREFCNT_dec(re);
-                   REGCP_UNWIND(lastcp);
-                   regcppop();
-                   PL_reg_call_cc = state.prev;
-                   PL_regcc = state.cc;
-                   PL_reg_re = state.re;
-                   cache_re(PL_reg_re);
-                   if (toggleutf) PL_reg_flags ^= RF_utf8;
-
-                   /* XXXX This is too dramatic a measure... */
-                   PL_reg_maxiter = 0;
-
-                   logical = 0;
-                   sayNO;
                }
-               sw = SvTRUE(ret);
-               logical = 0;
-           }
-           else {
-               sv_setsv(save_scalar(PL_replgv), ret);
-               cache_re(oreg);
+                RX_MATCH_COPIED_off(re);
+                re->subbeg = rex->subbeg;
+                re->sublen = rex->sublen;
+               rei = RXi_GET(re);
+                DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(
+                    debug_start_match(re, do_utf8, locinput, PL_regeol, 
+                        "Matching embedded");
+               );              
+               startpoint = rei->program + 1;
+                       ST.close_paren = 0; /* only used for GOSUB */
+                       /* borrowed from regtry */
+                if (PL_reg_start_tmpl <= re->nparens) {
+                    PL_reg_start_tmpl = re->nparens*3/2 + 3;
+                    if(PL_reg_start_tmp)
+                        Renew(PL_reg_start_tmp, PL_reg_start_tmpl, char*);
+                    else
+                        Newx(PL_reg_start_tmp, PL_reg_start_tmpl, char*);
+                }                      
+
+        eval_recurse_doit: /* Share code with GOSUB below this line */                         
+               /* run the pattern returned from (??{...}) */
+               ST.cp = regcppush(0);   /* Save *all* the positions. */
+               REGCP_SET(ST.lastcp);
+               
+               PL_regoffs = re->offs; /* essentially NOOP on GOSUB */
+               
+               *PL_reglastparen = 0;
+               *PL_reglastcloseparen = 0;
+               PL_reginput = locinput;
+               PL_regsize = 0;
+
+               /* XXXX This is too dramatic a measure... */
+               PL_reg_maxiter = 0;
+
+               ST.toggle_reg_flags = PL_reg_flags;
+               if (re->extflags & RXf_UTF8)
+                   PL_reg_flags |= RF_utf8;
+               else
+                   PL_reg_flags &= ~RF_utf8;
+               ST.toggle_reg_flags ^= PL_reg_flags; /* diff of old and new */
+
+               ST.prev_rex = rex;
+               ST.prev_curlyx = cur_curlyx;
+               SETREX(rex,re);
+               rexi = rei;
+               cur_curlyx = NULL;
+               ST.B = next;
+               ST.prev_eval = cur_eval;
+               cur_eval = st;
+               /* now continue from first node in postoned RE */
+               PUSH_YES_STATE_GOTO(EVAL_AB, startpoint);
+               /* NOTREACHED */
            }
+           /* logical is 1,   /(?(?{...})X|Y)/ */
+           sw = (bool)SvTRUE(ret);
+           logical = 0;
            break;
        }
+
+       case EVAL_AB: /* cleanup after a successful (??{A})B */
+           /* note: this is called twice; first after popping B, then A */
+           PL_reg_flags ^= ST.toggle_reg_flags; 
+           ReREFCNT_dec(rex);
+           SETREX(rex,ST.prev_rex);
+           rexi = RXi_GET(rex);
+           regcpblow(ST.cp);
+           cur_eval = ST.prev_eval;
+           cur_curlyx = ST.prev_curlyx;
+           /* XXXX This is too dramatic a measure... */
+           PL_reg_maxiter = 0;
+            if ( nochange_depth )
+               nochange_depth--;
+           sayYES;
+
+
+       case EVAL_AB_fail: /* unsuccessfully ran A or B in (??{A})B */
+           /* note: this is called twice; first after popping B, then A */
+           PL_reg_flags ^= ST.toggle_reg_flags; 
+           ReREFCNT_dec(rex);
+           SETREX(rex,ST.prev_rex);
+           rexi = RXi_GET(rex); 
+           PL_reginput = locinput;
+           REGCP_UNWIND(ST.lastcp);
+           regcppop(rex);
+           cur_eval = ST.prev_eval;
+           cur_curlyx = ST.prev_curlyx;
+           /* XXXX This is too dramatic a measure... */
+           PL_reg_maxiter = 0;
+           if ( nochange_depth )
+               nochange_depth--;
+           sayNO_SILENT;
+#undef ST
+
        case OPEN:
            n = ARG(scan);  /* which paren pair */
            PL_reg_start_tmp[n] = locinput;
            if (n > PL_regsize)
                PL_regsize = n;
+            lastopen = n;
            break;
        case CLOSE:
            n = ARG(scan);  /* which paren pair */
-           PL_regstartp[n] = PL_reg_start_tmp[n] - PL_bostr;
-           PL_regendp[n] = locinput - PL_bostr;
-           if (n > (I32)*PL_reglastparen)
+           PL_regoffs[n].start = PL_reg_start_tmp[n] - PL_bostr;
+           PL_regoffs[n].end = locinput - PL_bostr;
+           /*if (n > PL_regsize)
+               PL_regsize = n;*/
+           if (n > *PL_reglastparen)
                *PL_reglastparen = n;
            *PL_reglastcloseparen = n;
+            if (cur_eval && cur_eval->u.eval.close_paren == n) {
+               goto fake_end;
+           }    
            break;
+        case ACCEPT:
+            if (ARG(scan)){
+                regnode *cursor;
+                for (cursor=scan;
+                     cursor && OP(cursor)!=END; 
+                     cursor=regnext(cursor)) 
+                {
+                    if ( OP(cursor)==CLOSE ){
+                        n = ARG(cursor);
+                        if ( n <= lastopen ) {
+                            PL_regoffs[n].start
+                               = PL_reg_start_tmp[n] - PL_bostr;
+                            PL_regoffs[n].end = locinput - PL_bostr;
+                            /*if (n > PL_regsize)
+                            PL_regsize = n;*/
+                            if (n > *PL_reglastparen)
+                                *PL_reglastparen = n;
+                            *PL_reglastcloseparen = n;
+                            if ( n == ARG(scan) || (cur_eval &&
+                                cur_eval->u.eval.close_paren == n))
+                                break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+           goto fake_end;
+           /*NOTREACHED*/          
        case GROUPP:
            n = ARG(scan);  /* which paren pair */
-           sw = ((I32)*PL_reglastparen >= n && PL_regendp[n] != -1);
+           sw = (bool)(*PL_reglastparen >= n && PL_regoffs[n].end != -1);
+           break;
+       case NGROUPP:
+           /* reg_check_named_buff_matched returns 0 for no match */
+           sw = (bool)(0 < reg_check_named_buff_matched(rex,scan));
            break;
+        case INSUBP:
+            n = ARG(scan);
+            sw = (cur_eval && (!n || cur_eval->u.eval.close_paren == n));
+            break;
+        case DEFINEP:
+            sw = 0;
+            break;
        case IFTHEN:
            PL_reg_leftiter = PL_reg_maxiter;           /* Void cache */
            if (sw)
@@ -3371,177 +3877,196 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regnode *prog)
        case LOGICAL:
            logical = scan->flags;
            break;
+
 /*******************************************************************
- PL_regcc contains infoblock about the innermost (...)* loop, and
- a pointer to the next outer infoblock.
-
- Here is how Y(A)*Z is processed (if it is compiled into CURLYX/WHILEM):
-
-   1) After matching X, regnode for CURLYX is processed;
-
-   2) This regnode creates infoblock on the stack, and calls
-      regmatch() recursively with the starting point at WHILEM node;
-
-   3) Each hit of WHILEM node tries to match A and Z (in the order
-      depending on the current iteration, min/max of {min,max} and
-      greediness).  The information about where are nodes for "A"
-      and "Z" is read from the infoblock, as is info on how many times "A"
-      was already matched, and greediness.
-
-   4) After A matches, the same WHILEM node is hit again.
-
-   5) Each time WHILEM is hit, PL_regcc is the infoblock created by CURLYX
-      of the same pair.  Thus when WHILEM tries to match Z, it temporarily
-      resets PL_regcc, since this Y(A)*Z can be a part of some other loop:
-      as in (Y(A)*Z)*.  If Z matches, the automaton will hit the WHILEM node
-      of the external loop.
-
- Currently present infoblocks form a tree with a stem formed by PL_curcc
- and whatever it mentions via ->next, and additional attached trees
- corresponding to temporarily unset infoblocks as in "5" above.
-
- In the following picture infoblocks for outer loop of
- (Y(A)*?Z)*?T are denoted O, for inner I.  NULL starting block
- is denoted by x.  The matched string is YAAZYAZT.  Temporarily postponed
- infoblocks are drawn below the "reset" infoblock.
-
- In fact in the picture below we do not show failed matches for Z and T
- by WHILEM blocks.  [We illustrate minimal matches, since for them it is
- more obvious *why* one needs to *temporary* unset infoblocks.]
-
-  Matched      REx position    InfoBlocks      Comment
-               (Y(A)*?Z)*?T    x
-               Y(A)*?Z)*?T     x <- O
-  Y            (A)*?Z)*?T      x <- O
-  Y            A)*?Z)*?T       x <- O <- I
-  YA           )*?Z)*?T        x <- O <- I
-  YA           A)*?Z)*?T       x <- O <- I
-  YAA          )*?Z)*?T        x <- O <- I
-  YAA          Z)*?T           x <- O          # Temporary unset I
-                                    I
-
-  YAAZ         Y(A)*?Z)*?T     x <- O
-                                    I
-
-  YAAZY                (A)*?Z)*?T      x <- O
-                                    I
-
-  YAAZY                A)*?Z)*?T       x <- O <- I
-                                    I
-
-  YAAZYA       )*?Z)*?T        x <- O <- I     
-                                    I
-
-  YAAZYA       Z)*?T           x <- O          # Temporary unset I
-                                    I,I
-
-  YAAZYAZ      )*?T            x <- O
-                                    I,I
-
-  YAAZYAZ      T               x               # Temporary unset O
-                               O
-                               I,I
-
-  YAAZYAZT                     x
-                               O
-                               I,I
- *******************************************************************/
-       case CURLYX: {
-               CURCUR cc;
-               CHECKPOINT cp = PL_savestack_ix;
-               /* No need to save/restore up to this paren */
-               I32 parenfloor = scan->flags;
-
-               if (OP(PREVOPER(next)) == NOTHING) /* LONGJMP */
-                   next += ARG(next);
-               cc.oldcc = PL_regcc;
-               PL_regcc = &cc;
-               /* XXXX Probably it is better to teach regpush to support
-                  parenfloor > PL_regsize... */
-               if (parenfloor > (I32)*PL_reglastparen)
-                   parenfloor = *PL_reglastparen; /* Pessimization... */
-               cc.parenfloor = parenfloor;
-               cc.cur = -1;
-               cc.min = ARG1(scan);
-               cc.max  = ARG2(scan);
-               cc.scan = NEXTOPER(scan) + EXTRA_STEP_2ARGS;
-               cc.next = next;
-               cc.minmod = minmod;
-               cc.lastloc = 0;
-               PL_reginput = locinput;
-               n = regmatch(PREVOPER(next));   /* start on the WHILEM */
-               regcpblow(cp);
-               PL_regcc = cc.oldcc;
-               saySAME(n);
-           }
-           /* NOT REACHED */
-       case WHILEM: {
-               /*
-                * This is really hard to understand, because after we match
-                * what we're trying to match, we must make sure the rest of
-                * the REx is going to match for sure, and to do that we have
-                * to go back UP the parse tree by recursing ever deeper.  And
-                * if it fails, we have to reset our parent's current state
-                * that we can try again after backing off.
-                */
 
-               CHECKPOINT cp, lastcp;
-               CURCUR* cc = PL_regcc;
-               char *lastloc = cc->lastloc; /* Detection of 0-len. */
-               I32 cache_offset = 0, cache_bit = 0;
-               
-               n = cc->cur + 1;        /* how many we know we matched */
-               PL_reginput = locinput;
+The CURLYX/WHILEM pair of ops handle the most generic case of the /A*B/
+pattern, where A and B are subpatterns. (For simple A, CURLYM or
+STAR/PLUS/CURLY/CURLYN are used instead.)
 
-               DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(
-                   PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
-                                 "%*s  %ld out of %ld..%ld  cc=%"UVxf"\n",
-                                 REPORT_CODE_OFF+PL_regindent*2, "",
-                                 (long)n, (long)cc->min,
-                                 (long)cc->max, PTR2UV(cc))
-                   );
+A*B is compiled as <CURLYX><A><WHILEM><B>
 
-               /* If degenerate scan matches "", assume scan done. */
+On entry to the subpattern, CURLYX is called. This pushes a CURLYX
+state, which contains the current count, initialised to -1. It also sets
+cur_curlyx to point to this state, with any previous value saved in the
+state block.
 
-               if (locinput == cc->lastloc && n >= cc->min) {
-                   PL_regcc = cc->oldcc;
-                   if (PL_regcc)
-                       ln = PL_regcc->cur;
-                   DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(
-                       PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
-                          "%*s  empty match detected, try continuation...\n",
-                          REPORT_CODE_OFF+PL_regindent*2, "")
-                       );
-                   if (regmatch(cc->next))
-                       sayYES;
-                   if (PL_regcc)
-                       PL_regcc->cur = ln;
-                   PL_regcc = cc;
-                   sayNO;
-               }
+CURLYX then jumps straight to the WHILEM op, rather than executing A,
+since the pattern may possibly match zero times (i.e. it's a while {} loop
+rather than a do {} while loop).
 
-               /* First just match a string of min scans. */
+Each entry to WHILEM represents a successful match of A. The count in the
+CURLYX block is incremented, another WHILEM state is pushed, and execution
+passes to A or B depending on greediness and the current count.
 
