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index 8562b8f..088def5 100644 (file)
--- a/regcomp.c
+++ b/regcomp.c
@@ -101,14 +101,6 @@ EXTERN_C const struct regexp_engine my_reg_engine;
 #define        STATIC  static
 #endif
 
-#ifndef MIN
-#define MIN(a,b) ((a) < (b) ? (a) : (b))
-#endif
-
-#ifndef MAX
-#define MAX(a,b) ((a) > (b) ? (a) : (b))
-#endif
-
 /* this is a chain of data about sub patterns we are processing that
    need to be handled separately/specially in study_chunk. Its so
    we can simulate recursion without losing state.  */
@@ -127,8 +119,7 @@ typedef struct scan_frame {
 
 /* Certain characters are output as a sequence with the first being a
  * backslash. */
-#define isBACKSLASHED_PUNCT(c)                                              \
-                    ((c) == '-' || (c) == ']' || (c) == '\\' || (c) == '^')
+#define isBACKSLASHED_PUNCT(c)  strchr("-[]\\^", c)
 
 
 struct RExC_state_t {
@@ -185,20 +176,19 @@ struct RExC_state_t {
     U32         study_chunk_recursed_bytes;  /* bytes in bitmap */
     I32                in_lookbehind;
     I32                contains_locale;
-    I32                contains_i;
     I32                override_recoding;
 #ifdef EBCDIC
     I32                recode_x_to_native;
 #endif
     I32                in_multi_char_class;
-    struct reg_code_block *code_blocks;        /* positions of literal (?{})
+    struct reg_code_blocks *code_blocks;/* positions of literal (?{})
                                            within pattern */
-    int                num_code_blocks;        /* size of code_blocks[] */
     int                code_index;             /* next code_blocks[] slot */
     SSize_t     maxlen;                        /* mininum possible number of chars in string to match */
     scan_frame *frame_head;
     scan_frame *frame_last;
     U32         frame_count;
+    AV         *warn_text;
 #ifdef ADD_TO_REGEXEC
     char       *starttry;              /* -Dr: where regtry was called. */
 #define RExC_starttry  (pRExC_state->starttry)
@@ -279,8 +269,6 @@ struct RExC_state_t {
                                    (pRExC_state->study_chunk_recursed_bytes)
 #define RExC_in_lookbehind     (pRExC_state->in_lookbehind)
 #define RExC_contains_locale   (pRExC_state->contains_locale)
-#define RExC_contains_i (pRExC_state->contains_i)
-#define RExC_override_recoding (pRExC_state->override_recoding)
 #ifdef EBCDIC
 #   define RExC_recode_x_to_native (pRExC_state->recode_x_to_native)
 #endif
@@ -290,6 +278,7 @@ struct RExC_state_t {
 #define RExC_frame_count (pRExC_state->frame_count)
 #define RExC_strict (pRExC_state->strict)
 #define RExC_study_started      (pRExC_state->study_started)
+#define RExC_warn_text (pRExC_state->warn_text)
 
 /* Heuristic check on the complexity of the pattern: if TOO_NAUGHTY, we set
  * a flag to disable back-off on the fixed/floating substrings - if it's
@@ -403,7 +392,7 @@ struct RExC_state_t {
 
   For each string some basic information is maintained:
 
-  - offset or min_offset
+  - min_offset
     This is the position the string must appear at, or not before.
     It also implicitly (when combined with minlenp) tells us how many
     characters must match before the string we are searching for.
@@ -415,6 +404,7 @@ struct RExC_state_t {
     Only used for floating strings. This is the rightmost point that
     the string can appear at. If set to SSize_t_MAX it indicates that the
     string can occur infinitely far to the right.
+    For fixed strings, it is equal to min_offset.
 
   - minlenp
     A pointer to the minimum number of characters of the pattern that the
@@ -454,6 +444,15 @@ struct RExC_state_t {
 
 */
 
+struct scan_data_substrs {
+    SV      *str;       /* longest substring found in pattern */
+    SSize_t min_offset; /* earliest point in string it can appear */
+    SSize_t max_offset; /* latest point in string it can appear */
+    SSize_t *minlenp;   /* pointer to the minlen relevant to the string */
+    SSize_t lookbehind; /* is the pos of the string modified by LB */
+    I32 flags;          /* per substring SF_* and SCF_* flags */
+};
+
 typedef struct scan_data_t {
     /*I32 len_min;      unused */
     /*I32 len_delta;    unused */
@@ -463,17 +462,14 @@ typedef struct scan_data_t {
     SSize_t last_end;      /* min value, <0 unless valid. */
     SSize_t last_start_min;
     SSize_t last_start_max;
-    SV **longest;          /* Either &l_fixed, or &l_float. */
-    SV *longest_fixed;      /* longest fixed string found in pattern */
-    SSize_t offset_fixed;   /* offset where it starts */
-    SSize_t *minlen_fixed;  /* pointer to the minlen relevant to the string */
-    I32 lookbehind_fixed;   /* is the position of the string modfied by LB */
-    SV *longest_float;      /* longest floating string found in pattern */
-    SSize_t offset_float_min; /* earliest point in string it can appear */
-    SSize_t offset_float_max; /* latest point in string it can appear */
-    SSize_t *minlen_float;  /* pointer to the minlen relevant to the string */
-    SSize_t lookbehind_float; /* is the pos of the string modified by LB */
-    I32 flags;
+    U8      cur_is_floating; /* whether the last_* values should be set as
+                              * the next fixed (0) or floating (1)
+                              * substring */
+
+    /* [0] is longest fixed substring so far, [1] is longest float so far */
+    struct scan_data_substrs  substrs[2];
+
+    I32 flags;             /* common SF_* and SCF_* flags */
     I32 whilem_c;
     SSize_t *last_closep;
     regnode_ssc *start_class;
@@ -483,23 +479,21 @@ typedef struct scan_data_t {
  * Forward declarations for pregcomp()'s friends.
  */
 
-static const scan_data_t zero_scan_data =
-  { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ,0};
+static const scan_data_t zero_scan_data = {
+    0, 0, NULL, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+    {
+        { NULL, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
+        { NULL, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 },
+    },
+    0, 0, NULL, NULL
+};
+
+/* study flags */
 
-#define SF_BEFORE_EOL          (SF_BEFORE_SEOL|SF_BEFORE_MEOL)
 #define SF_BEFORE_SEOL         0x0001
 #define SF_BEFORE_MEOL         0x0002
-#define SF_FIX_BEFORE_EOL      (SF_FIX_BEFORE_SEOL|SF_FIX_BEFORE_MEOL)
-#define SF_FL_BEFORE_EOL       (SF_FL_BEFORE_SEOL|SF_FL_BEFORE_MEOL)
-
-#define SF_FIX_SHIFT_EOL       (+2)
-#define SF_FL_SHIFT_EOL                (+4)
-
-#define SF_FIX_BEFORE_SEOL     (SF_BEFORE_SEOL << SF_FIX_SHIFT_EOL)
-#define SF_FIX_BEFORE_MEOL     (SF_BEFORE_MEOL << SF_FIX_SHIFT_EOL)
+#define SF_BEFORE_EOL          (SF_BEFORE_SEOL|SF_BEFORE_MEOL)
 
-#define SF_FL_BEFORE_SEOL      (SF_BEFORE_SEOL << SF_FL_SHIFT_EOL)
-#define SF_FL_BEFORE_MEOL      (SF_BEFORE_MEOL << SF_FL_SHIFT_EOL) /* 0x20 */
 #define SF_IS_INF              0x0040
 #define SF_HAS_PAR             0x0080
 #define SF_IN_PAR              0x0100
@@ -562,7 +556,6 @@ static const scan_data_t zero_scan_data =
 #define OOB_UNICODE            0xDEADBEEF
 
 #define CHR_SVLEN(sv) (UTF ? sv_len_utf8(sv) : SvCUR(sv))
-#define CHR_DIST(a,b) (UTF ? utf8_distance(a,b) : a - b)
 
 
 /* length of regex to show in messages that don't mark a position within */
@@ -577,7 +570,7 @@ static const scan_data_t zero_scan_data =
 #define MARKER2 " <-- HERE "  /* marker as it appears within the regex */
 
 #define REPORT_LOCATION " in regex; marked by " MARKER1    \
-                        " in m/%"UTF8f MARKER2 "%"UTF8f"/"
+                        " in m/%" UTF8f MARKER2 "%" UTF8f "/"
 
 /* The code in this file in places uses one level of recursion with parsing
  * rebased to an alternate string constructed by us in memory.  This can take
@@ -665,11 +658,11 @@ static const scan_data_t zero_scan_data =
 } STMT_END
 
 #define        FAIL(msg) _FAIL(                            \
-    Perl_croak(aTHX_ "%s in regex m/%"UTF8f"%s/",          \
+    Perl_croak(aTHX_ "%s in regex m/%" UTF8f "%s/",        \
            msg, UTF8fARG(UTF, len, RExC_precomp), ellipses))
 
 #define        FAIL2(msg,arg) _FAIL(                       \
-    Perl_croak(aTHX_ msg " in regex m/%"UTF8f"%s/",        \
+    Perl_croak(aTHX_ msg " in regex m/%" UTF8f "%s/",      \
            arg, UTF8fARG(UTF, len, RExC_precomp), ellipses))
 
 /*
@@ -982,64 +975,123 @@ Perl_re_indentf(pTHX_ const char *fmt, U32 depth, ...)
 #define DEBUG_SHOW_STUDY_FLAG(flags,flag) \
   if ((flags) & flag) Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "%s ", #flag)
 