-               if (n < cc->min) {
-                   cc->cur = n;
-                   cc->lastloc = locinput;
-                   if (regmatch(cc->scan))
-                       sayYES;
-                   cc->cur = n - 1;
-                   cc->lastloc = lastloc;
-                   sayNO;
-               }
+For example, if matching against the string a1a2a3b (where the aN are
+substrings that match /A/), then the match progresses as follows: (the
+pushed states are interspersed with the bits of strings matched so far):
+
+    <CURLYX cnt=-1>
+    <CURLYX cnt=0><WHILEM>
+    <CURLYX cnt=1><WHILEM> a1 <WHILEM>
+    <CURLYX cnt=2><WHILEM> a1 <WHILEM> a2 <WHILEM>
+    <CURLYX cnt=3><WHILEM> a1 <WHILEM> a2 <WHILEM> a3 <WHILEM>
+    <CURLYX cnt=3><WHILEM> a1 <WHILEM> a2 <WHILEM> a3 <WHILEM> b
+
+(Contrast this with something like CURLYM, which maintains only a single
+backtrack state:
+
+    <CURLYM cnt=0> a1
+    a1 <CURLYM cnt=1> a2
+    a1 a2 <CURLYM cnt=2> a3
+    a1 a2 a3 <CURLYM cnt=3> b
+)
+
+Each WHILEM state block marks a point to backtrack to upon partial failure
+of A or B, and also contains some minor state data related to that
+iteration.  The CURLYX block, pointed to by cur_curlyx, contains the
+overall state, such as the count, and pointers to the A and B ops.
+
+This is complicated slightly by nested CURLYX/WHILEM's. Since cur_curlyx
+must always point to the *current* CURLYX block, the rules are:
+
+When executing CURLYX, save the old cur_curlyx in the CURLYX state block,
+and set cur_curlyx to point the new block.
+
+When popping the CURLYX block after a successful or unsuccessful match,
+restore the previous cur_curlyx.
+
+When WHILEM is about to execute B, save the current cur_curlyx, and set it
+to the outer one saved in the CURLYX block.
+
+When popping the WHILEM block after a successful or unsuccessful B match,
+restore the previous cur_curlyx.
+
+Here's an example for the pattern (AI* BI)*BO
+I and O refer to inner and outer, C and W refer to CURLYX and WHILEM:
+
+cur_
+curlyx backtrack stack
+------ ---------------
+NULL   
+CO     <CO prev=NULL> <WO>
+CI     <CO prev=NULL> <WO> <CI prev=CO> <WI> ai 
+CO     <CO prev=NULL> <WO> <CI prev=CO> <WI> ai <WI prev=CI> bi 
+NULL   <CO prev=NULL> <WO> <CI prev=CO> <WI> ai <WI prev=CI> bi <WO prev=CO> bo
+
+At this point the pattern succeeds, and we work back down the stack to
+clean up, restoring as we go:
+
+CO     <CO prev=NULL> <WO> <CI prev=CO> <WI> ai <WI prev=CI> bi 
+CI     <CO prev=NULL> <WO> <CI prev=CO> <WI> ai 
+CO     <CO prev=NULL> <WO>
+NULL   
+
+*******************************************************************/
+
+#define ST st->u.curlyx
+
+       case CURLYX:    /* start of /A*B/  (for complex A) */
+       {
+           /* No need to save/restore up to this paren */
+           I32 parenfloor = scan->flags;
+           
+           assert(next); /* keep Coverity happy */
+           if (OP(PREVOPER(next)) == NOTHING) /* LONGJMP */
+               next += ARG(next);
+
+           /* XXXX Probably it is better to teach regpush to support
+              parenfloor > PL_regsize... */
+           if (parenfloor > (I32)*PL_reglastparen)
+               parenfloor = *PL_reglastparen; /* Pessimization... */
+
+           ST.prev_curlyx= cur_curlyx;
+           cur_curlyx = st;
+           ST.cp = PL_savestack_ix;
+
+           /* these fields contain the state of the current curly.
+            * they are accessed by subsequent WHILEMs */
+           ST.parenfloor = parenfloor;
+           ST.min = ARG1(scan);
+           ST.max = ARG2(scan);
+           ST.A = NEXTOPER(scan) + EXTRA_STEP_2ARGS;
+           ST.B = next;
+           ST.minmod = minmod;
+           minmod = 0;
+           ST.count = -1;      /* this will be updated by WHILEM */
+           ST.lastloc = NULL;  /* this will be updated by WHILEM */
+
+           PL_reginput = locinput;
+           PUSH_YES_STATE_GOTO(CURLYX_end, PREVOPER(next));
+           /* NOTREACHED */
+       }
+
+       case CURLYX_end: /* just finished matching all of A*B */
+           cur_curlyx = ST.prev_curlyx;
+           sayYES;
+           /* NOTREACHED */
+
+       case CURLYX_end_fail: /* just failed to match all of A*B */
+           regcpblow(ST.cp);
+           cur_curlyx = ST.prev_curlyx;
+           sayNO;
+           /* NOTREACHED */
+
+
+#undef ST
+#define ST st->u.whilem
+
+       case WHILEM:     /* just matched an A in /A*B/  (for complex A) */
+       {
+           /* see the discussion above about CURLYX/WHILEM */
+           I32 n;
+           assert(cur_curlyx); /* keep Coverity happy */
+           n = ++cur_curlyx->u.curlyx.count; /* how many A's matched */
+           ST.save_lastloc = cur_curlyx->u.curlyx.lastloc;
+           ST.cache_offset = 0;
+           ST.cache_mask = 0;
+           
+           PL_reginput = locinput;
+
+           DEBUG_EXECUTE_r( PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
+                 "%*s  whilem: matched %ld out of %ld..%ld\n",
+                 REPORT_CODE_OFF+depth*2, "", (long)n,
+                 (long)cur_curlyx->u.curlyx.min,
+                 (long)cur_curlyx->u.curlyx.max)
+           );
+
+           /* First just match a string of min A's. */
+
+           if (n < cur_curlyx->u.curlyx.min) {
+               cur_curlyx->u.curlyx.lastloc = locinput;
+               PUSH_STATE_GOTO(WHILEM_A_pre, cur_curlyx->u.curlyx.A);
+               /* NOTREACHED */
+           }
+
+           /* If degenerate A matches "", assume A done. */
+
+           if (locinput == cur_curlyx->u.curlyx.lastloc) {
+               DEBUG_EXECUTE_r( PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
+                  "%*s  whilem: empty match detected, trying continuation...\n",
+                  REPORT_CODE_OFF+depth*2, "")
+               );
+               goto do_whilem_B_max;
+           }
+
+           /* super-linear cache processing */
+
+           if (scan->flags) {
 
-               if (scan->flags) {
-                   /* Check whether we already were at this position.
-                       Postpone detection until we know the match is not
-                       *that* much linear. */
                if (!PL_reg_maxiter) {
+                   /* start the countdown: Postpone detection until we
+                    * know the match is not *that* much linear. */
                    PL_reg_maxiter = (PL_regeol - PL_bostr + 1) * (scan->flags>>4);
+                   /* possible overflow for long strings and many CURLYX's */
+                   if (PL_reg_maxiter < 0)
+                       PL_reg_maxiter = I32_MAX;
                    PL_reg_leftiter = PL_reg_maxiter;
                }
+
                if (PL_reg_leftiter-- == 0) {
-                   const I32 size = (PL_reg_maxiter + 7 + POSCACHE_START)/8;
+                   /* initialise cache */
+                   const I32 size = (PL_reg_maxiter + 7)/8;
                    if (PL_reg_poscache) {
                        if ((I32)PL_reg_poscache_size < size) {
                            Renew(PL_reg_poscache, size, char);
@@ -3551,713 +4076,1032 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regnode *prog)
                    }
                    else {
                        PL_reg_poscache_size = size;
-                       Newz(29, PL_reg_poscache, size, char);
+                       Newxz(PL_reg_poscache, size, char);
                    }
-                   DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(
-                       PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
-             "%sDetected a super-linear match, switching on caching%s...\n",
-                                     PL_colors[4], PL_colors[5])
-                       );
+                   DEBUG_EXECUTE_r( PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
+      "%swhilem: Detected a super-linear match, switching on caching%s...\n",
+                             PL_colors[4], PL_colors[5])
+                   );
                }
+
                if (PL_reg_leftiter < 0) {
-                   cache_offset = locinput - PL_bostr;
-
-                   cache_offset = (scan->flags & 0xf) - 1 + POSCACHE_START
-                           + cache_offset * (scan->flags>>4);
-                   cache_bit = cache_offset % 8;
-                   cache_offset /= 8;
-                   if (PL_reg_poscache[cache_offset] & (1<<cache_bit)) {
-                   DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(
-                       PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
-                                     "%*s  already tried at this position...\n",
-                                     REPORT_CODE_OFF+PL_regindent*2, "")
+                   /* have we already failed at this position? */
+                   I32 offset, mask;
+                   offset  = (scan->flags & 0xf) - 1
+                               + (locinput - PL_bostr)  * (scan->flags>>4);
+                   mask    = 1 << (offset % 8);
+                   offset /= 8;
+                   if (PL_reg_poscache[offset] & mask) {
+                       DEBUG_EXECUTE_r( PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
+                           "%*s  whilem: (cache) already tried at this position...\n",
+                           REPORT_CODE_OFF+depth*2, "")
                        );
-                       if (PL_reg_poscache[0] & (1<<POSCACHE_SUCCESS))
-                           /* cache records success */
-                           sayYES;
-                       else
-                           /* cache records failure */
-                           sayNO_SILENT;
+                       sayNO; /* cache records failure */
                    }
-                   PL_reg_poscache[cache_offset] |= (1<<cache_bit);
-               }
+                   ST.cache_offset = offset;
+                   ST.cache_mask   = mask;
                }
+           }
 
-               /* Prefer next over scan for minimal matching. */
-
-               if (cc->minmod) {
-                   PL_regcc = cc->oldcc;
-                   if (PL_regcc)
-                       ln = PL_regcc->cur;
-                   cp = regcppush(cc->parenfloor);
-                   REGCP_SET(lastcp);
-                   if (regmatch(cc->next)) {
-                       regcpblow(cp);
-                       CACHEsayYES;    /* All done. */
-                   }
-                   REGCP_UNWIND(lastcp);
-                   regcppop();
-                   if (PL_regcc)
-                       PL_regcc->cur = ln;
-                   PL_regcc = cc;
-
-                   if (n >= cc->max) { /* Maximum greed exceeded? */
-                       if (ckWARN(WARN_REGEXP) && n >= REG_INFTY
-                           && !(PL_reg_flags & RF_warned)) {
-                           PL_reg_flags |= RF_warned;
-                           Perl_warner(aTHX_ packWARN(WARN_REGEXP), "%s limit (%d) exceeded",
-                                "Complex regular subexpression recursion",
-                                REG_INFTY - 1);
-                       }
-                       CACHEsayNO;
-                   }
+           /* Prefer B over A for minimal matching. */
 
-                   DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(
-                       PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
-                                     "%*s  trying longer...\n",
-                                     REPORT_CODE_OFF+PL_regindent*2, "")
-                       );
-                   /* Try scanning more and see if it helps. */
-                   PL_reginput = locinput;
-                   cc->cur = n;
-                   cc->lastloc = locinput;
-                   cp = regcppush(cc->parenfloor);
-                   REGCP_SET(lastcp);
-                   if (regmatch(cc->scan)) {
-                       regcpblow(cp);
-                       CACHEsayYES;
-                   }
-                   REGCP_UNWIND(lastcp);
-                   regcppop();
-                   cc->cur = n - 1;
-                   cc->lastloc = lastloc;
-                   CACHEsayNO;
-               }
+           if (cur_curlyx->u.curlyx.minmod) {
+               ST.save_curlyx = cur_curlyx;
+               cur_curlyx = cur_curlyx->u.curlyx.prev_curlyx;
+               ST.cp = regcppush(ST.save_curlyx->u.curlyx.parenfloor);
+               REGCP_SET(ST.lastcp);
+               PUSH_YES_STATE_GOTO(WHILEM_B_min, ST.save_curlyx->u.curlyx.B);
+               /* NOTREACHED */
+           }
 
-               /* Prefer scan over next for maximal matching. */
+           /* Prefer A over B for maximal matching. */
 
-               if (n < cc->max) {      /* More greed allowed? */
-                   cp = regcppush(cc->parenfloor);
-                   cc->cur = n;
-                   cc->lastloc = locinput;
-                   REGCP_SET(lastcp);
-                   if (regmatch(cc->scan)) {
-                       regcpblow(cp);
-                       CACHEsayYES;
-                   }
-                   REGCP_UNWIND(lastcp);
-                   regcppop();         /* Restore some previous $<digit>s? */
-                   PL_reginput = locinput;
-                   DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(
-                       PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
-                                     "%*s  failed, try continuation...\n",
-                                     REPORT_CODE_OFF+PL_regindent*2, "")
-                       );
-               }
-               if (ckWARN(WARN_REGEXP) && n >= REG_INFTY
-                       && !(PL_reg_flags & RF_warned)) {
+           if (n < cur_curlyx->u.curlyx.max) { /* More greed allowed? */
+               ST.cp = regcppush(cur_curlyx->u.curlyx.parenfloor);
+               cur_curlyx->u.curlyx.lastloc = locinput;
+               REGCP_SET(ST.lastcp);
+               PUSH_STATE_GOTO(WHILEM_A_max, cur_curlyx->u.curlyx.A);
+               /* NOTREACHED */
+           }
+           goto do_whilem_B_max;
+       }
+       /* 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 */
+
+       case WHILEM_B_max_fail: /* just failed to match B in a maximal match */
+           cur_curlyx = ST.save_curlyx;
+           cur_curlyx->u.curlyx.lastloc = ST.save_lastloc;
+           cur_curlyx->u.curlyx.count--;
+           CACHEsayNO;
+           /* NOTREACHED */
+
+       case WHILEM_A_min_fail: /* just failed to match A in a minimal match */
+           REGCP_UNWIND(ST.lastcp);
+           regcppop(rex);
+           /* FALL THROUGH */
+       case WHILEM_A_pre_fail: /* just failed to match even minimal A */
+           cur_curlyx->u.curlyx.lastloc = ST.save_lastloc;
+           cur_curlyx->u.curlyx.count--;
+           CACHEsayNO;
+           /* NOTREACHED */
+
+       case WHILEM_A_max_fail: /* just failed to match A in a maximal match */
+           REGCP_UNWIND(ST.lastcp);
+           regcppop(rex);      /* Restore some previous $<digit>s? */
+           PL_reginput = locinput;
+           DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
+               "%*s  whilem: failed, trying continuation...\n",
+               REPORT_CODE_OFF+depth*2, "")
+           );
+         do_whilem_B_max:
+           if (cur_curlyx->u.curlyx.count >= REG_INFTY
+               && ckWARN(WARN_REGEXP)
+               && !(PL_reg_flags & RF_warned))
+           {
+               PL_reg_flags |= RF_warned;
+               Perl_warner(aTHX_ packWARN(WARN_REGEXP), "%s limit (%d) exceeded",
+                    "Complex regular subexpression recursion",
+                    REG_INFTY - 1);
+           }
+
+           /* now try B */
+           ST.save_curlyx = cur_curlyx;
+           cur_curlyx = cur_curlyx->u.curlyx.prev_curlyx;
+           PUSH_YES_STATE_GOTO(WHILEM_B_max, ST.save_curlyx->u.curlyx.B);
+           /* NOTREACHED */
+
+       case WHILEM_B_min_fail: /* just failed to match B in a minimal match */
+           cur_curlyx = ST.save_curlyx;
+           REGCP_UNWIND(ST.lastcp);
+           regcppop(rex);
+
+           if (cur_curlyx->u.curlyx.count >= cur_curlyx->u.curlyx.max) {
+               /* Maximum greed exceeded */
+               if (cur_curlyx->u.curlyx.count >= REG_INFTY
+                   && ckWARN(WARN_REGEXP)
+                   && !(PL_reg_flags & RF_warned))
+               {
                    PL_reg_flags |= RF_warned;
-                   Perl_warner(aTHX_ packWARN(WARN_REGEXP), "%s limit (%d) exceeded",
-                        "Complex regular subexpression recursion",
-                        REG_INFTY - 1);
+                   Perl_warner(aTHX_ packWARN(WARN_REGEXP),
+                       "%s limit (%d) exceeded",
+                       "Complex regular subexpression recursion",
+                       REG_INFTY - 1);
                }
-
-               /* Failed deeper matches of scan, so see if this one works. */
-               PL_regcc = cc->oldcc;
-               if (PL_regcc)
-                   ln = PL_regcc->cur;
-               if (regmatch(cc->next))
-                   CACHEsayYES;
-               if (PL_regcc)
-                   PL_regcc->cur = ln;
-               PL_regcc = cc;
-               cc->cur = n - 1;
-               cc->lastloc = lastloc;
+               cur_curlyx->u.curlyx.count--;
                CACHEsayNO;
            }
-           /* NOT REACHED */
-       case BRANCHJ:
+
+           DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
+               "%*s  trying longer...\n", REPORT_CODE_OFF+depth*2, "")
+           );
+           /* Try grabbing another A and see if it helps. */
+           PL_reginput = locinput;
+           cur_curlyx->u.curlyx.lastloc = locinput;
+           ST.cp = regcppush(cur_curlyx->u.curlyx.parenfloor);
+           REGCP_SET(ST.lastcp);
+           PUSH_STATE_GOTO(WHILEM_A_min, ST.save_curlyx->u.curlyx.A);
+           /* NOTREACHED */
+
+#undef  ST
+#define ST st->u.branch
+
+       case BRANCHJ:       /*  /(...|A|...)/ with long next pointer */
            next = scan + ARG(scan);
            if (next == scan)
                next = NULL;
-           inner = NEXTOPER(NEXTOPER(scan));
-           goto do_branch;
-       case BRANCH:
-           inner = NEXTOPER(scan);
-         do_branch:
-           {
-               c1 = OP(scan);
-               if (OP(next) != c1)     /* No choice. */
-                   next = inner;       /* Avoid recursion. */
-               else {
-                   const I32 lastparen = *PL_reglastparen;
-                   I32 unwind1;
-                   re_unwind_branch_t *uw;
-
-                   /* Put unwinding data on stack */
-                   unwind1 = SSNEWt(1,re_unwind_branch_t);
-                   uw = SSPTRt(unwind1,re_unwind_branch_t);
-                   uw->prev = unwind;
-                   unwind = unwind1;
-                   uw->type = ((c1 == BRANCH)
-                               ? RE_UNWIND_BRANCH
-                               : RE_UNWIND_BRANCHJ);
-                   uw->lastparen = lastparen;
-                   uw->next = next;
-                   uw->locinput = locinput;
-                   uw->nextchr = nextchr;
-#ifdef DEBUGGING
-                   uw->regindent = ++PL_regindent;
-#endif
+           scan = NEXTOPER(scan);
+           /* FALL THROUGH */
 
-                   REGCP_SET(uw->lastcp);
+       case BRANCH:        /*  /(...|A|...)/ */
+           scan = NEXTOPER(scan); /* scan now points to inner node */
+           ST.lastparen = *PL_reglastparen;
+           ST.next_branch = next;
+           REGCP_SET(ST.cp);
+           PL_reginput = locinput;
 
-                   /* Now go into the first branch */
-                   next = inner;
-               }
+           /* Now go into the branch */
+           if (has_cutgroup) {
+               PUSH_YES_STATE_GOTO(BRANCH_next, scan);    
+           } else {
+               PUSH_STATE_GOTO(BRANCH_next, scan);
            }
-           break;
+           /* NOTREACHED */
+        case CUTGROUP:
+            PL_reginput = locinput;
+            sv_yes_mark = st->u.mark.mark_name = scan->flags ? NULL :
+                (SV*)rexi->data->data[ ARG( scan ) ];
+            PUSH_STATE_GOTO(CUTGROUP_next,next);
+            /* NOTREACHED */
+        case CUTGROUP_next_fail:
+            do_cutgroup = 1;
+            no_final = 1;
+            if (st->u.mark.mark_name)
+                sv_commit = st->u.mark.mark_name;
+            sayNO;         
+            /* NOTREACHED */
+        case BRANCH_next:
+            sayYES;
+            /* NOTREACHED */
+       case BRANCH_next_fail: /* that branch failed; try the next, if any */
+           if (do_cutgroup) {
+               do_cutgroup = 0;
+               no_final = 0;
+           }
+           REGCP_UNWIND(ST.cp);
+           for (n = *PL_reglastparen; n > ST.lastparen; n--)
+               PL_regoffs[n].end = -1;
+           *PL_reglastparen = n;
+           /*dmq: *PL_reglastcloseparen = n; */
+           scan = ST.next_branch;
+           /* no more branches? */
+           if (!scan || (OP(scan) != BRANCH && OP(scan) != BRANCHJ)) {
+               DEBUG_EXECUTE_r({
+                   PerlIO_printf( Perl_debug_log,
+                       "%*s  %sBRANCH failed...%s\n",
+                       REPORT_CODE_OFF+depth*2, "", 
+                       PL_colors[4],
+                       PL_colors[5] );
+               });
+               sayNO_SILENT;
+            }
+           continue; /* execute next BRANCH[J] op */
+           /* NOTREACHED */
+    
        case MINMOD:
            minmod = 1;
            break;
-       case CURLYM:
-       {
-           I32 l = 0;
-           CHECKPOINT lastcp;
-       
-           /* We suppose that the next guy does not need
-              backtracking: in particular, it is of constant non-zero length,
-              and has no parenths to influence future backrefs. */
-           ln = ARG1(scan);  /* min to match */
-           n  = ARG2(scan);  /* max to match */
-           paren = scan->flags;
-           if (paren) {
+
+#undef  ST
+#define ST st->u.curlym
+
+       case CURLYM:    /* /A{m,n}B/ where A is fixed-length */
+
+           /* This is an optimisation of CURLYX that enables us to push
+            * only a single backtracking state, no matter now many matches
+            * there are in {m,n}. It relies on the pattern being constant
+            * length, with no parens to influence future backrefs
+            */
+
+           ST.me = scan;
+           scan = NEXTOPER(scan) + NODE_STEP_REGNODE;
+
+           /* if paren positive, emulate an OPEN/CLOSE around A */
+           if (ST.me->flags) {
+               U32 paren = ST.me->flags;
                if (paren > PL_regsize)
                    PL_regsize = paren;
-               if (paren > (I32)*PL_reglastparen)
+               if (paren > *PL_reglastparen)
                    *PL_reglastparen = paren;
-           }
-           scan = NEXTOPER(scan) + NODE_STEP_REGNODE;
-           if (paren)
                scan += NEXT_OFF(scan); /* Skip former OPEN. */
+           }
+           ST.A = scan;
+           ST.B = next;
+           ST.alen = 0;
+           ST.count = 0;
+           ST.minmod = minmod;
+           minmod = 0;
+           ST.c1 = CHRTEST_UNINIT;
+           REGCP_SET(ST.cp);
+
+           if (!(ST.minmod ? ARG1(ST.me) : ARG2(ST.me))) /* min/max */
+               goto curlym_do_B;
+
+         curlym_do_A: /* execute the A in /A{m,n}B/  */
            PL_reginput = locinput;
-           if (minmod) {
-               minmod = 0;
-               if (ln && regrepeat_hard(scan, ln, &l) < ln)
-                   sayNO;
-               locinput = PL_reginput;
-               if (HAS_TEXT(next) || JUMPABLE(next)) {
-                   regnode *text_node = next;
+           PUSH_YES_STATE_GOTO(CURLYM_A, ST.A); /* match A */
+           /* NOTREACHED */
 
-                   if (! HAS_TEXT(text_node)) FIND_NEXT_IMPT(text_node);
+       case CURLYM_A: /* we've just matched an A */
+           locinput = st->locinput;
+           nextchr = UCHARAT(locinput);
 
-                   if (! HAS_TEXT(text_node)) c1 = c2 = -1000;
-                   else {
-                       if (PL_regkind[(U8)OP(text_node)] == REF) {
-                           c1 = c2 = -1000;
-                           goto assume_ok_MM;
-                       }
-                       else { c1 = (U8)*STRING(text_node); }
-                       if (OP(text_node) == EXACTF || OP(text_node) == REFF)
-                           c2 = PL_fold[c1];
-                       else if (OP(text_node) == EXACTFL || OP(text_node) == REFFL)
-                           c2 = PL_fold_locale[c1];
-                       else
-                           c2 = c1;
+           ST.count++;
+           /* after first match, determine A's length: u.curlym.alen */
+           if (ST.count == 1) {
+               if (PL_reg_match_utf8) {
+                   char *s = locinput;
+                   while (s < PL_reginput) {
+                       ST.alen++;
+                       s += UTF8SKIP(s);
                    }
                }
-               else
-                   c1 = c2 = -1000;
-           assume_ok_MM:
-               REGCP_SET(lastcp);
-               while (n >= ln || (n == REG_INFTY && ln > 0)) { /* ln overflow ? */
-                   /* If it could work, try it. */
-                   if (c1 == -1000 ||
-                       UCHARAT(PL_reginput) == c1 ||
-                       UCHARAT(PL_reginput) == c2)
+               else {
+                   ST.alen = PL_reginput - locinput;
+               }
+               if (ST.alen == 0)
+                   ST.count = ST.minmod ? ARG1(ST.me) : ARG2(ST.me);
+           }
+           DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(
+               PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
+                         "%*s  CURLYM now matched %"IVdf" times, len=%"IVdf"...\n",
+                         (int)(REPORT_CODE_OFF+(depth*2)), "",
+                         (IV) ST.count, (IV)ST.alen)
+           );
+
+           locinput = PL_reginput;
+                       
+           if (cur_eval && cur_eval->u.eval.close_paren && 
+               cur_eval->u.eval.close_paren == (U32)ST.me->flags) 
+               goto fake_end;
+               
+           if ( ST.count < (ST.minmod ? ARG1(ST.me) : ARG2(ST.me)) )
+               goto curlym_do_A; /* try to match another A */
+           goto curlym_do_B; /* try to match B */
+
+       case CURLYM_A_fail: /* just failed to match an A */
+           REGCP_UNWIND(ST.cp);
+
+           if (ST.minmod || ST.count < ARG1(ST.me) /* min*/ 
+               || (cur_eval && cur_eval->u.eval.close_paren &&
+                   cur_eval->u.eval.close_paren == (U32)ST.me->flags))
+               sayNO;
+
+         curlym_do_B: /* execute the B in /A{m,n}B/  */
+           PL_reginput = locinput;
+           if (ST.c1 == CHRTEST_UNINIT) {
+               /* calculate c1 and c2 for possible match of 1st char
+                * following curly */
+               ST.c1 = ST.c2 = CHRTEST_VOID;
+               if (HAS_TEXT(ST.B) || JUMPABLE(ST.B)) {
+                   regnode *text_node = ST.B;
+                   if (! HAS_TEXT(text_node))
+                       FIND_NEXT_IMPT(text_node);
+                   /* this used to be 
+                       
+                       (HAS_TEXT(text_node) && PL_regkind[OP(text_node)] == EXACT)
+                       
+                       But the former is redundant in light of the latter.
+                       
+                       if this changes back then the macro for 
+                       IS_TEXT and friends need to change.
+                    */
+                   if (PL_regkind[OP(text_node)] == EXACT)
                    {
-                       if (paren) {
-                           if (ln) {
-                               PL_regstartp[paren] =
-                                   HOPc(PL_reginput, -l) - PL_bostr;
-                               PL_regendp[paren] = PL_reginput - PL_bostr;
-                           }
-                           else
-                               PL_regendp[paren] = -1;
-                       }
-                       if (regmatch(next))
-                           sayYES;
-                       REGCP_UNWIND(lastcp);
-                   }
-                   /* Couldn't or didn't -- move forward. */
-                   PL_reginput = locinput;
-                   if (regrepeat_hard(scan, 1, &l)) {
-                       ln++;
-                       locinput = PL_reginput;
+                       
+                       ST.c1 = (U8)*STRING(text_node);
+                       ST.c2 =
+                           (IS_TEXTF(text_node))
+                           ? PL_fold[ST.c1]
+                           : (IS_TEXTFL(text_node))
+                               ? PL_fold_locale[ST.c1]
+                               : ST.c1;
                    }
-                   else
-                       sayNO;
                }
            }
-           else {
-               n = regrepeat_hard(scan, n, &l);
-               locinput = PL_reginput;
-               DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(
-                   PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
-                                 "%*s  matched %"IVdf" times, len=%"IVdf"...\n",
-                                 (int)(REPORT_CODE_OFF+PL_regindent*2), "",
-                                 (IV) n, (IV)l)
-                   );
-               if (n >= ln) {
-                   if (HAS_TEXT(next) || JUMPABLE(next)) {
-                       regnode *text_node = next;
 