-#define DEBUG_SHOW_STUDY_FLAGS(flags,open_str,close_str)                    \
-    if ( ( flags ) ) {                                                      \
-        Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "%s", open_str);                                         \
-        DEBUG_SHOW_STUDY_FLAG(flags,SF_FL_BEFORE_SEOL);                     \
-        DEBUG_SHOW_STUDY_FLAG(flags,SF_FL_BEFORE_MEOL);                     \
-        DEBUG_SHOW_STUDY_FLAG(flags,SF_IS_INF);                             \
-        DEBUG_SHOW_STUDY_FLAG(flags,SF_HAS_PAR);                            \
-        DEBUG_SHOW_STUDY_FLAG(flags,SF_IN_PAR);                             \
-        DEBUG_SHOW_STUDY_FLAG(flags,SF_HAS_EVAL);                           \
-        DEBUG_SHOW_STUDY_FLAG(flags,SCF_DO_SUBSTR);                         \
-        DEBUG_SHOW_STUDY_FLAG(flags,SCF_DO_STCLASS_AND);                    \
-        DEBUG_SHOW_STUDY_FLAG(flags,SCF_DO_STCLASS_OR);                     \
-        DEBUG_SHOW_STUDY_FLAG(flags,SCF_DO_STCLASS);                        \
-        DEBUG_SHOW_STUDY_FLAG(flags,SCF_WHILEM_VISITED_POS);                \
-        DEBUG_SHOW_STUDY_FLAG(flags,SCF_TRIE_RESTUDY);                      \
-        DEBUG_SHOW_STUDY_FLAG(flags,SCF_SEEN_ACCEPT);                       \
-        DEBUG_SHOW_STUDY_FLAG(flags,SCF_TRIE_DOING_RESTUDY);                \
-        DEBUG_SHOW_STUDY_FLAG(flags,SCF_IN_DEFINE);                         \
-        Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "%s", close_str);                                        \
-    }
-
-
-#define DEBUG_STUDYDATA(str,data,depth)                              \
-DEBUG_OPTIMISE_MORE_r(if(data){                                      \
-    Perl_re_indentf( aTHX_  "" str "Pos:%"IVdf"/%"IVdf                           \
-        " Flags: 0x%"UVXf,                                           \
-        depth,                                                       \
-        (IV)((data)->pos_min),                                       \
-        (IV)((data)->pos_delta),                                     \
-        (UV)((data)->flags)                                          \
-    );                                                               \
-    DEBUG_SHOW_STUDY_FLAGS((data)->flags," [ ","]");                 \
-    Perl_re_printf( aTHX_                                                        \
-        " Whilem_c: %"IVdf" Lcp: %"IVdf" %s",                        \
-        (IV)((data)->whilem_c),                                      \
-        (IV)((data)->last_closep ? *((data)->last_closep) : -1),     \
-        is_inf ? "INF " : ""                                         \
-    );                                                               \
-    if ((data)->last_found)                                          \
-        Perl_re_printf( aTHX_                                                    \
-            "Last:'%s' %"IVdf":%"IVdf"/%"IVdf" %sFixed:'%s' @ %"IVdf \
-            " %sFloat: '%s' @ %"IVdf"/%"IVdf"",                      \
-            SvPVX_const((data)->last_found),                         \
-            (IV)((data)->last_end),                                  \
-            (IV)((data)->last_start_min),                            \
-            (IV)((data)->last_start_max),                            \
-            ((data)->longest &&                                      \
-             (data)->longest==&((data)->longest_fixed)) ? "*" : "",  \
-            SvPVX_const((data)->longest_fixed),                      \
-            (IV)((data)->offset_fixed),                              \
-            ((data)->longest &&                                      \
-             (data)->longest==&((data)->longest_float)) ? "*" : "",  \
-            SvPVX_const((data)->longest_float),                      \
-            (IV)((data)->offset_float_min),                          \
-            (IV)((data)->offset_float_max)                           \
-        );                                                           \
-    Perl_re_printf( aTHX_ "\n");                                                 \
-});
+
+#ifdef DEBUGGING
+static void
+S_debug_show_study_flags(pTHX_ U32 flags, const char *open_str,
+                                    const char *close_str)
+{
+    if (!flags)
+        return;
+
+    Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "%s", open_str);
+    DEBUG_SHOW_STUDY_FLAG(flags, SF_BEFORE_SEOL);
+    DEBUG_SHOW_STUDY_FLAG(flags, SF_BEFORE_MEOL);
+    DEBUG_SHOW_STUDY_FLAG(flags, SF_IS_INF);
+    DEBUG_SHOW_STUDY_FLAG(flags, SF_HAS_PAR);
+    DEBUG_SHOW_STUDY_FLAG(flags, SF_IN_PAR);
+    DEBUG_SHOW_STUDY_FLAG(flags, SF_HAS_EVAL);
+    DEBUG_SHOW_STUDY_FLAG(flags, SCF_DO_SUBSTR);
+    DEBUG_SHOW_STUDY_FLAG(flags, SCF_DO_STCLASS_AND);
+    DEBUG_SHOW_STUDY_FLAG(flags, SCF_DO_STCLASS_OR);
+    DEBUG_SHOW_STUDY_FLAG(flags, SCF_DO_STCLASS);
+    DEBUG_SHOW_STUDY_FLAG(flags, SCF_WHILEM_VISITED_POS);
+    DEBUG_SHOW_STUDY_FLAG(flags, SCF_TRIE_RESTUDY);
+    DEBUG_SHOW_STUDY_FLAG(flags, SCF_SEEN_ACCEPT);
+    DEBUG_SHOW_STUDY_FLAG(flags, SCF_TRIE_DOING_RESTUDY);
+    DEBUG_SHOW_STUDY_FLAG(flags, SCF_IN_DEFINE);
+    Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "%s", close_str);
+}
+
+
+static void
+S_debug_studydata(pTHX_ const char *where, scan_data_t *data,
+                    U32 depth, int is_inf)
+{
+    GET_RE_DEBUG_FLAGS_DECL;
+
+    DEBUG_OPTIMISE_MORE_r({
+        if (!data)
+            return;
+        Perl_re_indentf(aTHX_  "%s: Pos:%" IVdf "/%" IVdf " Flags: 0x%" UVXf,
+            depth,
+            where,
+            (IV)data->pos_min,
+            (IV)data->pos_delta,
+            (UV)data->flags
+        );
+
+        S_debug_show_study_flags(aTHX_ data->flags," [","]");
+
+        Perl_re_printf( aTHX_
+            " Whilem_c: %" IVdf " Lcp: %" IVdf " %s",
+            (IV)data->whilem_c,
+            (IV)(data->last_closep ? *((data)->last_closep) : -1),
+            is_inf ? "INF " : ""
+        );
+
+        if (data->last_found) {
+            int i;
+            Perl_re_printf(aTHX_
+                "Last:'%s' %" IVdf ":%" IVdf "/%" IVdf,
+                    SvPVX_const(data->last_found),
+                    (IV)data->last_end,
+                    (IV)data->last_start_min,
+                    (IV)data->last_start_max
+            );
+
+            for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+                Perl_re_printf(aTHX_
+                    " %s%s: '%s' @ %" IVdf "/%" IVdf,
+                    data->cur_is_floating == i ? "*" : "",
+                    i ? "Float" : "Fixed",
+                    SvPVX_const(data->substrs[i].str),
+                    (IV)data->substrs[i].min_offset,
+                    (IV)data->substrs[i].max_offset
+                );
+                S_debug_show_study_flags(aTHX_ data->substrs[i].flags," [","]");
+            }
+        }
+
+        Perl_re_printf( aTHX_ "\n");
+    });
+}
+
+
+static void
+S_debug_peep(pTHX_ const char *str, const RExC_state_t *pRExC_state,
+                regnode *scan, U32 depth, U32 flags)
+{
+    GET_RE_DEBUG_FLAGS_DECL;
+
+    DEBUG_OPTIMISE_r({
+        regnode *Next;
+
+        if (!scan)
+            return;
+        Next = regnext(scan);
+        regprop(RExC_rx, RExC_mysv, scan, NULL, pRExC_state);
+        Perl_re_indentf( aTHX_   "%s>%3d: %s (%d)",
+            depth,
+            str,
+            REG_NODE_NUM(scan), SvPV_nolen_const(RExC_mysv),
+            Next ? (REG_NODE_NUM(Next)) : 0 );
+        S_debug_show_study_flags(aTHX_ flags," [ ","]");
+        Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "\n");
+   });
+}
+
+
+#  define DEBUG_STUDYDATA(where, data, depth, is_inf) \
+                    S_debug_studydata(aTHX_ where, data, depth, is_inf)
+
+#  define DEBUG_PEEP(str, scan, depth, flags)   \
+                    S_debug_peep(aTHX_ str, pRExC_state, scan, depth, flags)
+
+#else
+#  define DEBUG_STUDYDATA(where, data, depth, is_inf) NOOP
+#  define DEBUG_PEEP(str, scan, depth, flags)         NOOP
+#endif
 
 
 /* =========================================================
@@ -1211,7 +1263,7 @@ S_cntrl_to_mnemonic(const U8 c)
 }
 
 /* Mark that we cannot extend a found fixed substring at this point.
-   Update the longest found anchored substring and the longest found
+   Update the longest found anchored substring or the longest found
    floating substrings if needed. */
 
 STATIC void
@@ -1219,42 +1271,38 @@ S_scan_commit(pTHX_ const RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, scan_data_t *data,
                     SSize_t *minlenp, int is_inf)
 {
     const STRLEN l = CHR_SVLEN(data->last_found);
-    const STRLEN old_l = CHR_SVLEN(*data->longest);
+    SV * const longest_sv = data->substrs[data->cur_is_floating].str;
+    const STRLEN old_l = CHR_SVLEN(longest_sv);
     GET_RE_DEBUG_FLAGS_DECL;
 
     PERL_ARGS_ASSERT_SCAN_COMMIT;
 
     if ((l >= old_l) && ((l > old_l) || (data->flags & SF_BEFORE_EOL))) {
-       SvSetMagicSV(*data->longest, data->last_found);
-       if (*data->longest == data->longest_fixed) {
-           data->offset_fixed = l ? data->last_start_min : data->pos_min;
-           if (data->flags & SF_BEFORE_EOL)
-               data->flags
-                   |= ((data->flags & SF_BEFORE_EOL) << SF_FIX_SHIFT_EOL);
-           else
-               data->flags &= ~SF_FIX_BEFORE_EOL;
-           data->minlen_fixed=minlenp;
-           data->lookbehind_fixed=0;
-       }
-       else { /* *data->longest == data->longest_float */
-           data->offset_float_min = l ? data->last_start_min : data->pos_min;
-           data->offset_float_max = (l
+        const U8 i = data->cur_is_floating;
+       SvSetMagicSV(longest_sv, data->last_found);
+        data->substrs[i].min_offset = l ? data->last_start_min : data->pos_min;
+
+       if (!i) /* fixed */
+           data->substrs[0].max_offset = data->substrs[0].min_offset;
+       else { /* float */
+           data->substrs[1].max_offset = (l
                           ? data->last_start_max
                           : (data->pos_delta > SSize_t_MAX - data->pos_min
                                         ? SSize_t_MAX
                                         : data->pos_min + data->pos_delta));
            if (is_inf
-                || (STRLEN)data->offset_float_max > (STRLEN)SSize_t_MAX)
-               data->offset_float_max = SSize_t_MAX;
-           if (data->flags & SF_BEFORE_EOL)
-               data->flags
-                   |= ((data->flags & SF_BEFORE_EOL) << SF_FL_SHIFT_EOL);
-           else
-               data->flags &= ~SF_FL_BEFORE_EOL;
-            data->minlen_float=minlenp;
-            data->lookbehind_float=0;
-       }
+                || (STRLEN)data->substrs[1].max_offset > (STRLEN)SSize_t_MAX)
+               data->substrs[1].max_offset = SSize_t_MAX;
+        }
+
+        if (data->flags & SF_BEFORE_EOL)
+            data->substrs[i].flags |= (data->flags & SF_BEFORE_EOL);
+        else
+            data->substrs[i].flags &= ~SF_BEFORE_EOL;
+        data->substrs[i].minlenp = minlenp;
+        data->substrs[i].lookbehind = 0;
     }
+
     SvCUR_set(data->last_found, 0);
     {
        SV * const sv = data->last_found;
@@ -1266,7 +1314,7 @@ S_scan_commit(pTHX_ const RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, scan_data_t *data,
     }
     data->last_end = -1;
     data->flags &= ~SF_BEFORE_EOL;
-    DEBUG_STUDYDATA("commit: ",data,0);
+    DEBUG_STUDYDATA("commit", data, 0, is_inf);
 }
 
 /* An SSC is just a regnode_charclass_posix with an extra field: the inversion
@@ -1281,8 +1329,8 @@ S_ssc_anything(pTHX_ regnode_ssc *ssc)
 
     assert(is_ANYOF_SYNTHETIC(ssc));
 
-    ssc->invlist = sv_2mortal(_new_invlist(2)); /* mortalize so won't leak */
-    _append_range_to_invlist(ssc->invlist, 0, UV_MAX);
+    /* mortalize so won't leak */
+    ssc->invlist = sv_2mortal(_add_range_to_invlist(NULL, 0, UV_MAX));
     ANYOF_FLAGS(ssc) |= SSC_MATCHES_EMPTY_STRING;  /* Plus matches empty */
 }
 
@@ -2018,7 +2066,7 @@ S_dump_trie(pTHX_ const struct _reg_trie_data *trie, HV *widecharmap,
     for( state = 1 ; state < trie->statecount ; state++ ) {
        const U32 base = trie->states[ state ].trans.base;
 
-        Perl_re_indentf( aTHX_  "#%4"UVXf"|", depth+1, (UV)state);
+        Perl_re_indentf( aTHX_  "#%4" UVXf "|", depth+1, (UV)state);
 
         if ( trie->states[ state ].wordnum ) {
             Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  " W%4X", trie->states[ state ].wordnum );
@@ -2026,7 +2074,7 @@ S_dump_trie(pTHX_ const struct _reg_trie_data *trie, HV *widecharmap,
             Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "%6s", "" );
         }
 
-        Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  " @%4"UVXf" ", (UV)base );
+        Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  " @%4" UVXf " ", (UV)base );
 
         if ( base ) {
             U32 ofs = 0;
@@ -2037,7 +2085,7 @@ S_dump_trie(pTHX_ const struct _reg_trie_data *trie, HV *widecharmap,
                                                                     != state))
                     ofs++;
 
-            Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "+%2"UVXf"[ ", (UV)ofs);
+            Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "+%2" UVXf "[ ", (UV)ofs);
 
             for ( ofs = 0 ; ofs < trie->uniquecharcount ; ofs++ ) {
                 if ( ( base + ofs >= trie->uniquecharcount )
@@ -2046,7 +2094,7 @@ S_dump_trie(pTHX_ const struct _reg_trie_data *trie, HV *widecharmap,
                         && trie->trans[ base + ofs
                                     - trie->uniquecharcount ].check == state )
                 {
-                   Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "%*"UVXf, colwidth,
+                   Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "%*" UVXf, colwidth,
                     (UV)trie->trans[ base + ofs - trie->uniquecharcount ].next
                    );
                 } else {
@@ -2095,7 +2143,7 @@ S_dump_trie_interim_list(pTHX_ const struct _reg_trie_data *trie,
     for( state=1 ; state < next_alloc ; state ++ ) {
         U16 charid;
 
-        Perl_re_indentf( aTHX_  " %4"UVXf" :",
+        Perl_re_indentf( aTHX_  " %4" UVXf " :",
             depth+1, (UV)state  );
         if ( ! trie->states[ state ].wordnum ) {
             Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "%5s| ","");
@@ -2108,7 +2156,7 @@ S_dump_trie_interim_list(pTHX_ const struct _reg_trie_data *trie,
            SV ** const tmp = av_fetch( revcharmap,
                                         TRIE_LIST_ITEM(state,charid).forid, 0);
            if ( tmp ) {
-                Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "%*s:%3X=%4"UVXf" | ",
+                Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "%*s:%3X=%4" UVXf " | ",
                     colwidth,
                     pv_pretty(sv, SvPV_nolen_const(*tmp), SvCUR(*tmp),
                               colwidth,
@@ -2179,22 +2227,22 @@ S_dump_trie_interim_table(pTHX_ const struct _reg_trie_data *trie,
 
     for( state=1 ; state < next_alloc ; state += trie->uniquecharcount ) {
 
-        Perl_re_indentf( aTHX_  "%4"UVXf" : ",
+        Perl_re_indentf( aTHX_  "%4" UVXf " : ",
             depth+1,
             (UV)TRIE_NODENUM( state ) );
 
         for( charid = 0 ; charid < trie->uniquecharcount ; charid++ ) {
             UV v=(UV)SAFE_TRIE_NODENUM( trie->trans[ state + charid ].next );
             if (v)
-                Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "%*"UVXf, colwidth, v );
+                Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "%*" UVXf, colwidth, v );
             else
                 Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "%*s", colwidth, "." );
         }
         if ( ! trie->states[ TRIE_NODENUM( state ) ].wordnum ) {
-            Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  " (%4"UVXf")\n",
+            Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  " (%4" UVXf ")\n",
                                             (UV)trie->trans[ state ].check );
         } else {
-            Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  " (%4"UVXf") W%4X\n",
+            Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  " (%4" UVXf ") W%4X\n",
                                             (UV)trie->trans[ state ].check,
             trie->states[ TRIE_NODENUM( state ) ].wordnum );
         }
@@ -2365,8 +2413,9 @@ is the recommended Unicode-aware way of saying
 
 #define TRIE_LIST_PUSH(state,fid,ns) STMT_START {               \
     if ( TRIE_LIST_CUR( state ) >=TRIE_LIST_LEN( state ) ) {    \
-       U32 ging = TRIE_LIST_LEN( state ) *= 2;                 \
+       U32 ging = TRIE_LIST_LEN( state ) * 2;                  \
        Renew( trie->states[ state ].trans.list, ging, reg_trie_trans_le ); \
+        TRIE_LIST_LEN( state ) = ging;                          \
     }                                                           \
     TRIE_LIST_ITEM( state, TRIE_LIST_CUR( state ) ).forid = fid;     \
     TRIE_LIST_ITEM( state, TRIE_LIST_CUR( state ) ).newstate = ns;   \
@@ -2432,6 +2481,21 @@ is the recommended Unicode-aware way of saying
            : ( state==1 ? special : 0 )                                        \
       )
 
+#define TRIE_BITMAP_SET_FOLDED(trie, uvc, folder)           \
+STMT_START {                                                \
+    TRIE_BITMAP_SET(trie, uvc);                             \
+    /* store the folded codepoint */                        \
+    if ( folder )                                           \
+        TRIE_BITMAP_SET(trie, folder[(U8) uvc ]);           \
+                                                            \
+    if ( !UTF ) {                                           \
+        /* store first byte of utf8 representation of */    \
+        /* variant codepoints */                            \
+        if (! UVCHR_IS_INVARIANT(uvc)) {                    \
+            TRIE_BITMAP_SET(trie, UTF8_TWO_BYTE_HI(uvc));   \
+        }                                                   \
+    }                                                       \
+} STMT_END
 #define MADE_TRIE       1
 #define MADE_JUMP_TRIE  2
 #define MADE_EXACT_TRIE 4
@@ -2457,8 +2521,11 @@ S_make_trie(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode *startbranch,
     /* we just use folder as a flag in utf8 */
     const U8 * folder = NULL;
 
+    /* in the below add_data call we are storing either 'tu' or 'tuaa'
+     * which stands for one trie structure, one hash, optionally followed
+     * by two arrays */
 #ifdef DEBUGGING
-    const U32 data_slot = add_data( pRExC_state, STR_WITH_LEN("tuuu"));
+    const U32 data_slot = add_data( pRExC_state, STR_WITH_LEN("tuaa"));
     AV *trie_words = NULL;
     /* along with revcharmap, this only used during construction but both are
      * useful during debugging so we store them in the struct when debugging.
@@ -2557,12 +2624,23 @@ S_make_trie(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode *startbranch,
                                                bitmap?*/
 
         if (OP(noper) == NOTHING) {
+            /* skip past a NOTHING at the start of an alternation
+             * eg, /(?:)a|(?:b)/ should be the same as /a|b/
+             */
             regnode *noper_next= regnext(noper);
             if (noper_next < tail)
                 noper= noper_next;
         }
 