-                       if (! HAS_TEXT(text_node)) FIND_NEXT_IMPT(text_node);
+           DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(
+               PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
+                   "%*s  CURLYM trying tail with matches=%"IVdf"...\n",
+                   (int)(REPORT_CODE_OFF+(depth*2)),
+                   "", (IV)ST.count)
+               );
+           if (ST.c1 != CHRTEST_VOID
+                   && UCHARAT(PL_reginput) != ST.c1
+                   && UCHARAT(PL_reginput) != ST.c2)
+           {
+               /* simulate B failing */
+               DEBUG_OPTIMISE_r(
+                   PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
+                       "%*s  CURLYM Fast bail c1=%"IVdf" c2=%"IVdf"\n",
+                       (int)(REPORT_CODE_OFF+(depth*2)),"",
+                       (IV)ST.c1,(IV)ST.c2
+               ));
+               state_num = CURLYM_B_fail;
+               goto reenter_switch;
+           }
 
-                       if (! HAS_TEXT(text_node)) c1 = c2 = -1000;
-                       else {
-                           if (PL_regkind[(U8)OP(text_node)] == REF) {
-                               c1 = c2 = -1000;
-                               goto assume_ok_REG;
-                           }
-                           else { c1 = (U8)*STRING(text_node); }
-
-                           if (OP(text_node) == EXACTF || OP(text_node) == REFF)
-                               c2 = PL_fold[c1];
-                           else if (OP(text_node) == EXACTFL || OP(text_node) == REFFL)
-                               c2 = PL_fold_locale[c1];
-                           else
-                               c2 = c1;
-                       }
-                   }
-                   else
-                       c1 = c2 = -1000;
-               }
-           assume_ok_REG:
-               REGCP_SET(lastcp);
-               while (n >= ln) {
-                   /* If it could work, try it. */
-                   if (c1 == -1000 ||
-                       UCHARAT(PL_reginput) == c1 ||
-                       UCHARAT(PL_reginput) == c2)
-                   {
-                       DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(
-                               PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
-                                             "%*s  trying tail with n=%"IVdf"...\n",
-                                             (int)(REPORT_CODE_OFF+PL_regindent*2), "", (IV)n)
-                           );
-                       if (paren) {
-                           if (n) {
-                               PL_regstartp[paren] = HOPc(PL_reginput, -l) - PL_bostr;
-                               PL_regendp[paren] = PL_reginput - PL_bostr;
-                           }
-                           else
-                               PL_regendp[paren] = -1;
-                       }
-                       if (regmatch(next))
-                           sayYES;
-                       REGCP_UNWIND(lastcp);
-                   }
-                   /* Couldn't or didn't -- back up. */
-                   n--;
-                   locinput = HOPc(locinput, -l);
-                   PL_reginput = locinput;
+           if (ST.me->flags) {
+               /* mark current A as captured */
+               I32 paren = ST.me->flags;
+               if (ST.count) {
+                   PL_regoffs[paren].start
+                       = HOPc(PL_reginput, -ST.alen) - PL_bostr;
+                   PL_regoffs[paren].end = PL_reginput - PL_bostr;
+                   /*dmq: *PL_reglastcloseparen = paren; */
                }
+               else
+                   PL_regoffs[paren].end = -1;
+               if (cur_eval && cur_eval->u.eval.close_paren &&
+                   cur_eval->u.eval.close_paren == (U32)ST.me->flags) 
+               {
+                   if (ST.count) 
+                       goto fake_end;
+                   else
+                       sayNO;
+               }
            }
-           sayNO;
-           break;
-       }
-       case CURLYN:
-           paren = scan->flags;        /* Which paren to set */
-           if (paren > PL_regsize)
-               PL_regsize = paren;
-           if (paren > (I32)*PL_reglastparen)
-               *PL_reglastparen = paren;
-           ln = ARG1(scan);  /* min to match */
-           n  = ARG2(scan);  /* max to match */
-            scan = regnext(NEXTOPER(scan) + NODE_STEP_REGNODE);
-           goto repeat;
-       case CURLY:
-           paren = 0;
-           ln = ARG1(scan);  /* min to match */
-           n  = ARG2(scan);  /* max to match */
-           scan = NEXTOPER(scan) + NODE_STEP_REGNODE;
-           goto repeat;
-       case STAR:
-           ln = 0;
-           n = REG_INFTY;
+           
+           PUSH_STATE_GOTO(CURLYM_B, ST.B); /* match B */
+           /* NOTREACHED */
+
+       case CURLYM_B_fail: /* just failed to match a B */
+           REGCP_UNWIND(ST.cp);
+           if (ST.minmod) {
+               if (ST.count == ARG2(ST.me) /* max */)
+                   sayNO;
+               goto curlym_do_A; /* try to match a further A */
+           }
+           /* backtrack one A */
+           if (ST.count == ARG1(ST.me) /* min */)
+               sayNO;
+           ST.count--;
+           locinput = HOPc(locinput, -ST.alen);
+           goto curlym_do_B; /* try to match B */
+
+#undef ST
+#define ST st->u.curly
+
+#define CURLY_SETPAREN(paren, success) \
+    if (paren) { \
+       if (success) { \
+           PL_regoffs[paren].start = HOPc(locinput, -1) - PL_bostr; \
+           PL_regoffs[paren].end = locinput - PL_bostr; \
+           *PL_reglastcloseparen = paren; \
+       } \
+       else \
+           PL_regoffs[paren].end = -1; \
+    }
+
+       case STAR:              /*  /A*B/ where A is width 1 */
+           ST.paren = 0;
+           ST.min = 0;
+           ST.max = REG_INFTY;
            scan = NEXTOPER(scan);
-           paren = 0;
            goto repeat;
-       case PLUS:
-           ln = 1;
-           n = REG_INFTY;
+       case PLUS:              /*  /A+B/ where A is width 1 */
+           ST.paren = 0;
+           ST.min = 1;
+           ST.max = REG_INFTY;
            scan = NEXTOPER(scan);
-           paren = 0;
+           goto repeat;
+       case CURLYN:            /*  /(A){m,n}B/ where A is width 1 */
+           ST.paren = scan->flags;     /* Which paren to set */
+           if (ST.paren > PL_regsize)
+               PL_regsize = ST.paren;
+           if (ST.paren > *PL_reglastparen)
+               *PL_reglastparen = ST.paren;
+           ST.min = ARG1(scan);  /* min to match */
+           ST.max = ARG2(scan);  /* max to match */
+           if (cur_eval && cur_eval->u.eval.close_paren &&
+               cur_eval->u.eval.close_paren == (U32)ST.paren) {
+               ST.min=1;
+               ST.max=1;
+           }
+            scan = regnext(NEXTOPER(scan) + NODE_STEP_REGNODE);
+           goto repeat;
+       case CURLY:             /*  /A{m,n}B/ where A is width 1 */
+           ST.paren = 0;
+           ST.min = ARG1(scan);  /* min to match */
+           ST.max = ARG2(scan);  /* max to match */
+           scan = NEXTOPER(scan) + NODE_STEP_REGNODE;
          repeat:
            /*
            * Lookahead to avoid useless match attempts
            * when we know what character comes next.
-           */
-
-           /*
+           *
            * Used to only do .*x and .*?x, but now it allows
            * for )'s, ('s and (?{ ... })'s to be in the way
            * of the quantifier and the EXACT-like node.  -- japhy
            */
 
+           if (ST.min > ST.max) /* XXX make this a compile-time check? */
+               sayNO;
            if (HAS_TEXT(next) || JUMPABLE(next)) {
                U8 *s;
                regnode *text_node = next;
 
-               if (! HAS_TEXT(text_node)) FIND_NEXT_IMPT(text_node);
+               if (! HAS_TEXT(text_node)) 
+                   FIND_NEXT_IMPT(text_node);
 
-               if (! HAS_TEXT(text_node)) c1 = c2 = -1000;
+               if (! HAS_TEXT(text_node))
+                   ST.c1 = ST.c2 = CHRTEST_VOID;
                else {
-                   if (PL_regkind[(U8)OP(text_node)] == REF) {
-                       c1 = c2 = -1000;
+                   if ( PL_regkind[OP(text_node)] != EXACT ) {
+                       ST.c1 = ST.c2 = CHRTEST_VOID;
                        goto assume_ok_easy;
                    }
-                   else { s = (U8*)STRING(text_node); }
-
+                   else
+                       s = (U8*)STRING(text_node);
+                    
+                    /*  Currently we only get here when 
+                        
+                        PL_rekind[OP(text_node)] == EXACT
+                    
+                        if this changes back then the macro for IS_TEXT and 
+                        friends need to change. */
                    if (!UTF) {
-                       c2 = c1 = *s;
-                       if (OP(text_node) == EXACTF || OP(text_node) == REFF)
-                           c2 = PL_fold[c1];
-                       else if (OP(text_node) == EXACTFL || OP(text_node) == REFFL)
-                           c2 = PL_fold_locale[c1];
+                       ST.c2 = ST.c1 = *s;
+                       if (IS_TEXTF(text_node))
+                           ST.c2 = PL_fold[ST.c1];
+                       else if (IS_TEXTFL(text_node))
+                           ST.c2 = PL_fold_locale[ST.c1];
                    }
                    else { /* UTF */
-                       if (OP(text_node) == EXACTF || OP(text_node) == REFF) {
+                       if (IS_TEXTF(text_node)) {
                             STRLEN ulen1, ulen2;
                             U8 tmpbuf1[UTF8_MAXBYTES_CASE+1];
                             U8 tmpbuf2[UTF8_MAXBYTES_CASE+1];
 
                             to_utf8_lower((U8*)s, tmpbuf1, &ulen1);
                             to_utf8_upper((U8*)s, tmpbuf2, &ulen2);
+#ifdef EBCDIC
+                            ST.c1 = utf8n_to_uvchr(tmpbuf1, UTF8_MAXLEN, 0,
+                                                   ckWARN(WARN_UTF8) ?
+                                                    0 : UTF8_ALLOW_ANY);
+                            ST.c2 = utf8n_to_uvchr(tmpbuf2, UTF8_MAXLEN, 0,
+                                                    ckWARN(WARN_UTF8) ?
+                                                    0 : UTF8_ALLOW_ANY);
+#else
+                            ST.c1 = utf8n_to_uvuni(tmpbuf1, UTF8_MAXBYTES, 0,
+                                                   uniflags);
+                            ST.c2 = utf8n_to_uvuni(tmpbuf2, UTF8_MAXBYTES, 0,
+                                                   uniflags);
+#endif
+                       }
+                       else {
+                           ST.c2 = ST.c1 = utf8n_to_uvchr(s, UTF8_MAXBYTES, 0,
+                                                    uniflags);
+                       }
+                   }
+               }
+           }
+           else
+               ST.c1 = ST.c2 = CHRTEST_VOID;
+       assume_ok_easy:
 