-        if ( noper < tail && ( OP(noper) == flags || ( flags == EXACTFU && OP(noper) == EXACTFU_SS ) ) ) {
+        if ( noper < tail &&
+                (
+                    OP(noper) == flags ||
+                    (
+                        flags == EXACTFU &&
+                        OP(noper) == EXACTFU_SS
+                    )
+                )
+        ) {
             uc= (U8*)STRING(noper);
             e= uc + STR_LEN(noper);
         } else {
@@ -2579,6 +2657,7 @@ S_make_trie(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode *startbranch,
                 TRIE_BITMAP_SET(trie, LATIN_SMALL_LETTER_SHARP_S);
             }
         }
+
         for ( ; uc < e ; uc += len ) {  /* Look at each char in the current
                                            branch */
             TRIE_CHARCOUNT(trie)++;
@@ -2662,18 +2741,7 @@ S_make_trie(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode *startbranch,
                 if ( set_bit ) {
                    /* store the codepoint in the bitmap, and its folded
                     * equivalent. */
-                    TRIE_BITMAP_SET(trie, uvc);
-
-                   /* store the folded codepoint */
-                    if ( folder ) TRIE_BITMAP_SET(trie, folder[(U8) uvc ]);
-
-                   if ( !UTF ) {
-                       /* store first byte of utf8 representation of
-                          variant codepoints */
-                       if (! UVCHR_IS_INVARIANT(uvc)) {
-                           TRIE_BITMAP_SET(trie, UTF8_TWO_BYTE_HI(uvc));
-                       }
-                   }
+                    TRIE_BITMAP_SET_FOLDED(trie, uvc, folder);
                     set_bit = 0; /* We've done our bit :-) */
                 }
             } else {
@@ -2692,7 +2760,7 @@ S_make_trie(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode *startbranch,
                 svpp = hv_fetch( widecharmap, (char*)&uvc, sizeof( UV ), 1 );
 
                 if ( !svpp )
-                    Perl_croak( aTHX_ "error creating/fetching widecharmap entry for 0x%"UVXf, uvc );
+                    Perl_croak( aTHX_ "error creating/fetching widecharmap entry for 0x%" UVXf, uvc );
 
                 if ( !SvTRUE( *svpp ) ) {
                     sv_setiv( *svpp, ++trie->uniquecharcount );
@@ -2836,7 +2904,7 @@ S_make_trie(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode *startbranch,
                         }
                         state = newstate;
                     } else {
-                        Perl_croak( aTHX_ "panic! In trie construction, no char mapping for %"IVdf, uvc );
+                        Perl_croak( aTHX_ "panic! In trie construction, no char mapping for %" IVdf, uvc );
                    }
                }
            }
@@ -3033,7 +3101,7 @@ S_make_trie(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode *startbranch,
                         }
                         state = trie->trans[ state + charid ].next;
                     } else {
-                        Perl_croak( aTHX_ "panic! In trie construction, no char mapping for %"IVdf, uvc );
+                        Perl_croak( aTHX_ "panic! In trie construction, no char mapping for %" IVdf, uvc );
                     }
                     /* charid is now 0 if we dont know the char read, or
                      * nonzero if we do */
@@ -3166,7 +3234,7 @@ S_make_trie(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode *startbranch,
            PerlMemShared_realloc( trie->states, laststate
                                   * sizeof(reg_trie_state) );
         DEBUG_TRIE_COMPILE_MORE_r(
-            Perl_re_indentf( aTHX_  "Alloc: %d Orig: %"IVdf" elements, Final:%"IVdf". Savings of %%%5.2f\n",
+            Perl_re_indentf( aTHX_  "Alloc: %d Orig: %" IVdf " elements, Final:%" IVdf ". Savings of %%%5.2f\n",
                 depth+1,
                 (int)( ( TRIE_CHARCOUNT(trie) + 1 ) * trie->uniquecharcount
                        + 1 ),
@@ -3178,7 +3246,7 @@ S_make_trie(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode *startbranch,
         } /* end table compress */
     }
     DEBUG_TRIE_COMPILE_MORE_r(
-            Perl_re_indentf( aTHX_  "Statecount:%"UVxf" Lasttrans:%"UVxf"\n",
+            Perl_re_indentf( aTHX_  "Statecount:%" UVxf " Lasttrans:%" UVxf "\n",
                 depth+1,
                 (UV)trie->statecount,
                 (UV)trie->lasttrans)
@@ -3229,7 +3297,7 @@ S_make_trie(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode *startbranch,
             });
         }
         DEBUG_OPTIMISE_r(
-            Perl_re_indentf( aTHX_  "MJD offset:%"UVuf" MJD length:%"UVuf"\n",
+            Perl_re_indentf( aTHX_  "MJD offset:%" UVuf " MJD length:%" UVuf "\n",
                 depth+1,
                 (UV)mjd_offset, (UV)mjd_nodelen)
         );
@@ -3238,13 +3306,19 @@ S_make_trie(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode *startbranch,
            split out as an EXACT and put in front of the TRIE node.  */
         trie->startstate= 1;
         if ( trie->bitmap && !widecharmap && !trie->jump  ) {
+            /* we want to find the first state that has more than
+             * one transition, if that state is not the first state
+             * then we have a common prefix which we can remove.
+             */
             U32 state;
             for ( state = 1 ; state < trie->statecount-1 ; state++ ) {
                 U32 ofs = 0;
-                I32 idx = -1;
+                I32 first_ofs = -1; /* keeps track of the ofs of the first
+                                       transition, -1 means none */
                 U32 count = 0;
                 const U32 base = trie->states[ state ].trans.base;
 
+                /* does this state terminate an alternation? */
                 if ( trie->states[state].wordnum )
                         count = 1;
 
@@ -3254,44 +3328,54 @@ S_make_trie(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode *startbranch,
                          trie->trans[ base + ofs - trie->uniquecharcount ].check == state )
                     {
                         if ( ++count > 1 ) {
-                            SV **tmp = av_fetch( revcharmap, ofs, 0);
-                           const U8 *ch = (U8*)SvPV_nolen_const( *tmp );
+                            /* we have more than one transition */
+                            SV **tmp;
+                            U8 *ch;
+                            /* if this is the first state there is no common prefix
+                             * to extract, so we can exit */
                             if ( state == 1 ) break;
+                            tmp = av_fetch( revcharmap, ofs, 0);
+                            ch = (U8*)SvPV_nolen_const( *tmp );
+
+                            /* if we are on count 2 then we need to initialize the
+                             * bitmap, and store the previous char if there was one
+                             * in it*/
                             if ( count == 2 ) {
+                                /* clear the bitmap */
                                 Zero(trie->bitmap, ANYOF_BITMAP_SIZE, char);
                                 DEBUG_OPTIMISE_r(
-                                    Perl_re_indentf( aTHX_  "New Start State=%"UVuf" Class: [",
+                                    Perl_re_indentf( aTHX_  "New Start State=%" UVuf " Class: [",
                                         depth+1,
                                         (UV)state));
-                               if (idx >= 0) {
-                                   SV ** const tmp = av_fetch( revcharmap, idx, 0);
+                                if (first_ofs >= 0) {
+                                    SV ** const tmp = av_fetch( revcharmap, first_ofs, 0);
                                    const U8 * const ch = (U8*)SvPV_nolen_const( *tmp );
 
-                                    TRIE_BITMAP_SET(trie,*ch);
-                                    if ( folder )
-                                        TRIE_BITMAP_SET(trie, folder[ *ch ]);
+                                    TRIE_BITMAP_SET_FOLDED(trie,*ch,folder);
                                     DEBUG_OPTIMISE_r(
                                         Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "%s", (char*)ch)
                                     );
                                }
                            }
-                           TRIE_BITMAP_SET(trie,*ch);
-                           if ( folder )
-                               TRIE_BITMAP_SET(trie,folder[ *ch ]);
+                            /* store the current firstchar in the bitmap */
+                            TRIE_BITMAP_SET_FOLDED(trie,*ch,folder);
                             DEBUG_OPTIMISE_r(Perl_re_printf( aTHX_ "%s", ch));
                        }
-                        idx = ofs;
+                        first_ofs = ofs;
                    }
                 }
                 if ( count == 1 ) {
-                    SV **tmp = av_fetch( revcharmap, idx, 0);
+                    /* This state has only one transition, its transition is part
+                     * of a common prefix - we need to concatenate the char it
+                     * represents to what we have so far. */
+                    SV **tmp = av_fetch( revcharmap, first_ofs, 0);
                     STRLEN len;
                     char *ch = SvPV( *tmp, len );
                     DEBUG_OPTIMISE_r({
                         SV *sv=sv_newmortal();
-                        Perl_re_indentf( aTHX_  "Prefix State: %"UVuf" Idx:%"UVuf" Char='%s'\n",
+                        Perl_re_indentf( aTHX_  "Prefix State: %" UVuf " Ofs:%" UVuf " Char='%s'\n",
                             depth+1,
-                            (UV)state, (UV)idx,
+                            (UV)state, (UV)first_ofs,
                             pv_pretty(sv, SvPV_nolen_const(*tmp), SvCUR(*tmp), 6,
                                PL_colors[0], PL_colors[1],
                                (SvUTF8(*tmp) ? PERL_PV_ESCAPE_UNI : 0) |
@@ -3582,11 +3666,11 @@ S_construct_ahocorasick_from_trie(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode *sour
      */
     fail[ 0 ] = fail[ 1 ] = 0;
     DEBUG_TRIE_COMPILE_r({
-        Perl_re_indentf( aTHX_  "Stclass Failtable (%"UVuf" states): 0",
+        Perl_re_indentf( aTHX_  "Stclass Failtable (%" UVuf " states): 0",
                       depth, (UV)numstates
         );
         for( q_read=1; q_read<numstates; q_read++ ) {
-            Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  ", %"UVuf, (UV)fail[q_read]);
+            Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  ", %" UVuf, (UV)fail[q_read]);
         }
         Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "\n");
     });
@@ -3596,17 +3680,6 @@ S_construct_ahocorasick_from_trie(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode *sour
 }
 
 
-#define DEBUG_PEEP(str,scan,depth)         \
-    DEBUG_OPTIMISE_r({if (scan){           \
-       regnode *Next = regnext(scan);      \
-       regprop(RExC_rx, RExC_mysv, scan, NULL, pRExC_state);\
-       Perl_re_indentf( aTHX_  "" str ">%3d: %s (%d)", \
-           depth, REG_NODE_NUM(scan), SvPV_nolen_const(RExC_mysv),\
-           Next ? (REG_NODE_NUM(Next)) : 0 );\
-       DEBUG_SHOW_STUDY_FLAGS(flags," [ ","]");\
-       Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "\n");                   \
-   }});
-
 /* The below joins as many adjacent EXACTish nodes as possible into a single
  * one.  The regop may be changed if the node(s) contain certain sequences that
  * require special handling.  The joining is only done if:
@@ -3761,7 +3834,7 @@ S_join_exact(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode *scan,
     PERL_UNUSED_ARG(flags);
     PERL_UNUSED_ARG(val);
 #endif
-    DEBUG_PEEP("join",scan,depth);
+    DEBUG_PEEP("join", scan, depth, 0);
 
     /* Look through the subsequent nodes in the chain.  Skip NOTHING, merge
      * EXACT ones that are mergeable to the current one. */
@@ -3775,7 +3848,7 @@ S_join_exact(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode *scan,
         if (OP(n) == TAIL || n > next)
             stringok = 0;
         if (PL_regkind[OP(n)] == NOTHING) {
-            DEBUG_PEEP("skip:",n,depth);
+            DEBUG_PEEP("skip:", n, depth, 0);
             NEXT_OFF(scan) += NEXT_OFF(n);
             next = n + NODE_STEP_REGNODE;
 #ifdef DEBUGGING
@@ -3795,7 +3868,7 @@ S_join_exact(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode *scan,
             if (oldl + STR_LEN(n) > U8_MAX)
                 break;
 
-            DEBUG_PEEP("merg",n,depth);
+            DEBUG_PEEP("merg", n, depth, 0);
             merged++;
 
             NEXT_OFF(scan) += NEXT_OFF(n);
@@ -3812,7 +3885,7 @@ S_join_exact(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode *scan,
 
 #ifdef EXPERIMENTAL_INPLACESCAN
        if (flags && !NEXT_OFF(n)) {
-           DEBUG_PEEP("atch", val, depth);
+           DEBUG_PEEP("atch", val, depth, 0);
            if (reg_off_by_arg[OP(n)]) {
                ARG_SET(n, val - n);
            }
@@ -3884,7 +3957,7 @@ S_join_exact(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode *scan,
                     }
                     else {
                         STRLEN len;
-                        _to_utf8_fold_flags(s, d, &len, FOLD_FLAGS_FULL);
+                        _toFOLD_utf8_flags(s, s_end, d, &len, FOLD_FLAGS_FULL);
                         d += len;
                     }
                     s += s_len;
@@ -4043,7 +4116,7 @@ S_join_exact(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode *scan,
         n++;
     }
 #endif
-    DEBUG_OPTIMISE_r(if (merged){DEBUG_PEEP("finl",scan,depth)});
+    DEBUG_OPTIMISE_r(if (merged){DEBUG_PEEP("finl", scan, depth, 0);});
     return stopnow;
 }
 
@@ -4157,8 +4230,8 @@ S_study_chunk(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode **scanp,
                                    the folded version may be shorter) */
        bool unfolded_multi_char = FALSE;
        /* Peephole optimizer: */
-        DEBUG_STUDYDATA("Peep:", data, depth);
-        DEBUG_PEEP("Peep", scan, depth);
+        DEBUG_STUDYDATA("Peep", data, depth, is_inf);
+        DEBUG_PEEP("Peep", scan, depth, flags);
 
 
         /* The reason we do this here is that we need to deal with things like
@@ -4202,14 +4275,14 @@ S_study_chunk(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode **scanp,
             StructCopy(&zero_scan_data, &data_fake, scan_data_t);
             scan = regnext(scan);
             assert( OP(scan) == IFTHEN );
-            DEBUG_PEEP("expect IFTHEN", scan, depth);
+            DEBUG_PEEP("expect IFTHEN", scan, depth, flags);
 
             data_fake.last_closep= &fake_last_close;
             minlen = *minlenp;
             next = regnext(scan);
             scan = NEXTOPER(NEXTOPER(scan));
-            DEBUG_PEEP("scan", scan, depth);
-            DEBUG_PEEP("next", next, depth);
+            DEBUG_PEEP("scan", scan, depth, flags);
+            DEBUG_PEEP("next", next, depth, flags);
 
             /* we suppose the run is continuous, last=next...
              * NOTE we dont use the return here! */
@@ -4253,7 +4326,7 @@ S_study_chunk(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode **scanp,
                    I32 f = 0;
                    regnode_ssc this_class;
 
-                    DEBUG_PEEP("Branch", scan, depth);
+                    DEBUG_PEEP("Branch", scan, depth, flags);
 
                    num++;
                     StructCopy(&zero_scan_data, &data_fake, scan_data_t);
@@ -4318,7 +4391,7 @@ S_study_chunk(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode **scanp,
                    else
                        data->pos_delta += max1 - min1;
                    if (max1 != min1 || is_inf)
-                       data->longest = &(data->longest_float);
+                       data->cur_is_floating = 1;
                }
                min += min1;
                if (delta == SSize_t_MAX
@@ -4425,7 +4498,7 @@ S_study_chunk(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode **scanp,
 
                         DEBUG_TRIE_COMPILE_r({
                             regprop(RExC_rx, RExC_mysv, tail, NULL, pRExC_state);
-                            Perl_re_indentf( aTHX_  "%s %"UVuf":%s\n",
+                            Perl_re_indentf( aTHX_  "%s %" UVuf ":%s\n",
                               depth+1,
                               "Looking for TRIE'able sequences. Tail node is ",
                               (UV)(tail - RExC_emit_start),
@@ -4756,16 +4829,16 @@ S_study_chunk(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode **scanp,
                              RExC_study_chunk_recursed_bytes, U8);
                     }
                     /* we havent recursed into this paren yet, so recurse into it */
-                    DEBUG_STUDYDATA("gosub-set:", data,depth);
+                    DEBUG_STUDYDATA("gosub-set", data, depth, is_inf);
                     PAREN_SET(RExC_study_chunk_recursed + (recursed_depth * RExC_study_chunk_recursed_bytes), paren);
                     my_recursed_depth= recursed_depth + 1;
                 } else {
-                    DEBUG_STUDYDATA("gosub-inf:", data,depth);
+                    DEBUG_STUDYDATA("gosub-inf", data, depth, is_inf);
                     /* some form of infinite recursion, assume infinite length
                      * */
                     if (flags & SCF_DO_SUBSTR) {
                         scan_commit(pRExC_state, data, minlenp, is_inf);
-                        data->longest = &(data->longest_float);
+                        data->cur_is_floating = 1;
                     }
                     is_inf = is_inf_internal = 1;
                     if (flags & SCF_DO_STCLASS_OR) /* Allow everything */
@@ -4803,8 +4876,8 @@ S_study_chunk(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode **scanp,
                 newframe->prev_recursed_depth = recursed_depth;
                 newframe->this_prev_frame= frame;
 
-                DEBUG_STUDYDATA("frame-new:",data,depth);
-                DEBUG_PEEP("fnew", scan, depth);
+                DEBUG_STUDYDATA("frame-new", data, depth, is_inf);
+                DEBUG_PEEP("fnew", scan, depth, flags);
 
                frame = newframe;
                scan =  start;
@@ -4893,7 +4966,7 @@ S_study_chunk(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode **scanp,
                 }
                 data->pos_delta += min_subtract;
                if (min_subtract) {
-                   data->longest = &(data->longest_float);
+                   data->cur_is_floating = 1; /* float */
                }
            }
 
@@ -4960,7 +5033,7 @@ S_study_chunk(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode **scanp,
                if (flags & SCF_DO_SUBSTR) {
                     scan_commit(pRExC_state, data, minlenp, is_inf);
                     /* Cannot extend fixed substrings */
-                   data->longest = &(data->longest_float);
+                   data->cur_is_floating = 1; /* float */
                }
                 is_inf = is_inf_internal = 1;
                 scan = regnext(scan);
@@ -5062,7 +5135,7 @@ S_study_chunk(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode **scanp,
                    SAVEFREESV(RExC_rx_sv);
                    Perl_ck_warner(aTHX_ packWARN(WARN_REGEXP),
                        "Quantifier unexpected on zero-length expression "
-                       "in regex m/%"UTF8f"/",
+                       "in regex m/%" UTF8f "/",
                         UTF8fARG(UTF, RExC_precomp_end - RExC_precomp,
                                  RExC_precomp));
                    (void)ReREFCNT_inc(RExC_rx_sv);
@@ -5189,15 +5262,21 @@ S_study_chunk(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode **scanp,
                            However, this time it's not a subexpression
                            we care about, but the expression itself. */
                         && (maxcount == REG_INFTY)
-                        && data && ++data->whilem_c < 16) {
+                        && data) {
                    /* This stays as CURLYX, we can put the count/of pair. */
                    /* Find WHILEM (as in regexec.c) */
                    regnode *nxt = oscan + NEXT_OFF(oscan);
 