-                            c1 = utf8n_to_uvuni(tmpbuf1, UTF8_MAXBYTES, 0,
-                                                ckWARN(WARN_UTF8) ?
-                                                0 : UTF8_ALLOW_ANY);
-                            c2 = utf8n_to_uvuni(tmpbuf2, UTF8_MAXBYTES, 0,
-                                                ckWARN(WARN_UTF8) ?
-                                                0 : UTF8_ALLOW_ANY);
+           ST.A = scan;
+           ST.B = next;
+           PL_reginput = locinput;
+           if (minmod) {
+               minmod = 0;
+               if (ST.min && regrepeat(rex, ST.A, ST.min, depth) < ST.min)
+                   sayNO;
+               ST.count = ST.min;
+               locinput = PL_reginput;
+               REGCP_SET(ST.cp);
+               if (ST.c1 == CHRTEST_VOID)
+                   goto curly_try_B_min;
+
+               ST.oldloc = locinput;
+
+               /* set ST.maxpos to the furthest point along the
+                * string that could possibly match */
+               if  (ST.max == REG_INFTY) {
+                   ST.maxpos = PL_regeol - 1;
+                   if (do_utf8)
+                       while (UTF8_IS_CONTINUATION(*(U8*)ST.maxpos))
+                           ST.maxpos--;
+               }
+               else if (do_utf8) {
+                   int m = ST.max - ST.min;
+                   for (ST.maxpos = locinput;
+                        m >0 && ST.maxpos + UTF8SKIP(ST.maxpos) <= PL_regeol; m--)
+                       ST.maxpos += UTF8SKIP(ST.maxpos);
+               }
+               else {
+                   ST.maxpos = locinput + ST.max - ST.min;
+                   if (ST.maxpos >= PL_regeol)
+                       ST.maxpos = PL_regeol - 1;
+               }
+               goto curly_try_B_min_known;
+
+           }
+           else {
+               ST.count = regrepeat(rex, ST.A, ST.max, depth);
+               locinput = PL_reginput;
+               if (ST.count < ST.min)
+                   sayNO;
+               if ((ST.count > ST.min)
+                   && (PL_regkind[OP(ST.B)] == EOL) && (OP(ST.B) != MEOL))
+               {
+                   /* A{m,n} must come at the end of the string, there's
+                    * no point in backing off ... */
+                   ST.min = ST.count;
+                   /* ...except that $ and \Z can match before *and* after
+                      newline at the end.  Consider "\n\n" =~ /\n+\Z\n/.
+                      We may back off by one in this case. */
+                   if (UCHARAT(PL_reginput - 1) == '\n' && OP(ST.B) != EOS)
+                       ST.min--;
+               }
+               REGCP_SET(ST.cp);
+               goto curly_try_B_max;
+           }
+           /* NOTREACHED */
+
+
+       case CURLY_B_min_known_fail:
+           /* failed to find B in a non-greedy match where c1,c2 valid */
+           if (ST.paren && ST.count)
+               PL_regoffs[ST.paren].end = -1;
+
+           PL_reginput = locinput;     /* Could be reset... */
+           REGCP_UNWIND(ST.cp);
+           /* Couldn't or didn't -- move forward. */
+           ST.oldloc = locinput;
+           if (do_utf8)
+               locinput += UTF8SKIP(locinput);
+           else
+               locinput++;
+           ST.count++;
+         curly_try_B_min_known:
+            /* find the next place where 'B' could work, then call B */
+           {
+               int n;
+               if (do_utf8) {
+                   n = (ST.oldloc == locinput) ? 0 : 1;
+                   if (ST.c1 == ST.c2) {
+                       STRLEN len;
+                       /* set n to utf8_distance(oldloc, locinput) */
+                       while (locinput <= ST.maxpos &&
+                              utf8n_to_uvchr((U8*)locinput,
+                                             UTF8_MAXBYTES, &len,
+                                             uniflags) != (UV)ST.c1) {
+                           locinput += len;
+                           n++;
                        }
-                       else {
-                           c2 = c1 = utf8n_to_uvchr(s, UTF8_MAXBYTES, 0,
-                                                    ckWARN(WARN_UTF8) ?
-                                                    0 : UTF8_ALLOW_ANY);
+                   }
+                   else {
+                       /* set n to utf8_distance(oldloc, locinput) */
+                       while (locinput <= ST.maxpos) {
+                           STRLEN len;
+                           const UV c = utf8n_to_uvchr((U8*)locinput,
+                                                 UTF8_MAXBYTES, &len,
+                                                 uniflags);
+                           if (c == (UV)ST.c1 || c == (UV)ST.c2)
+                               break;
+                           locinput += len;
+                           n++;
                        }
                    }
                }
-           }
-           else
-               c1 = c2 = -1000;
-       assume_ok_easy:
-           PL_reginput = locinput;
-           if (minmod) {
-               CHECKPOINT lastcp;
-               minmod = 0;
-               if (ln && regrepeat(scan, ln) < ln)
-                   sayNO;
-               locinput = PL_reginput;
-               REGCP_SET(lastcp);
-               if (c1 != -1000) {
-                   char *e; /* Should not check after this */
-                   char *old = locinput;
-                   int count = 0;
-
-                   if  (n == REG_INFTY) {
-                       e = PL_regeol - 1;
-                       if (do_utf8)
-                           while (UTF8_IS_CONTINUATION(*(U8*)e))
-                               e--;
-                   }
-                   else if (do_utf8) {
-                       int m = n - ln;
-                       for (e = locinput;
-                            m >0 && e + UTF8SKIP(e) <= PL_regeol; m--)
-                           e += UTF8SKIP(e);
+               else {
+                   if (ST.c1 == ST.c2) {
+                       while (locinput <= ST.maxpos &&
+                              UCHARAT(locinput) != ST.c1)
+                           locinput++;
                    }
                    else {
-                       e = locinput + n - ln;
-                       if (e >= PL_regeol)
-                           e = PL_regeol - 1;
-                   }
-                   while (1) {
-                       /* Find place 'next' could work */
-                       if (!do_utf8) {
-                           if (c1 == c2) {
-                               while (locinput <= e &&
-                                      UCHARAT(locinput) != c1)
-                                   locinput++;
-                           } else {
-                               while (locinput <= e
-                                      && UCHARAT(locinput) != c1
-                                      && UCHARAT(locinput) != c2)
-                                   locinput++;
-                           }
-                           count = locinput - old;
-                       }
-                       else {
-                           if (c1 == c2) {
-                               STRLEN len;
-                               /* count initialised to
-                                * utf8_distance(old, locinput) */
-                               while (locinput <= e &&
-                                      utf8n_to_uvchr((U8*)locinput,
-                                                     UTF8_MAXBYTES, &len,
-                                                     ckWARN(WARN_UTF8) ?
-                                                     0 : UTF8_ALLOW_ANY) != (UV)c1) {
-                                   locinput += len;
-                                   count++;
-                               }
-                           } else {
-                               STRLEN len;
-                               /* count initialised to
-                                * utf8_distance(old, locinput) */
-                               while (locinput <= e) {
-                                   UV c = utf8n_to_uvchr((U8*)locinput,
-                                                         UTF8_MAXBYTES, &len,
-                                                         ckWARN(WARN_UTF8) ?
-                                                         0 : UTF8_ALLOW_ANY);
-                                   if (c == (UV)c1 || c == (UV)c2)
-                                       break;
-                                   locinput += len;
-                                   count++;
-                               }
-                           }
-                       }
-                       if (locinput > e)
-                           sayNO;
-                       /* PL_reginput == old now */
-                       if (locinput != old) {
-                           ln = 1;     /* Did some */
-                           if (regrepeat(scan, count) < count)
-                               sayNO;
-                       }
-                       /* PL_reginput == locinput now */
-                       TRYPAREN(paren, ln, locinput);
-                       PL_reginput = locinput; /* Could be reset... */
-                       REGCP_UNWIND(lastcp);
-                       /* Couldn't or didn't -- move forward. */
-                       old = locinput;
-                       if (do_utf8)
-                           locinput += UTF8SKIP(locinput);
-                       else
+                       while (locinput <= ST.maxpos
+                              && UCHARAT(locinput) != ST.c1
+                              && UCHARAT(locinput) != ST.c2)
                            locinput++;
-                       count = 1;
                    }
+                   n = locinput - ST.oldloc;
                }
-               else
-               while (n >= ln || (n == REG_INFTY && ln > 0)) { /* ln overflow ? */
-                   UV c;
-                   if (c1 != -1000) {
-                       if (do_utf8)
-                           c = utf8n_to_uvchr((U8*)PL_reginput,
-                                              UTF8_MAXBYTES, 0,
-                                              ckWARN(WARN_UTF8) ?
-                                              0 : UTF8_ALLOW_ANY);
-                       else
-                           c = UCHARAT(PL_reginput);
-                       /* If it could work, try it. */
-                       if (c == (UV)c1 || c == (UV)c2)
-                       {
-                           TRYPAREN(paren, ln, PL_reginput);
-                           REGCP_UNWIND(lastcp);
-                       }
-                   }
-                   /* If it could work, try it. */
-                   else if (c1 == -1000)
-                   {
-                       TRYPAREN(paren, ln, PL_reginput);
-                       REGCP_UNWIND(lastcp);
-                   }
-                   /* Couldn't or didn't -- move forward. */
-                   PL_reginput = locinput;
-                   if (regrepeat(scan, 1)) {
-                       ln++;
-                       locinput = PL_reginput;
-                   }
-                   else
+               if (locinput > ST.maxpos)
+                   sayNO;
+               /* PL_reginput == oldloc now */
+               if (n) {
+                   ST.count += n;
+                   if (regrepeat(rex, ST.A, n, depth) < n)
                        sayNO;
                }
+               PL_reginput = locinput;
+               CURLY_SETPAREN(ST.paren, ST.count);
+               if (cur_eval && cur_eval->u.eval.close_paren && 
+                   cur_eval->u.eval.close_paren == (U32)ST.paren) {
+                   goto fake_end;
+               }
+               PUSH_STATE_GOTO(CURLY_B_min_known, ST.B);
            }
-           else {
-               CHECKPOINT lastcp;
-               n = regrepeat(scan, n);
+           /* NOTREACHED */
+
+
+       case CURLY_B_min_fail:
+           /* failed to find B in a non-greedy match where c1,c2 invalid */
+           if (ST.paren && ST.count)
+               PL_regoffs[ST.paren].end = -1;
+
+           REGCP_UNWIND(ST.cp);
+           /* failed -- move forward one */
+           PL_reginput = locinput;
+           if (regrepeat(rex, ST.A, 1, depth)) {
+               ST.count++;
                locinput = PL_reginput;
-               if (ln < n && PL_regkind[(U8)OP(next)] == EOL &&
-                   (OP(next) != MEOL ||
-                       OP(next) == SEOL || OP(next) == EOS))
+               if (ST.count <= ST.max || (ST.max == REG_INFTY &&
+                       ST.count > 0)) /* count overflow ? */
                {
-                   ln = n;                     /* why back off? */
-                   /* ...because $ and \Z can match before *and* after
-                      newline at the end.  Consider "\n\n" =~ /\n+\Z\n/.
-                      We should back off by one in this case. */
-                   if (UCHARAT(PL_reginput - 1) == '\n' && OP(next) != EOS)
-                       ln--;
-               }
-               REGCP_SET(lastcp);
-               if (paren) {
-                   UV c = 0;
-                   while (n >= ln) {
-                       if (c1 != -1000) {
-                           if (do_utf8)
-                               c = utf8n_to_uvchr((U8*)PL_reginput,
-                                                  UTF8_MAXBYTES, 0,
-                                                  ckWARN(WARN_UTF8) ?
-                                                  0 : UTF8_ALLOW_ANY);
-                           else
-                               c = UCHARAT(PL_reginput);
-                       }
-                       /* If it could work, try it. */
-                       if (c1 == -1000 || c == (UV)c1 || c == (UV)c2)
-                           {
-                               TRYPAREN(paren, n, PL_reginput);
-                               REGCP_UNWIND(lastcp);
-                           }
-                       /* Couldn't or didn't -- back up. */
-                       n--;
-                       PL_reginput = locinput = HOPc(locinput, -1);
-                   }
-               }
-               else {
-                   UV c = 0;
-                   while (n >= ln) {
-                       if (c1 != -1000) {
-                           if (do_utf8)
-                               c = utf8n_to_uvchr((U8*)PL_reginput,
-                                                  UTF8_MAXBYTES, 0,
-                                                  ckWARN(WARN_UTF8) ?
-                                                  0 : UTF8_ALLOW_ANY);
-                           else
-                               c = UCHARAT(PL_reginput);
-                       }
-                       /* If it could work, try it. */
-                       if (c1 == -1000 || c == (UV)c1 || c == (UV)c2)
-                           {
-                               TRYPAREN(paren, n, PL_reginput);
-                               REGCP_UNWIND(lastcp);
-                           }
-                       /* Couldn't or didn't -- back up. */
-                       n--;
-                       PL_reginput = locinput = HOPc(locinput, -1);
-                   }
+                 curly_try_B_min:
+                   CURLY_SETPAREN(ST.paren, ST.count);
+                   if (cur_eval && cur_eval->u.eval.close_paren &&
+                       cur_eval->u.eval.close_paren == (U32)ST.paren) {
+                        goto fake_end;
+                    }
+                   PUSH_STATE_GOTO(CURLY_B_min, ST.B);
                }
            }
            sayNO;
-           break;
-       case END:
-           if (PL_reg_call_cc) {
-               re_cc_state *cur_call_cc = PL_reg_call_cc;
-               CURCUR *cctmp = PL_regcc;
-               regexp *re = PL_reg_re;
-               CHECKPOINT cp, lastcp;
-               
-               cp = regcppush(0);      /* Save *all* the positions. */
-               REGCP_SET(lastcp);
-               regcp_set_to(PL_reg_call_cc->ss); /* Restore parens of
-                                                   the caller. */
-               PL_reginput = locinput; /* Make position available to
-                                          the callcc. */
-               cache_re(PL_reg_call_cc->re);
-               PL_regcc = PL_reg_call_cc->cc;
-               PL_reg_call_cc = PL_reg_call_cc->prev;
-               if (regmatch(cur_call_cc->node)) {
-                   PL_reg_call_cc = cur_call_cc;
-                   regcpblow(cp);
-                   sayYES;
+           /* NOTREACHED */
+
+
+       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) {
+                goto fake_end;
+            }
+           {
+               UV c = 0;
+               if (ST.c1 != CHRTEST_VOID)
+                   c = do_utf8 ? utf8n_to_uvchr((U8*)PL_reginput,
+                                          UTF8_MAXBYTES, 0, uniflags)
+                               : (UV) UCHARAT(PL_reginput);
+               /* If it could work, try it. */
+               if (ST.c1 == CHRTEST_VOID || c == (UV)ST.c1 || c == (UV)ST.c2) {
+                   CURLY_SETPAREN(ST.paren, ST.count);
+                   PUSH_STATE_GOTO(CURLY_B_max, ST.B);
+                   /* NOTREACHED */
                }
-               REGCP_UNWIND(lastcp);
-               regcppop();
-               PL_reg_call_cc = cur_call_cc;
-               PL_regcc = cctmp;
-               PL_reg_re = re;
-               cache_re(re);
+           }
+           /* FALL THROUGH */
+       case CURLY_B_max_fail:
+           /* failed to find B in a greedy match */
+           if (ST.paren && ST.count)
+               PL_regoffs[ST.paren].end = -1;
+
+           REGCP_UNWIND(ST.cp);
+           /*  back up. */
+           if (--ST.count < ST.min)
+               sayNO;
+           PL_reginput = locinput = HOPc(locinput, -1);
+           goto curly_try_B_max;
+
+#undef ST
+
+       case END:
+           fake_end:
+           if (cur_eval) {
+               /* we've just finished A in /(??{A})B/; now continue with B */
+               I32 tmpix;
+               st->u.eval.toggle_reg_flags
+                           = cur_eval->u.eval.toggle_reg_flags;
+               PL_reg_flags ^= st->u.eval.toggle_reg_flags; 
+
+               st->u.eval.prev_rex = rex;              /* inner */
+               SETREX(rex,cur_eval->u.eval.prev_rex);
+               rexi = RXi_GET(rex);
+               cur_curlyx = cur_eval->u.eval.prev_curlyx;
+               ReREFCNT_inc(rex);
+               st->u.eval.cp = regcppush(0);   /* Save *all* the positions. */
+               REGCP_SET(st->u.eval.lastcp);
+               PL_reginput = locinput;
 