                    if (OP(PREVOPER(nxt)) == NOTHING) /* LONGJMP */
                        nxt += ARG(nxt);
-                   PREVOPER(nxt)->flags = (U8)(data->whilem_c
-                       | (RExC_whilem_seen << 4)); /* On WHILEM */
+                    nxt = PREVOPER(nxt);
+                    if (nxt->flags & 0xf) {
+                        /* we've already set whilem count on this node */
+                    } else if (++data->whilem_c < 16) {
+                        assert(data->whilem_c <= RExC_whilem_seen);
+                        nxt->flags = (U8)(data->whilem_c
+                            | (RExC_whilem_seen << 4)); /* On WHILEM */
+                    }
                }
                if (data && fl & (SF_HAS_PAR|SF_IN_PAR))
                    pars++;
@@ -5258,13 +5337,13 @@ S_study_chunk(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode **scanp,
                    /* It is counted once already... */
                    data->pos_min += minnext * (mincount - counted);
 #if 0
-Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "counted=%"UVuf" deltanext=%"UVuf
-                              " SSize_t_MAX=%"UVuf" minnext=%"UVuf
-                              " maxcount=%"UVuf" mincount=%"UVuf"\n",
+Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "counted=%" UVuf " deltanext=%" UVuf
+                              " SSize_t_MAX=%" UVuf " minnext=%" UVuf
+                              " maxcount=%" UVuf " mincount=%" UVuf "\n",
     (UV)counted, (UV)deltanext, (UV)SSize_t_MAX, (UV)minnext, (UV)maxcount,
     (UV)mincount);
 if (deltanext != SSize_t_MAX)
-Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "LHS=%"UVuf" RHS=%"UVuf"\n",
+Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "LHS=%" UVuf " RHS=%" UVuf "\n",
     (UV)(-counted * deltanext + (minnext + deltanext) * maxcount
           - minnext * mincount), (UV)(SSize_t_MAX - data->pos_delta));
 #endif
@@ -5292,7 +5371,7 @@ Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "LHS=%"UVuf" RHS=%"UVuf"\n",
                                ? SSize_t_MAX
                                : data->pos_min + data->pos_delta - last_chrs;
                        }
-                       data->longest = &(data->longest_float);
+                       data->cur_is_floating = 1; /* float */
                    }
                    SvREFCNT_dec(last_str);
                }
@@ -5316,7 +5395,7 @@ Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "LHS=%"UVuf" RHS=%"UVuf"\n",
                if (flags & SCF_DO_SUBSTR) {
                     /* Cannot expect anything... */
                     scan_commit(pRExC_state, data, minlenp, is_inf);
-                   data->longest = &(data->longest_float);
+                   data->cur_is_floating = 1; /* float */
                }
                is_inf = is_inf_internal = 1;
                if (flags & SCF_DO_STCLASS_OR) {
@@ -5363,7 +5442,7 @@ Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "LHS=%"UVuf" RHS=%"UVuf"\n",
                 scan_commit(pRExC_state, data, minlenp, is_inf);
                data->pos_min += 1;
                data->pos_delta += 1;
-               data->longest = &(data->longest_float);
+               data->cur_is_floating = 1; /* float */
            }
        }
        else if (REGNODE_SIMPLE(OP(scan))) {
@@ -5569,7 +5648,7 @@ Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "LHS=%"UVuf" RHS=%"UVuf"\n",
                        FAIL("Variable length lookbehind not implemented");
                     }
                     else if (minnext > (I32)U8_MAX) {
-                       FAIL2("Lookbehind longer than %"UVuf" not implemented",
+                       FAIL2("Lookbehind longer than %" UVuf " not implemented",
                               (UV)U8_MAX);
                     }
                     scan->flags = (U8)minnext;
@@ -5635,6 +5714,8 @@ Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "LHS=%"UVuf" RHS=%"UVuf"\n",
                 else
                     data_fake.last_closep = &fake;
                 data_fake.flags = 0;
+                data_fake.substrs[0].flags = 0;
+                data_fake.substrs[1].flags = 0;
                data_fake.pos_delta = delta;
                 if (is_inf)
                    data_fake.flags |= SF_IS_INF;
@@ -5658,7 +5739,7 @@ Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "LHS=%"UVuf" RHS=%"UVuf"\n",
                        FAIL("Variable length lookbehind not implemented");
                     }
                     else if (*minnextp > (I32)U8_MAX) {
-                       FAIL2("Lookbehind longer than %"UVuf" not implemented",
+                       FAIL2("Lookbehind longer than %" UVuf " not implemented",
                               (UV)U8_MAX);
                     }
                     scan->flags = (U8)*minnextp;
@@ -5677,29 +5758,29 @@ Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "LHS=%"UVuf" RHS=%"UVuf"\n",
                         data->flags |= SF_HAS_EVAL;
                     data->whilem_c = data_fake.whilem_c;
                     if ((flags & SCF_DO_SUBSTR) && data_fake.last_found) {
+                        int i;
                         if (RExC_rx->minlen<*minnextp)
                             RExC_rx->minlen=*minnextp;
                         scan_commit(pRExC_state, &data_fake, minnextp, is_inf);
                         SvREFCNT_dec_NN(data_fake.last_found);
 
-                        if ( data_fake.minlen_fixed != minlenp )
-                        {
-                            data->offset_fixed= data_fake.offset_fixed;
-                            data->minlen_fixed= data_fake.minlen_fixed;
-                            data->lookbehind_fixed+= scan->flags;
-                        }
-                        if ( data_fake.minlen_float != minlenp )
-                        {
-                            data->minlen_float= data_fake.minlen_float;
-                            data->offset_float_min=data_fake.offset_float_min;
-                            data->offset_float_max=data_fake.offset_float_max;
-                            data->lookbehind_float+= scan->flags;
+                        for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+                            if (data_fake.substrs[i].minlenp != minlenp) {
+                                data->substrs[i].min_offset =
+                                            data_fake.substrs[i].min_offset;
+                                data->substrs[i].max_offset =
+                                            data_fake.substrs[i].max_offset;
+                                data->substrs[i].minlenp =
+                                            data_fake.substrs[i].minlenp;
+                                data->substrs[i].lookbehind += scan->flags;
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                 }
            }
 #endif
        }
+
        else if (OP(scan) == OPEN) {
            if (stopparen != (I32)ARG(scan))
                pars++;
@@ -5736,7 +5817,7 @@ Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "LHS=%"UVuf" RHS=%"UVuf"\n",
        {
                if (flags & SCF_DO_SUBSTR) {
                     scan_commit(pRExC_state, data, minlenp, is_inf);
-                   data->longest = &(data->longest_float);
+                   data->cur_is_floating = 1; /* float */
                }
                is_inf = is_inf_internal = 1;
                if (flags & SCF_DO_STCLASS_OR) /* Allow everything */
@@ -5847,7 +5928,7 @@ Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "LHS=%"UVuf" RHS=%"UVuf"\n",
                 data->pos_min += min1;
                 data->pos_delta += max1 - min1;
                 if (max1 != min1 || is_inf)
-                    data->longest = &(data->longest_float);
+                    data->cur_is_floating = 1; /* float */
             }
             min += min1;
             if (delta != SSize_t_MAX)
@@ -5891,7 +5972,7 @@ Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "LHS=%"UVuf" RHS=%"UVuf"\n",
                data->pos_min += trie->minlen;
                data->pos_delta += (trie->maxlen - trie->minlen);
                if (trie->maxlen != trie->minlen)
-                   data->longest = &(data->longest_float);
+                   data->cur_is_floating = 1; /* float */
            }
            if (trie->jump) /* no more substrings -- for now /grr*/
                flags &= ~SCF_DO_SUBSTR;
@@ -5908,8 +5989,8 @@ Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "LHS=%"UVuf" RHS=%"UVuf"\n",
         /* we need to unwind recursion. */
         depth = depth - 1;
 
-        DEBUG_STUDYDATA("frame-end:",data,depth);
-        DEBUG_PEEP("fend", scan, depth);
+        DEBUG_STUDYDATA("frame-end", data, depth, is_inf);
+        DEBUG_PEEP("fend", scan, depth, flags);
 
         /* restore previous context */
         last = frame->last_regnode;
@@ -5923,7 +6004,7 @@ Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "LHS=%"UVuf" RHS=%"UVuf"\n",
     }
 
     assert(!frame);
-    DEBUG_STUDYDATA("pre-fin:",data,depth);
+    DEBUG_STUDYDATA("pre-fin", data, depth, is_inf);
 
     *scanp = scan;
     *deltap = is_inf_internal ? SSize_t_MAX : delta;
@@ -5945,7 +6026,7 @@ Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "LHS=%"UVuf" RHS=%"UVuf"\n",
     if (flags & SCF_TRIE_RESTUDY)
         data->flags |=         SCF_TRIE_RESTUDY;
 
-    DEBUG_STUDYDATA("post-fin:",data,depth);
+    DEBUG_STUDYDATA("post-fin", data, depth, is_inf);
 
     {
         SSize_t final_minlen= min < stopmin ? min : stopmin;
@@ -6072,7 +6153,7 @@ Perl_pregcomp(pTHX_ SV * const pattern, const U32 flags)
 
     /* Dispatch a request to compile a regexp to correct regexp engine. */
     DEBUG_COMPILE_r({
-        Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "Using engine %"UVxf"\n",
+        Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "Using engine %" UVxf "\n",
                        PTR2UV(eng));
     });
     return CALLREGCOMP_ENG(eng, pattern, flags);
@@ -6099,6 +6180,39 @@ Perl_re_compile(pTHX_ SV * const pattern, U32 rx_flags)
 }
 