+               /* Restore parens of the outer rex without popping the
+                * savestack */
+               tmpix = PL_savestack_ix;
+               PL_savestack_ix = cur_eval->u.eval.lastcp;
+               regcppop(rex);
+               PL_savestack_ix = tmpix;
+
+               st->u.eval.prev_eval = cur_eval;
+               cur_eval = cur_eval->u.eval.prev_eval;
                DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(
-                   PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
-                                 "%*s  continuation failed...\n",
-                                 REPORT_CODE_OFF+PL_regindent*2, "")
-                   );
-               sayNO_SILENT;
+                   PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, "%*s  EVAL trying tail ... %"UVxf"\n",
+                                     REPORT_CODE_OFF+depth*2, "",PTR2UV(cur_eval)););
+                if ( nochange_depth )
+                   nochange_depth--;
+
+                PUSH_YES_STATE_GOTO(EVAL_AB,
+                       st->u.eval.prev_eval->u.eval.B); /* match B */
            }
-           if (locinput < PL_regtill) {
+
+           if (locinput < reginfo->till) {
                DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
                                      "%sMatch possible, but length=%ld is smaller than requested=%ld, failing!%s\n",
                                      PL_colors[4],
                                      (long)(locinput - PL_reg_starttry),
-                                     (long)(PL_regtill - PL_reg_starttry),
+                                     (long)(reginfo->till - PL_reg_starttry),
                                      PL_colors[5]));
-               sayNO_FINAL;            /* Cannot match: too short. */
+                                                     
+               sayNO_SILENT;           /* Cannot match: too short. */
            }
            PL_reginput = locinput;     /* put where regtry can find it */
-           sayYES_FINAL;               /* Success! */
-       case SUCCEED:
+           sayYES;                     /* Success! */
+
+       case SUCCEED: /* successful SUSPEND/UNLESSM/IFMATCH/CURLYM */
+           DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(
+           PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
+               "%*s  %ssubpattern success...%s\n",
+               REPORT_CODE_OFF+depth*2, "", PL_colors[4], PL_colors[5]));
            PL_reginput = locinput;     /* put where regtry can find it */
-           sayYES_LOUD;                /* Success! */
-       case SUSPEND:
-           n = 1;
+           sayYES;                     /* Success! */
+
+#undef  ST
+#define ST st->u.ifmatch
+
+       case SUSPEND:   /* (?>A) */
+           ST.wanted = 1;
            PL_reginput = locinput;
            goto do_ifmatch;    
-       case UNLESSM:
-           n = 0;
-           if (scan->flags) {
-               s = HOPBACKc(locinput, scan->flags);
-               if (!s)
-                   goto say_yes;
-               PL_reginput = s;
-           }
-           else
-               PL_reginput = locinput;
-           goto do_ifmatch;
-       case IFMATCH:
-           n = 1;
+
+       case UNLESSM:   /* -ve lookaround: (?!A), or with flags, (?<!A) */
+           ST.wanted = 0;
+           goto ifmatch_trivial_fail_test;
+
+       case IFMATCH:   /* +ve lookaround: (?=A), or with flags, (?<=A) */
+           ST.wanted = 1;
+         ifmatch_trivial_fail_test:
            if (scan->flags) {
-               s = HOPBACKc(locinput, scan->flags);
-               if (!s)
-                   goto say_no;
+               char * const s = HOPBACKc(locinput, scan->flags);
+               if (!s) {
+                   /* trivial fail */
+                   if (logical) {
+                       logical = 0;
+                       sw = 1 - (bool)ST.wanted;
+                   }
+                   else if (ST.wanted)
+                       sayNO;
+                   next = scan + ARG(scan);
+                   if (next == scan)
+                       next = NULL;
+                   break;
+               }
                PL_reginput = s;
            }
            else
                PL_reginput = locinput;
 
          do_ifmatch:
-           inner = NEXTOPER(NEXTOPER(scan));
-           if (regmatch(inner) != n) {
-             say_no:
-               if (logical) {
-                   logical = 0;
-                   sw = 0;
-                   goto do_longjump;
-               }
-               else
-                   sayNO;
-           }
-         say_yes:
-           if (logical) {
-               logical = 0;
-               sw = 1;
+           ST.me = scan;
+           ST.logical = logical;
+           /* execute body of (?...A) */
+           PUSH_YES_STATE_GOTO(IFMATCH_A, NEXTOPER(NEXTOPER(scan)));
+           /* NOTREACHED */
+
+       case IFMATCH_A_fail: /* body of (?...A) failed */
+           ST.wanted = !ST.wanted;
+           /* FALL THROUGH */
+
+       case IFMATCH_A: /* body of (?...A) succeeded */
+           if (ST.logical) {
+               sw = (bool)ST.wanted;
            }
-           if (OP(scan) == SUSPEND) {
+           else if (!ST.wanted)
+               sayNO;
+
+           if (OP(ST.me) == SUSPEND)
                locinput = PL_reginput;
+           else {
+               locinput = PL_reginput = st->locinput;
                nextchr = UCHARAT(locinput);
            }
-           /* FALL THROUGH. */
+           scan = ST.me + ARG(ST.me);
+           if (scan == ST.me)
+               scan = NULL;
+           continue; /* execute B */
+
+#undef ST
+
        case LONGJMP:
-         do_longjump:
            next = scan + ARG(scan);
            if (next == scan)
                next = NULL;
            break;
+       case COMMIT:
+           reginfo->cutpoint = PL_regeol;
+           /* FALLTHROUGH */
+       case PRUNE:
+           PL_reginput = locinput;
+           if (!scan->flags)
+               sv_yes_mark = sv_commit = (SV*)rexi->data->data[ ARG( scan ) ];
+           PUSH_STATE_GOTO(COMMIT_next,next);
+           /* NOTREACHED */
+       case COMMIT_next_fail:
+           no_final = 1;    
+           /* FALLTHROUGH */       
+       case OPFAIL:
+           sayNO;
+           /* NOTREACHED */
+
+#define ST st->u.mark
+        case MARKPOINT:
+            ST.prev_mark = mark_state;
+            ST.mark_name = sv_commit = sv_yes_mark 
+                = (SV*)rexi->data->data[ ARG( scan ) ];
+            mark_state = st;
+            ST.mark_loc = PL_reginput = locinput;
+            PUSH_YES_STATE_GOTO(MARKPOINT_next,next);
+            /* NOTREACHED */
+        case MARKPOINT_next:
+            mark_state = ST.prev_mark;
+            sayYES;
+            /* NOTREACHED */
+        case MARKPOINT_next_fail:
+            if (popmark && sv_eq(ST.mark_name,popmark)) 
+            {
+                if (ST.mark_loc > startpoint)
+                   reginfo->cutpoint = HOPBACKc(ST.mark_loc, 1);
+                popmark = NULL; /* we found our mark */
+                sv_commit = ST.mark_name;
+
+                DEBUG_EXECUTE_r({
+                        PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
+                           "%*s  %ssetting cutpoint to mark:%"SVf"...%s\n",
+                           REPORT_CODE_OFF+depth*2, "", 
+                           PL_colors[4], SVfARG(sv_commit), PL_colors[5]);
+               });
+            }
+            mark_state = ST.prev_mark;
+            sv_yes_mark = mark_state ? 
+                mark_state->u.mark.mark_name : NULL;
+            sayNO;
+            /* NOTREACHED */
+        case SKIP:
+            PL_reginput = locinput;
+            if (scan->flags) {
+                /* (*SKIP) : if we fail we cut here*/
+                ST.mark_name = NULL;
+                ST.mark_loc = locinput;
+                PUSH_STATE_GOTO(SKIP_next,next);    
+            } else {
+                /* (*SKIP:NAME) : if there is a (*MARK:NAME) fail where it was, 
+                   otherwise do nothing.  Meaning we need to scan 
+                 */
+                regmatch_state *cur = mark_state;
+                SV *find = (SV*)rexi->data->data[ ARG( scan ) ];
+                
+                while (cur) {
+                    if ( sv_eq( cur->u.mark.mark_name, 
+                                find ) ) 
+                    {
+                        ST.mark_name = find;
+                        PUSH_STATE_GOTO( SKIP_next, next );
+                    }
+                    cur = cur->u.mark.prev_mark;
+                }
+            }    
+            /* Didn't find our (*MARK:NAME) so ignore this (*SKIP:NAME) */
+            break;    
+       case SKIP_next_fail:
+           if (ST.mark_name) {
+               /* (*CUT:NAME) - Set up to search for the name as we 
+                  collapse the stack*/
+               popmark = ST.mark_name;    
+           } else {
+               /* (*CUT) - No name, we cut here.*/
+               if (ST.mark_loc > startpoint)
+                   reginfo->cutpoint = HOPBACKc(ST.mark_loc, 1);
+               /* but we set sv_commit to latest mark_name if there
+                  is one so they can test to see how things lead to this
+                  cut */    
+                if (mark_state) 
+                    sv_commit=mark_state->u.mark.mark_name;                
+            } 
+            no_final = 1; 
+            sayNO;
+            /* NOTREACHED */
+#undef ST
+        case FOLDCHAR:
+            n = ARG(scan);
+            if ( n == (U32)what_len_TRICKYFOLD(locinput,do_utf8,ln) ) {
+                locinput += ln;
+            } else if ( 0xDF == n && !do_utf8 && !UTF ) {
+                sayNO;
+            } else  {
+                U8 folded[UTF8_MAXBYTES_CASE+1];
+                STRLEN foldlen;
+                const char * const l = locinput;
+                char *e = PL_regeol;
+                to_uni_fold(n, folded, &foldlen);
+
+               if (ibcmp_utf8((const char*) folded, 0,  foldlen, 1,
+                              l, &e, 0,  do_utf8)) {
+                        sayNO;
+                }
+                locinput = e;
+            } 
+            nextchr = UCHARAT(locinput);  
+            break;
+        case LNBREAK:
+            if ((n=is_LNBREAK(locinput,do_utf8))) {
+                locinput += n;
+                nextchr = UCHARAT(locinput);
+            } else
+                sayNO;
+            break;
+
+#define CASE_CLASS(nAmE)                              \
+        case nAmE:                                    \
+            if ((n=is_##nAmE(locinput,do_utf8))) {    \
+                locinput += n;                        \
+                nextchr = UCHARAT(locinput);          \
+            } else                                    \
+                sayNO;                                \
+            break;                                    \
+        case N##nAmE:                                 \
+            if ((n=is_##nAmE(locinput,do_utf8))) {    \
+                sayNO;                                \
+            } else {                                  \
+                locinput += UTF8SKIP(locinput);       \
+                nextchr = UCHARAT(locinput);          \
+            }                                         \
+            break
+
+        CASE_CLASS(VERTWS);
+        CASE_CLASS(HORIZWS);
+#undef CASE_CLASS
+
        default:
            PerlIO_printf(Perl_error_log, "%"UVxf" %d\n",
                          PTR2UV(scan), OP(scan));
            Perl_croak(aTHX_ "regexp memory corruption");
+           
+       } /* end switch */ 
+
+        /* switch break jumps here */
+       scan = next; /* prepare to execute the next op and ... */
+       continue;    /* ... jump back to the top, reusing st */
+       /* NOTREACHED */
+
+      push_yes_state:
+       /* push a state that backtracks on success */
+       st->u.yes.prev_yes_state = yes_state;
+       yes_state = st;
+       /* FALL THROUGH */
+      push_state:
+       /* push a new regex state, then continue at scan  */
+       {
+           regmatch_state *newst;
+
+           DEBUG_STACK_r({
+               regmatch_state *cur = st;
+               regmatch_state *curyes = yes_state;
+               int curd = depth;
+               regmatch_slab *slab = PL_regmatch_slab;
+                for (;curd > -1;cur--,curd--) {
+                    if (cur < SLAB_FIRST(slab)) {
+                       slab = slab->prev;
+                       cur = SLAB_LAST(slab);
+                    }
+                    PerlIO_printf(Perl_error_log, "%*s#%-3d %-10s %s\n",
+                        REPORT_CODE_OFF + 2 + depth * 2,"",
+                        curd, PL_reg_name[cur->resume_state],
+                        (curyes == cur) ? "yes" : ""
+                    );
+                    if (curyes == cur)
+                       curyes = cur->u.yes.prev_yes_state;
+                }
+            } else 
+                DEBUG_STATE_pp("push")
+            );
+           depth++;
+           st->locinput = locinput;
+           newst = st+1; 
+           if (newst >  SLAB_LAST(PL_regmatch_slab))
+               newst = S_push_slab(aTHX);
+           PL_regmatch_state = newst;
+
+           locinput = PL_reginput;
+           nextchr = UCHARAT(locinput);
+           st = newst;
+           continue;
+           /* NOTREACHED */
        }
-      reenter:
-       scan = next;
     }
 
     /*
@@ -4268,89 +5112,123 @@ S_regmatch(pTHX_ regnode *prog)
     /*NOTREACHED*/
     sayNO;
 
-yes_loud:
-    DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(
-       PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
-                     "%*s  %scould match...%s\n",
-                     REPORT_CODE_OFF+PL_regindent*2, "", PL_colors[4], PL_colors[5])
-       );
-    goto yes;
-yes_final:
-    DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, "%sMatch successful!%s\n",
-                         PL_colors[4], PL_colors[5]));
 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 */
+       assert(st != yes_state);
 #ifdef DEBUGGING
-    PL_regindent--;
+       while (st != yes_state) {
+           st--;
+           if (st < SLAB_FIRST(PL_regmatch_slab)) {
+               PL_regmatch_slab = PL_regmatch_slab->prev;
+               st = SLAB_LAST(PL_regmatch_slab);
+           }
+           DEBUG_STATE_r({
+               if (no_final) {
+                   DEBUG_STATE_pp("pop (no final)");        
+               } else {
+                   DEBUG_STATE_pp("pop (yes)");
+               }
+           });
+           depth--;
+       }
+#else
+       while (yes_state < SLAB_FIRST(PL_regmatch_slab)
+           || yes_state > SLAB_LAST(PL_regmatch_slab))
+       {
+           /* not in this slab, pop slab */
+           depth -= (st - SLAB_FIRST(PL_regmatch_slab) + 1);
+           PL_regmatch_slab = PL_regmatch_slab->prev;
+           st = SLAB_LAST(PL_regmatch_slab);
+       }
+       depth -= (st - yes_state);
 #endif
+       st = yes_state;
+       yes_state = st->u.yes.prev_yes_state;
+       PL_regmatch_state = st;
+        
+        if (no_final) {
+            locinput= st->locinput;
+            nextchr = UCHARAT(locinput);
+        }
+       state_num = st->resume_state + no_final;
+       goto reenter_switch;
+    }
 
-#if 0                                  /* Breaks $^R */
-    if (unwind)
-       regcpblow(firstcp);
-#endif
-    return 1;
+    DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, "%sMatch successful!%s\n",
+                         PL_colors[4], PL_colors[5]));
+
+    if (PL_reg_eval_set) {
+       /* each successfully executed (?{...}) block does the equivalent of
+        *   local $^R = do {...}
+        * When popping the save stack, all these locals would be undone;
+        * bypass this by setting the outermost saved $^R to the latest
+        * value */
+       if (oreplsv != GvSV(PL_replgv))
+           sv_setsv(oreplsv, GvSV(PL_replgv));
+    }
+    result = 1;
+    goto final_exit;
 
 no:
     DEBUG_EXECUTE_r(
        PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
-                     "%*s  %sfailed...%s\n",
-                     REPORT_CODE_OFF+PL_regindent*2, "", PL_colors[4], PL_colors[5])
+            "%*s  %sfailed...%s\n",
+            REPORT_CODE_OFF+depth*2, "", 
+            PL_colors[4], PL_colors[5])
        );
-    goto do_no;
-no_final:
-do_no:
-    if (unwind) {
-       re_unwind_t *uw = SSPTRt(unwind,re_unwind_t);
-
-       switch (uw->type) {
-       case RE_UNWIND_BRANCH:
-       case RE_UNWIND_BRANCHJ:
-       {
-           re_unwind_branch_t *uwb = &(uw->branch);
-           const I32 lastparen = uwb->lastparen;
-       
-           REGCP_UNWIND(uwb->lastcp);
-           for (n = *PL_reglastparen; n > lastparen; n--)
-               PL_regendp[n] = -1;
-           *PL_reglastparen = n;
-           scan = next = uwb->next;
-           if ( !scan ||
-                OP(scan) != (uwb->type == RE_UNWIND_BRANCH
-                             ? BRANCH : BRANCHJ) ) {           /* Failure */
-               unwind = uwb->prev;
-#ifdef DEBUGGING
-               PL_regindent--;
-#endif
-               goto do_no;
-           }
-           /* Have more choice yet.  Reuse the same uwb.  */
-           /*SUPPRESS 560*/
-           if ((n = (uwb->type == RE_UNWIND_BRANCH
-                     ? NEXT_OFF(next) : ARG(next))))
-               next += n;
-           else
-               next = NULL;    /* XXXX Needn't unwinding in this case... */
-           uwb->next = next;
-           next = NEXTOPER(scan);
-           if (uwb->type == RE_UNWIND_BRANCHJ)
-               next = NEXTOPER(next);
-           locinput = uwb->locinput;
-           nextchr = uwb->nextchr;
-#ifdef DEBUGGING
-           PL_regindent = uwb->regindent;
-#endif
 
-           goto reenter;
-       }
-       /* NOT REACHED */
-       default:
-           Perl_croak(aTHX_ "regexp unwind memory corruption");
+no_silent:
+    if (no_final) {
+        if (yes_state) {
+            goto yes;
+        } else {
+            goto final_exit;
+        }
+    }    
+    if (depth) {
+       /* there's a previous state to backtrack to */
+       st--;
+       if (st < SLAB_FIRST(PL_regmatch_slab)) {
+           PL_regmatch_slab = PL_regmatch_slab->prev;
+           st = SLAB_LAST(PL_regmatch_slab);
        }
-       /* NOT REACHED */
+       PL_regmatch_state = st;
+       locinput= st->locinput;
+       nextchr = UCHARAT(locinput);
+
+       DEBUG_STATE_pp("pop");
+       depth--;
+       if (yes_state == st)
+           yes_state = st->u.yes.prev_yes_state;
+
+       state_num = st->resume_state + 1; /* failure = success + 1 */
+       goto reenter_switch;
     }
-#ifdef DEBUGGING
-    PL_regindent--;
-#endif
-    return 0;
+    result = 0;
+
+  final_exit:
+    if (rex->intflags & PREGf_VERBARG_SEEN) {
+        SV *sv_err = get_sv("REGERROR", 1);
+        SV *sv_mrk = get_sv("REGMARK", 1);
+        if (result) {
+            sv_commit = &PL_sv_no;
+            if (!sv_yes_mark) 
+                sv_yes_mark = &PL_sv_yes;
+        } else {
+            if (!sv_commit) 
+                sv_commit = &PL_sv_yes;
+            sv_yes_mark = &PL_sv_no;
+        }
+        sv_setsv(sv_err, sv_commit);
+        sv_setsv(sv_mrk, sv_yes_mark);
+    }
+
+    /* clean up; in particular, free all slabs above current one */
+    LEAVE_SCOPE(oldsave);
+
+    return result;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -4362,7 +5240,7 @@ do_no:
  * rather than incrementing count on every character.  [Er, except utf8.]]
  */
 STATIC I32
-S_regrepeat(pTHX_ const regnode *p, I32 max)
+S_regrepeat(pTHX_ const regexp *prog, const regnode *p, I32 max, int depth)
 {
     dVAR;
     register char *scan;
@@ -4370,12 +5248,15 @@ S_regrepeat(pTHX_ const regnode *p, I32 max)
     register char *loceol = PL_regeol;
     register I32 hardcount = 0;
     register bool do_utf8 = PL_reg_match_utf8;
+#ifndef DEBUGGING
+    PERL_UNUSED_ARG(depth);
+#endif
 
     scan = PL_reginput;
     if (max == REG_INFTY)
        max = I32_MAX;
     else if (max < loceol - scan)
-      loceol = scan + max;
+       loceol = scan + max;
     switch (OP(p)) {
     case REG_ANY:
        if (do_utf8) {
@@ -4425,19 +5306,19 @@ S_regrepeat(pTHX_ const regnode *p, I32 max)
        if (do_utf8) {
            loceol = PL_regeol;
            while (hardcount < max && scan < loceol &&
-                  reginclass(p, (U8*)scan, 0, do_utf8)) {
+                  reginclass(prog, p, (U8*)scan, 0, do_utf8)) {
                scan += UTF8SKIP(scan);
                hardcount++;
            }
        } else {
-           while (scan < loceol && REGINCLASS(p, (U8*)scan))
+           while (scan < loceol && REGINCLASS(prog, p, (U8*)scan))
                scan++;
        }
        break;
     case ALNUM:
        if (do_utf8) {
            loceol = PL_regeol;
-           LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS(alnum,"a");
+           LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS_ALNUM();
            while (hardcount < max && scan < loceol &&
                   swash_fetch(PL_utf8_alnum, (U8*)scan, do_utf8)) {
                scan += UTF8SKIP(scan);
@@ -4465,7 +5346,7 @@ S_regrepeat(pTHX_ const regnode *p, I32 max)
     case NALNUM:
        if (do_utf8) {
            loceol = PL_regeol;
-           LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS(alnum,"a");
+           LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS_ALNUM();
            while (hardcount < max && scan < loceol &&
                   !swash_fetch(PL_utf8_alnum, (U8*)scan, do_utf8)) {
                scan += UTF8SKIP(scan);
@@ -4493,7 +5374,7 @@ S_regrepeat(pTHX_ const regnode *p, I32 max)
     case SPACE:
        if (do_utf8) {
            loceol = PL_regeol;
-           LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS(space," ");
+           LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS_SPACE();
            while (hardcount < max && scan < loceol &&
                   (*scan == ' ' ||
                    swash_fetch(PL_utf8_space,(U8*)scan, do_utf8))) {
@@ -4522,7 +5403,7 @@ S_regrepeat(pTHX_ const regnode *p, I32 max)
     case NSPACE:
        if (do_utf8) {
            loceol = PL_regeol;
-           LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS(space," ");
+           LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS_SPACE();
            while (hardcount < max && scan < loceol &&
                   !(*scan == ' ' ||
                     swash_fetch(PL_utf8_space,(U8*)scan, do_utf8))) {
@@ -4551,7 +5432,7 @@ S_regrepeat(pTHX_ const regnode *p, I32 max)
     case DIGIT:
        if (do_utf8) {
            loceol = PL_regeol;
-           LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS(digit,"0");
+           LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS_DIGIT();
            while (hardcount < max && scan < loceol &&
                   swash_fetch(PL_utf8_digit, (U8*)scan, do_utf8)) {
                scan += UTF8SKIP(scan);
@@ -4565,7 +5446,7 @@ S_regrepeat(pTHX_ const regnode *p, I32 max)
     case NDIGIT:
        if (do_utf8) {
            loceol = PL_regeol;
-           LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS(digit,"0");
+           LOAD_UTF8_CHARCLASS_DIGIT();
            while (hardcount < max && scan < loceol &&
                   !swash_fetch(PL_utf8_digit, (U8*)scan, do_utf8)) {
                scan += UTF8SKIP(scan);
@@ -4575,7 +5456,77 @@ S_regrepeat(pTHX_ const regnode *p, I32 max)
            while (scan < loceol && !isDIGIT(*scan))
                scan++;
        }
+    case LNBREAK:
+        if (do_utf8) {
+           loceol = PL_regeol;
+           while (hardcount < max && scan < loceol && (c=is_LNBREAK_utf8(scan))) {
+               scan += c;
+               hardcount++;
+           }
+       } else {
+           /*
+             LNBREAK can match two latin chars, which is ok,
+             because we have a null terminated string, but we
+             have to use hardcount in this situation
+           */
+           while (scan < loceol && (c=is_LNBREAK_latin1(scan)))  {
+               scan+=c;
+               hardcount++;
+           }
+       }       
+       break;
+    case HORIZWS:
+        if (do_utf8) {
+           loceol = PL_regeol;
+           while (hardcount < max && scan < loceol && (c=is_HORIZWS_utf8(scan))) {
+               scan += c;
+               hardcount++;
+           }
+       } else {
+           while (scan < loceol && is_HORIZWS_latin1(scan)) 
+               scan++;         
+       }       
+       break;
+    case NHORIZWS:
+        if (do_utf8) {
+           loceol = PL_regeol;
+           while (hardcount < max && scan < loceol && !is_HORIZWS_utf8(scan)) {
+               scan += UTF8SKIP(scan);
+               hardcount++;
+           }
+       } else {
+           while (scan < loceol && !is_HORIZWS_latin1(scan))
+               scan++;
+
+       }       
+       break;
+    case VERTWS:
+        if (do_utf8) {
+           loceol = PL_regeol;
+           while (hardcount < max && scan < loceol && (c=is_VERTWS_utf8(scan))) {
+               scan += c;
+               hardcount++;
+           }
+       } else {
+           while (scan < loceol && is_VERTWS_latin1(scan)) 
+               scan++;
+
+       }       
+       break;
+    case NVERTWS:
+        if (do_utf8) {
+           loceol = PL_regeol;
+           while (hardcount < max && scan < loceol && !is_VERTWS_utf8(scan)) {
+               scan += UTF8SKIP(scan);
+               hardcount++;
+           }
+       } else {
+           while (scan < loceol && !is_VERTWS_latin1(scan)) 
+               scan++;
+          
+       }       
        break;
+
     default:           /* Called on something of 0 width. */
        break;          /* So match right here or not at all. */
     }
@@ -4587,97 +5538,49 @@ S_regrepeat(pTHX_ const regnode *p, I32 max)
     PL_reginput = scan;
 
     DEBUG_r({
-               SV *re_debug_flags = NULL;
-               SV *prop = sv_newmortal();
-                GET_RE_DEBUG_FLAGS;
-                DEBUG_EXECUTE_r({
-               regprop(prop, p);
-               PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
-                             "%*s  %s can match %"IVdf" times out of %"IVdf"...\n",
-                             REPORT_CODE_OFF+1, "", SvPVX(prop),(IV)c,(IV)max);
-       });
+       GET_RE_DEBUG_FLAGS_DECL;
+       DEBUG_EXECUTE_r({
+           SV * const prop = sv_newmortal();
+           regprop(prog, prop, p);
+           PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log,
+                       "%*s  %s can match %"IVdf" times out of %"IVdf"...\n",
+                       REPORT_CODE_OFF + depth*2, "", SvPVX_const(prop),(IV)c,(IV)max);
        });
+    });
 
     return(c);
 }
 
-/*
- - regrepeat_hard - repeatedly match something, report total lenth and length
- *
- * The repeater is supposed to have constant non-zero length.
- */
-
-STATIC I32
-S_regrepeat_hard(pTHX_ regnode *p, I32 max, I32 *lp)
-{
-    register char *scan = Nullch;
-    register char *start;
-    register char *loceol = PL_regeol;
-    I32 l = 0;
-    I32 count = 0, res = 1;
-
-    if (!max)
-       return 0;
-
-    start = PL_reginput;
-    if (PL_reg_match_utf8) {
-       while (PL_reginput < loceol && (scan = PL_reginput, res = regmatch(p))) {
-           if (!count++) {
-               l = 0;
-               while (start < PL_reginput) {
-                   l++;
-                   start += UTF8SKIP(start);
-               }
-               *lp = l;
-               if (l == 0)
-                   return max;
-           }
-           if (count == max)
-               return count;
-       }
-    }
-    else {
-       while (PL_reginput < loceol && (scan = PL_reginput, res = regmatch(p))) {
-           if (!count++) {
-               *lp = l = PL_reginput - start;
-               if (max != REG_INFTY && l*max < loceol - scan)
-                   loceol = scan + l*max;
-               if (l == 0)
-                   return max;
-           }
-       }
-    }
-    if (!res)
-       PL_reginput = scan;
-
-    return count;
-}
 