 
+static void
+S_free_codeblocks(pTHX_ struct reg_code_blocks *cbs)
+{
+    int n;
+
+    if (--cbs->refcnt > 0)
+        return;
+    for (n = 0; n < cbs->count; n++) {
+        REGEXP *rx = cbs->cb[n].src_regex;
+        cbs->cb[n].src_regex = NULL;
+        SvREFCNT_dec(rx);
+    }
+    Safefree(cbs->cb);
+    Safefree(cbs);
+}
+
+
+static struct reg_code_blocks *
+S_alloc_code_blocks(pTHX_  int ncode)
+{
+     struct reg_code_blocks *cbs;
+    Newx(cbs, 1, struct reg_code_blocks);
+    cbs->count = ncode;
+    cbs->refcnt = 1;
+    SAVEDESTRUCTOR_X(S_free_codeblocks, cbs);
+    if (ncode)
+        Newx(cbs->cb, ncode, struct reg_code_block);
+    else
+        cbs->cb = NULL;
+    return cbs;
+}
+
+
 /* upgrade pattern pat_p of length plen_p to UTF8, and if there are code
  * blocks, recalculate the indices. Update pat_p and plen_p in-place to
  * point to the realloced string and length.
@@ -6125,14 +6239,16 @@ S_pat_upgrade_to_utf8(pTHX_ RExC_state_t * const pRExC_state,
 
     while (s < *plen_p) {
         append_utf8_from_native_byte(src[s], &d);
+
         if (n < num_code_blocks) {
-            if (!do_end && pRExC_state->code_blocks[n].start == s) {
-                pRExC_state->code_blocks[n].start = d - dst - 1;
+            assert(pRExC_state->code_blocks);
+            if (!do_end && pRExC_state->code_blocks->cb[n].start == s) {
+                pRExC_state->code_blocks->cb[n].start = d - dst - 1;
                 assert(*(d - 1) == '(');
                 do_end = 1;
             }
-            else if (do_end && pRExC_state->code_blocks[n].end == s) {
-                pRExC_state->code_blocks[n].end = d - dst - 1;
+            else if (do_end && pRExC_state->code_blocks->cb[n].end == s) {
+                pRExC_state->code_blocks->cb[n].end = d - dst - 1;
                 assert(*(d - 1) == ')');
                 do_end = 0;
                 n++;
@@ -6252,10 +6368,10 @@ S_concat_pat(pTHX_ RExC_state_t * const pRExC_state,
             if (oplist->op_type == OP_NULL
                 && (oplist->op_flags & OPf_SPECIAL))
             {
-                assert(n < pRExC_state->num_code_blocks);
-                pRExC_state->code_blocks[n].start = pat ? SvCUR(pat) : 0;
-                pRExC_state->code_blocks[n].block = oplist;
-                pRExC_state->code_blocks[n].src_regex = NULL;
+                assert(n < pRExC_state->code_blocks->count);
+                pRExC_state->code_blocks->cb[n].start = pat ? SvCUR(pat) : 0;
+                pRExC_state->code_blocks->cb[n].block = oplist;
+                pRExC_state->code_blocks->cb[n].src_regex = NULL;
                 n++;
                 code = 1;
                 oplist = OpSIBLING(oplist); /* skip CONST */
@@ -6285,7 +6401,8 @@ S_concat_pat(pTHX_ RExC_state_t * const pRExC_state,
             sv_setsv(pat, sv);
             /* overloading involved: all bets are off over literal
              * code. Pretend we haven't seen it */
-            pRExC_state->num_code_blocks -= n;
+            if (n)
+                pRExC_state->code_blocks->count -= n;
             n = 0;
         }
         else  {
@@ -6319,11 +6436,23 @@ S_concat_pat(pTHX_ RExC_state_t * const pRExC_state,
                 sv_catsv_nomg(pat, msv);
                 rx = msv;
             }
-            else
-                pat = msv;
+            else {
+                /* We have only one SV to process, but we need to verify
+                 * it is properly null terminated or we will fail asserts
+                 * later. In theory we probably shouldn't get such SV's,
+                 * but if we do we should handle it gracefully. */
+                if ( SvTYPE(msv) != SVt_PV || (SvLEN(msv) > SvCUR(msv) && *(SvEND(msv)) == 0) ) {
+                    /* not a string, or a string with a trailing null */
+                    pat = msv;
+                } else {
+                    /* a string with no trailing null, we need to copy it
+                     * so it we have a trailing null */
+                    pat = newSVsv(msv);
+                }
+            }
 
             if (code)
-                pRExC_state->code_blocks[n-1].end = SvCUR(pat)-1;
+                pRExC_state->code_blocks->cb[n-1].end = SvCUR(pat)-1;
         }
 
         /* extract any code blocks within any embedded qr//'s */
@@ -6332,25 +6461,31 @@ S_concat_pat(pTHX_ RExC_state_t * const pRExC_state,
         {
 
             RXi_GET_DECL(ReANY((REGEXP *)rx), ri);
-            if (ri->num_code_blocks) {
+            if (ri->code_blocks && ri->code_blocks->count) {
                 int i;
                 /* the presence of an embedded qr// with code means
                  * we should always recompile: the text of the
                  * qr// may not have changed, but it may be a
                  * different closure than last time */
                 *recompile_p = 1;
-                Renew(pRExC_state->code_blocks,
-                    pRExC_state->num_code_blocks + ri->num_code_blocks,
-                    struct reg_code_block);
-                pRExC_state->num_code_blocks += ri->num_code_blocks;
+                if (pRExC_state->code_blocks) {
+                    int new_count = pRExC_state->code_blocks->count
+                            + ri->code_blocks->count;
+                    Renew(pRExC_state->code_blocks->cb,
+                            new_count, struct reg_code_block);
+                    pRExC_state->code_blocks->count = new_count;
+                }
+                else
+                    pRExC_state->code_blocks = S_alloc_code_blocks(aTHX_
+                                                    ri->code_blocks->count);
 
-                for (i=0; i < ri->num_code_blocks; i++) {
+                for (i=0; i < ri->code_blocks->count; i++) {
                     struct reg_code_block *src, *dst;
                     STRLEN offset =  orig_patlen
                         + ReANY((REGEXP *)rx)->pre_prefix;
-                    assert(n < pRExC_state->num_code_blocks);
-                    src = &ri->code_blocks[i];
-                    dst = &pRExC_state->code_blocks[n];
+                    assert(n < pRExC_state->code_blocks->count);
+                    src = &ri->code_blocks->cb[i];
+                    dst = &pRExC_state->code_blocks->cb[n];
                     dst->start     = src->start + offset;
                     dst->end       = src->end   + offset;
                     dst->block     = src->block;
@@ -6385,10 +6520,11 @@ S_has_runtime_code(pTHX_ RExC_state_t * const pRExC_state,
     PERL_UNUSED_CONTEXT;
 
     for (s = 0; s < plen; s++) {
-       if (n < pRExC_state->num_code_blocks
-           && s == pRExC_state->code_blocks[n].start)
+       if (   pRExC_state->code_blocks
+            && n < pRExC_state->code_blocks->count
+           && s == pRExC_state->code_blocks->cb[n].start)
        {
-           s = pRExC_state->code_blocks[n].end;
+           s = pRExC_state->code_blocks->cb[n].end;
            n++;
            continue;
        }
@@ -6448,7 +6584,7 @@ S_compile_runtime_code(pTHX_ RExC_state_t * const pRExC_state,
        int n = 0;
        STRLEN s;
        char *p, *newpat;
-       int newlen = plen + 6; /* allow for "qr''x\0" extra chars */
+       int newlen = plen + 7; /* allow for "qr''xx\0" extra chars */
        SV *sv, *qr_ref;
        dSP;
 
@@ -6463,12 +6599,13 @@ S_compile_runtime_code(pTHX_ RExC_state_t * const pRExC_state,
        *p++ = 'q'; *p++ = 'r'; *p++ = '\'';
 
        for (s = 0; s < plen; s++) {
-           if (n < pRExC_state->num_code_blocks
-               && s == pRExC_state->code_blocks[n].start)
+           if (   pRExC_state->code_blocks
+               && n < pRExC_state->code_blocks->count
+               && s == pRExC_state->code_blocks->cb[n].start)
            {
                /* blank out literal code block */
                assert(pat[s] == '(');
-               while (s <= pRExC_state->code_blocks[n].end) {
+               while (s <= pRExC_state->code_blocks->cb[n].end) {
                    *p++ = '_';
                    s++;
                }
@@ -6481,8 +6618,12 @@ S_compile_runtime_code(pTHX_ RExC_state_t * const pRExC_state,
            *p++ = pat[s];
        }
        *p++ = '\'';
-       if (pRExC_state->pm_flags & RXf_PMf_EXTENDED)
+       if (pRExC_state->pm_flags & RXf_PMf_EXTENDED) {
            *p++ = 'x';
+            if (pRExC_state->pm_flags & RXf_PMf_EXTENDED_MORE) {
+                *p++ = 'x';
+            }
+        }
        *p++ = '\0';
        DEBUG_COMPILE_r({
             Perl_re_printf( aTHX_
@@ -6508,11 +6649,8 @@ S_compile_runtime_code(pTHX_ RExC_state_t * const pRExC_state,
        {
            SV * const errsv = ERRSV;
            if (SvTRUE_NN(errsv))
-           {
-               Safefree(pRExC_state->code_blocks);
                 /* use croak_sv ? */
-               Perl_croak_nocontext("%"SVf, SVfARG(errsv));
-           }
+               Perl_croak_nocontext("%" SVf, SVfARG(errsv));
        }
        assert(SvROK(qr_ref));
        qr = SvRV(qr_ref);
@@ -6544,42 +6682,46 @@ S_compile_runtime_code(pTHX_ RExC_state_t * const pRExC_state,
        struct reg_code_block *new_block, *dst;
        RExC_state_t * const r1 = pRExC_state; /* convenient alias */
        int i1 = 0, i2 = 0;
+        int r1c, r2c;
 
-       if (!r2->num_code_blocks) /* we guessed wrong */
+       if (!r2->code_blocks || !r2->code_blocks->count) /* we guessed wrong */
        {
            SvREFCNT_dec_NN(qr);
            return 1;
        }
 
-       Newx(new_block,
-           r1->num_code_blocks + r2->num_code_blocks,
-           struct reg_code_block);
+        if (!r1->code_blocks)
+            r1->code_blocks = S_alloc_code_blocks(aTHX_ 0);
+
+        r1c = r1->code_blocks->count;
+        r2c = r2->code_blocks->count;
+
+       Newx(new_block, r1c + r2c, struct reg_code_block);
+
        dst = new_block;
 
-       while (    i1 < r1->num_code_blocks
-               || i2 < r2->num_code_blocks)
-       {
+       while (i1 < r1c || i2 < r2c) {
            struct reg_code_block *src;
            bool is_qr = 0;
 