+#if !defined(PERL_IN_XSUB_RE) || defined(PLUGGABLE_RE_EXTENSION)
 /*
 - regclass_swash - prepare the utf8 swash
 */
 
 SV *
-Perl_regclass_swash(pTHX_ register const regnode* node, bool doinit, SV** listsvp, SV **altsvp)
+Perl_regclass_swash(pTHX_ const regexp *prog, register const regnode* node, bool doinit, SV** listsvp, SV **altsvp)
 {
+    dVAR;
     SV *sw  = NULL;
     SV *si  = NULL;
     SV *alt = NULL;
+    RXi_GET_DECL(prog,progi);
+    const struct reg_data * const data = prog ? progi->data : NULL;
 
-    if (PL_regdata && PL_regdata->count) {
+    if (data && data->count) {
        const U32 n = ARG(node);
 
-       if (PL_regdata->what[n] == 's') {
-           SV *rv = (SV*)PL_regdata->data[n];
-           AV *av = (AV*)SvRV((SV*)rv);
-           SV **ary = AvARRAY(av);
+       if (data->what[n] == 's') {
+           SV * const rv = (SV*)data->data[n];
+           AV * const av = (AV*)SvRV((SV*)rv);
+           SV **const ary = AvARRAY(av);
            SV **a, **b;
        
-           /* See the end of regcomp.c:S_reglass() for
+           /* See the end of regcomp.c:S_regclass() for
             * documentation of these array elements. */
 
            si = *ary;
-           a  = SvTYPE(ary[1]) == SVt_RV   ? &ary[1] : 0;
+           a  = SvROK(ary[1]) ? &ary[1] : 0;
            b  = SvTYPE(ary[2]) == SVt_PVAV ? &ary[2] : 0;
 
            if (a)
@@ -4698,6 +5601,7 @@ Perl_regclass_swash(pTHX_ register const regnode* node, bool doinit, SV** listsv
 
     return sw;
 }
+#endif
 
 /*
  - reginclass - determine if a character falls into a character class
@@ -4710,7 +5614,7 @@ Perl_regclass_swash(pTHX_ register const regnode* node, bool doinit, SV** listsv
  */
 
 STATIC bool
-S_reginclass(pTHX_ register const regnode *n, register const U8* p, STRLEN* lenp, register bool do_utf8)
+S_reginclass(pTHX_ const regexp *prog, register const regnode *n, register const U8* p, STRLEN* lenp, register bool do_utf8)
 {
     dVAR;
     const char flags = ANYOF_FLAGS(n);
@@ -4719,9 +5623,13 @@ S_reginclass(pTHX_ register const regnode *n, register const U8* p, STRLEN* lenp
     STRLEN len = 0;
     STRLEN plen;
 
-    if (do_utf8 && !UTF8_IS_INVARIANT(c))
-        c = utf8n_to_uvchr(p, UTF8_MAXBYTES, &len,
-                           ckWARN(WARN_UTF8) ? 0 : UTF8_ALLOW_ANY);
+    if (do_utf8 && !UTF8_IS_INVARIANT(c)) {
+       c = utf8n_to_uvchr(p, UTF8_MAXBYTES, &len,
+               (UTF8_ALLOW_DEFAULT & UTF8_ALLOW_ANYUV) | UTF8_CHECK_ONLY);
+               /* see [perl #37836] for UTF8_ALLOW_ANYUV */
+       if (len == (STRLEN)-1) 
+           Perl_croak(aTHX_ "Malformed UTF-8 character (fatal)");
+    }
 
     plen = lenp ? *lenp : UNISKIP(NATIVE_TO_UNI(c));
     if (do_utf8 || (flags & ANYOF_UNICODE)) {
@@ -4735,7 +5643,7 @@ S_reginclass(pTHX_ register const regnode *n, register const U8* p, STRLEN* lenp
            match = TRUE;
        if (!match) {
            AV *av;
-           SV *sw = regclass_swash(n, TRUE, 0, (SV**)&av);
+           SV * const sw = regclass_swash(prog, n, TRUE, 0, (SV**)&av);
        
            if (sw) {
                if (swash_fetch(sw, p, do_utf8))
@@ -4743,11 +5651,10 @@ S_reginclass(pTHX_ register const regnode *n, register const U8* p, STRLEN* lenp
                else if (flags & ANYOF_FOLD) {
                    if (!match && lenp && av) {
                        I32 i;
-                     
                        for (i = 0; i <= av_len(av); i++) {
-                           SV* sv = *av_fetch(av, i, FALSE);
+                           SV* const sv = *av_fetch(av, i, FALSE);
                            STRLEN len;
-                           const char *s = SvPV(sv, len);
+                           const char * const s = SvPV_const(sv, len);
                        
                            if (len <= plen && memEQ(s, (char*)p, len)) {
                                *lenp = len;
@@ -4830,14 +5737,9 @@ S_reginclass(pTHX_ register const regnode *n, register const U8* p, STRLEN* lenp
 }
 
 STATIC U8 *
-S_reghop(pTHX_ U8 *s, I32 off)
-{
-    return S_reghop3(aTHX_ s, off, (U8*)(off >= 0 ? PL_regeol : PL_bostr));
-}
-
-STATIC U8 *
-S_reghop3(pTHX_ U8 *s, I32 off, U8* lim)
+S_reghop3(U8 *s, I32 off, const U8* lim)
 {
+    dVAR;
     if (off >= 0) {
        while (off-- && s < lim) {
            /* XXX could check well-formedness here */
@@ -4845,52 +5747,70 @@ S_reghop3(pTHX_ U8 *s, I32 off, U8* lim)
        }
     }
     else {
-       while (off++) {
-           if (s > lim) {
-               s--;
-               if (UTF8_IS_CONTINUED(*s)) {
-                   while (s > (U8*)lim && UTF8_IS_CONTINUATION(*s))
-                       s--;
-               }
-               /* XXX could check well-formedness here */
+        while (off++ && s > lim) {
+            s--;
+            if (UTF8_IS_CONTINUED(*s)) {
+                while (s > lim && UTF8_IS_CONTINUATION(*s))
+                    s--;
            }
+            /* XXX could check well-formedness here */
        }
     }
     return s;
 }
 
+#ifdef XXX_dmq
+/* there are a bunch of places where we use two reghop3's that should
+   be replaced with this routine. but since thats not done yet 
+   we ifdef it out - dmq
+*/
 STATIC U8 *
-S_reghopmaybe(pTHX_ U8 *s, I32 off)
+S_reghop4(U8 *s, I32 off, const U8* llim, const U8* rlim)
 {
-    return S_reghopmaybe3(aTHX_ s, off, (U8*)(off >= 0 ? PL_regeol : PL_bostr));
+    dVAR;
+    if (off >= 0) {
+        while (off-- && s < rlim) {
+            /* XXX could check well-formedness here */
+            s += UTF8SKIP(s);
+        }
+    }
+    else {
+        while (off++ && s > llim) {
+            s--;
+            if (UTF8_IS_CONTINUED(*s)) {
+                while (s > llim && UTF8_IS_CONTINUATION(*s))
+                    s--;
+            }
+            /* XXX could check well-formedness here */
+        }
+    }
+    return s;
 }
+#endif
 
 STATIC U8 *
-S_reghopmaybe3(pTHX_ U8* s, I32 off, U8* lim)
+S_reghopmaybe3(U8* s, I32 off, const U8* lim)
 {
+    dVAR;
     if (off >= 0) {
        while (off-- && s < lim) {
            /* XXX could check well-formedness here */
            s += UTF8SKIP(s);
        }
        if (off >= 0)
-           return 0;
+           return NULL;
     }
     else {
-       while (off++) {
-           if (s > lim) {
-               s--;
-               if (UTF8_IS_CONTINUED(*s)) {
-                   while (s > (U8*)lim && UTF8_IS_CONTINUATION(*s))
-                       s--;
-               }
-               /* XXX could check well-formedness here */
+        while (off++ && s > lim) {
+            s--;
+            if (UTF8_IS_CONTINUED(*s)) {
+                while (s > lim && UTF8_IS_CONTINUATION(*s))
+                    s--;
            }
-           else
-               break;
+            /* XXX could check well-formedness here */
        }
        if (off <= 0)
-           return 0;
+           return NULL;
     }
     return s;
 }
@@ -4898,15 +5818,16 @@ S_reghopmaybe3(pTHX_ U8* s, I32 off, U8* lim)
 static void
 restore_pos(pTHX_ void *arg)
 {
-    (void)arg; /* unused */
+    dVAR;
+    regexp * const rex = (regexp *)arg;
     if (PL_reg_eval_set) {
        if (PL_reg_oldsaved) {
-           PL_reg_re->subbeg = PL_reg_oldsaved;
-           PL_reg_re->sublen = PL_reg_oldsavedlen;
-#ifdef PERL_COPY_ON_WRITE
-           PL_reg_re->saved_copy = PL_nrs;
+           rex->subbeg = PL_reg_oldsaved;
+           rex->sublen = PL_reg_oldsavedlen;
+#ifdef PERL_OLD_COPY_ON_WRITE
+           rex->saved_copy = PL_nrs;
 #endif
-           RX_MATCH_COPIED_on(PL_reg_re);
+           RX_MATCH_COPIED_on(rex);
        }
        PL_reg_magic->mg_len = PL_reg_oldpos;
        PL_reg_eval_set = 0;
@@ -4917,53 +5838,60 @@ restore_pos(pTHX_ void *arg)
 STATIC void
 S_to_utf8_substr(pTHX_ register regexp *prog)
 {
-    SV* sv;
-    if (prog->float_substr && !prog->float_utf8) {
-       prog->float_utf8 = sv = newSVsv(prog->float_substr);
-       sv_utf8_upgrade(sv);
-       if (SvTAIL(prog->float_substr))
-           SvTAIL_on(sv);
-       if (prog->float_substr == prog->check_substr)
-           prog->check_utf8 = sv;
-    }
-    if (prog->anchored_substr && !prog->anchored_utf8) {
-       prog->anchored_utf8 = sv = newSVsv(prog->anchored_substr);
-       sv_utf8_upgrade(sv);
-       if (SvTAIL(prog->anchored_substr))
-           SvTAIL_on(sv);
-       if (prog->anchored_substr == prog->check_substr)
-           prog->check_utf8 = sv;
-    }
+    int i = 1;
+    do {
+       if (prog->substrs->data[i].substr
+           && !prog->substrs->data[i].utf8_substr) {
+           SV* const sv = newSVsv(prog->substrs->data[i].substr);
+           prog->substrs->data[i].utf8_substr = sv;
+           sv_utf8_upgrade(sv);
+           if (SvVALID(prog->substrs->data[i].substr)) {
+               const U8 flags = BmFLAGS(prog->substrs->data[i].substr);
+               if (flags & FBMcf_TAIL) {
+                   /* Trim the trailing \n that fbm_compile added last
+                      time.  */
+                   SvCUR_set(sv, SvCUR(sv) - 1);
+                   /* Whilst this makes the SV technically "invalid" (as its
+                      buffer is no longer followed by "\0") when fbm_compile()
+                      adds the "\n" back, a "\0" is restored.  */
+               }
+               fbm_compile(sv, flags);
+           }
+           if (prog->substrs->data[i].substr == prog->check_substr)
+               prog->check_utf8 = sv;
+       }
+    } while (i--);
 }
 
 STATIC void
 S_to_byte_substr(pTHX_ register regexp *prog)
 {
-    SV* sv;
-    if (prog->float_utf8 && !prog->float_substr) {
-       prog->float_substr = sv = newSVsv(prog->float_utf8);
-       if (sv_utf8_downgrade(sv, TRUE)) {
-           if (SvTAIL(prog->float_utf8))
-               SvTAIL_on(sv);
-       } else {
-           SvREFCNT_dec(sv);
-           prog->float_substr = sv = &PL_sv_undef;
-       }
-       if (prog->float_utf8 == prog->check_utf8)
-           prog->check_substr = sv;
-    }
-    if (prog->anchored_utf8 && !prog->anchored_substr) {
-       prog->anchored_substr = sv = newSVsv(prog->anchored_utf8);
-       if (sv_utf8_downgrade(sv, TRUE)) {
-           if (SvTAIL(prog->anchored_utf8))
-               SvTAIL_on(sv);
-       } else {
-           SvREFCNT_dec(sv);
-           prog->anchored_substr = sv = &PL_sv_undef;
+    dVAR;
+    int i = 1;
+    do {
+       if (prog->substrs->data[i].utf8_substr
+           && !prog->substrs->data[i].substr) {
+           SV* sv = newSVsv(prog->substrs->data[i].utf8_substr);
+           if (sv_utf8_downgrade(sv, TRUE)) {
+               if (SvVALID(prog->substrs->data[i].utf8_substr)) {
+                   const U8 flags
+                       = BmFLAGS(prog->substrs->data[i].utf8_substr);
+                   if (flags & FBMcf_TAIL) {
+                       /* Trim the trailing \n that fbm_compile added last
+                          time.  */
+                       SvCUR_set(sv, SvCUR(sv) - 1);
+                   }
+                   fbm_compile(sv, flags);
+               }           
+           } else {
+               SvREFCNT_dec(sv);
+               sv = &PL_sv_undef;
+           }
+           prog->substrs->data[i].substr = sv;
+           if (prog->substrs->data[i].utf8_substr == prog->check_utf8)
+               prog->check_substr = sv;
        }
-       if (prog->anchored_utf8 == prog->check_utf8)
-           prog->check_substr = sv;
-    }
+    } while (i--);
 }
 
 /*