-           if (i1 == r1->num_code_blocks) {
-               src = &r2->code_blocks[i2++];
+           if (i1 == r1c) {
+               src = &r2->code_blocks->cb[i2++];
                is_qr = 1;
            }
-           else if (i2 == r2->num_code_blocks)
-               src = &r1->code_blocks[i1++];
-           else if (  r1->code_blocks[i1].start
-                    < r2->code_blocks[i2].start)
+           else if (i2 == r2c)
+               src = &r1->code_blocks->cb[i1++];
+           else if (  r1->code_blocks->cb[i1].start
+                    < r2->code_blocks->cb[i2].start)
            {
-               src = &r1->code_blocks[i1++];
-               assert(src->end < r2->code_blocks[i2].start);
+               src = &r1->code_blocks->cb[i1++];
+               assert(src->end < r2->code_blocks->cb[i2].start);
            }
            else {
-               assert(  r1->code_blocks[i1].start
-                      > r2->code_blocks[i2].start);
-               src = &r2->code_blocks[i2++];
+               assert(  r1->code_blocks->cb[i1].start
+                      > r2->code_blocks->cb[i2].start);
+               src = &r2->code_blocks->cb[i2++];
                is_qr = 1;
-               assert(src->end < r1->code_blocks[i1].start);
+               assert(src->end < r1->code_blocks->cb[i1].start);
            }
 
            assert(pat[src->start] == '(');
@@ -6591,9 +6733,9 @@ S_compile_runtime_code(pTHX_ RExC_state_t * const pRExC_state,
                                    : src->src_regex;
            dst++;
        }
-       r1->num_code_blocks += r2->num_code_blocks;
-       Safefree(r1->code_blocks);
-       r1->code_blocks = new_block;
+       r1->code_blocks->count += r2c;
+       Safefree(r1->code_blocks->cb);
+       r1->code_blocks->cb = new_block;
     }
 
     SvREFCNT_dec_NN(qr);
@@ -6602,10 +6744,10 @@ S_compile_runtime_code(pTHX_ RExC_state_t * const pRExC_state,
 
 
 STATIC bool
-S_setup_longest(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, SV* sv_longest,
-                      SV** rx_utf8, SV** rx_substr, SSize_t* rx_end_shift,
-                     SSize_t lookbehind, SSize_t offset, SSize_t *minlen,
-                      STRLEN longest_length, bool eol, bool meol)
+S_setup_longest(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state,
+                      struct reg_substr_datum  *rsd,
+                      struct scan_data_substrs *sub,
+                      STRLEN longest_length)
 {
     /* This is the common code for setting up the floating and fixed length
      * string data extracted from Perl_re_op_compile() below.  Returns a boolean
@@ -6613,6 +6755,8 @@ S_setup_longest(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, SV* sv_longest,
 
     I32 t;
     SSize_t ml;
+    bool eol  = cBOOL(sub->flags & SF_BEFORE_EOL);
+    bool meol = cBOOL(sub->flags & SF_BEFORE_MEOL);
 
     if (! (longest_length
            || (eol /* Can't have SEOL and MULTI */
@@ -6626,25 +6770,29 @@ S_setup_longest(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, SV* sv_longest,
 
     /* copy the information about the longest from the reg_scan_data
         over to the program. */
-    if (SvUTF8(sv_longest)) {
-        *rx_utf8 = sv_longest;
-        *rx_substr = NULL;
+    if (SvUTF8(sub->str)) {
+        rsd->substr      = NULL;
+        rsd->utf8_substr = sub->str;
     } else {
-        *rx_substr = sv_longest;
-        *rx_utf8 = NULL;
+        rsd->substr      = sub->str;
+        rsd->utf8_substr = NULL;
     }
     /* end_shift is how many chars that must be matched that
         follow this item. We calculate it ahead of time as once the
         lookbehind offset is added in we lose the ability to correctly
         calculate it.*/
-    ml = minlen ? *(minlen) : (SSize_t)longest_length;
-    *rx_end_shift = ml - offset
-        - longest_length + (SvTAIL(sv_longest) != 0)
-        + lookbehind;
+    ml = sub->minlenp ? *(sub->minlenp) : (SSize_t)longest_length;
+    rsd->end_shift = ml - sub->min_offset
+        - longest_length
+            /* XXX SvTAIL is always false here - did you mean FBMcf_TAIL
+             * intead? - DAPM
+            + (SvTAIL(sub->str) != 0)
+            */
+        + sub->lookbehind;
 
     t = (eol/* Can't have SEOL and MULTI */
          && (! meol || (RExC_flags & RXf_PMf_MULTILINE)));
-    fbm_compile(sv_longest, t ? FBMcf_TAIL : 0);
+    fbm_compile(sub->str, t ? FBMcf_TAIL : 0);
 
     return TRUE;
 }
@@ -6708,7 +6856,6 @@ Perl_re_op_compile(pTHX_ SV ** const patternp, int pat_count,
     SSize_t minlen = 0;
     U32 rx_flags;
     SV *pat;
-    SV *code_blocksv = NULL;
     SV** new_patternp = patternp;
 
     /* these are all flags - maybe they should be turned
@@ -6764,8 +6911,8 @@ Perl_re_op_compile(pTHX_ SV ** const patternp, int pat_count,
 #endif
     }
 
+    pRExC_state->warn_text = NULL;
     pRExC_state->code_blocks = NULL;
-    pRExC_state->num_code_blocks = 0;
 
     if (is_bare_re)
        *is_bare_re = FALSE;
@@ -6779,10 +6926,9 @@ Perl_re_op_compile(pTHX_ SV ** const patternp, int pat_count,
        for (o = cLISTOPx(expr)->op_first; o; o = OpSIBLING(o))
            if (o->op_type == OP_NULL && (o->op_flags & OPf_SPECIAL))
                ncode++; /* count of DO blocks */
-       if (ncode) {
-           pRExC_state->num_code_blocks = ncode;
-           Newx(pRExC_state->code_blocks, ncode, struct reg_code_block);
-       }
+
+       if (ncode)
+            pRExC_state->code_blocks = S_alloc_code_blocks(aTHX_ ncode);
     }
 
     if (!pat_count) {
@@ -6826,7 +6972,7 @@ Perl_re_op_compile(pTHX_ SV ** const patternp, int pat_count,
 
     /* set expr to the first arg op */
 
-    if (pRExC_state->num_code_blocks
+    if (pRExC_state->code_blocks && pRExC_state->code_blocks->count
          && expr->op_type != OP_CONST)
     {
             expr = cLISTOPx(expr)->op_first;
@@ -6848,7 +6994,6 @@ Perl_re_op_compile(pTHX_ SV ** const patternp, int pat_count,
             if (is_bare_re)
                 *is_bare_re = TRUE;
             SvREFCNT_inc(re);
-            Safefree(pRExC_state->code_blocks);
             DEBUG_PARSE_r(Perl_re_printf( aTHX_
                 "Precompiled pattern%s\n",
                     orig_rx_flags & RXf_SPLIT ? " for split" : ""));
@@ -6868,7 +7013,6 @@ Perl_re_op_compile(pTHX_ SV ** const patternp, int pat_count,
            pat = newSVpvn_flags(exp, plen, SVs_TEMP |
                                        (IN_BYTES ? 0 : SvUTF8(pat)));
        }
-       Safefree(pRExC_state->code_blocks);
        return CALLREGCOMP_ENG(eng, pat, orig_rx_flags);
     }
 
@@ -6878,7 +7022,6 @@ Perl_re_op_compile(pTHX_ SV ** const patternp, int pat_count,
     RExC_uni_semantics = 0;
     RExC_seen_unfolded_sharp_s = 0;
     RExC_contains_locale = 0;
-    RExC_contains_i = 0;
     RExC_strict = cBOOL(pm_flags & RXf_PMf_STRICT);
     RExC_study_started = 0;
     pRExC_state->runtime_code_qr = NULL;
@@ -6924,15 +7067,11 @@ Perl_re_op_compile(pTHX_ SV ** const patternp, int pat_count,
         && memEQ(RX_PRECOMP(old_re), exp, plen)
        && !runtime_code /* with runtime code, always recompile */ )
     {
-        Safefree(pRExC_state->code_blocks);
         return old_re;
     }
 
     rx_flags = orig_rx_flags;
 
-    if (rx_flags & PMf_FOLD) {
-        RExC_contains_i = 1;
-    }
     if (   initial_charset == REGEX_DEPENDS_CHARSET
         && (RExC_utf8 ||RExC_uni_semantics))
     {
@@ -6956,7 +7095,7 @@ Perl_re_op_compile(pTHX_ SV ** const patternp, int pat_count,
            /* whoops, we have a non-utf8 pattern, whilst run-time code
             * got compiled as utf8. Try again with a utf8 pattern */
             S_pat_upgrade_to_utf8(aTHX_ pRExC_state, &exp, &plen,
-                                    pRExC_state->num_code_blocks);
+                pRExC_state->code_blocks ? pRExC_state->code_blocks->count : 0);
             goto redo_first_pass;
        }
     }
@@ -6969,7 +7108,6 @@ Perl_re_op_compile(pTHX_ SV ** const patternp, int pat_count,
     RExC_in_lookbehind = 0;
     RExC_seen_zerolen = *exp == '^' ? -1 : 0;
     RExC_extralen = 0;
-    RExC_override_recoding = 0;
 #ifdef EBCDIC
     RExC_recode_x_to_native = 0;
 #endif
@@ -7013,17 +7151,7 @@ Perl_re_op_compile(pTHX_ SV ** const patternp, int pat_count,
         RExC_lastnum=0;
         RExC_lastparse=NULL;
     );
-    /* reg may croak on us, not giving us a chance to free
-       pRExC_state->code_blocks.  We cannot SAVEFREEPV it now, as we may
-       need it to survive as long as the regexp (qr/(?{})/).
-       We must check that code_blocksv is not already set, because we may
-       have jumped back to restart the sizing pass. */
-    if (pRExC_state->code_blocks && !code_blocksv) {
-       code_blocksv = newSV_type(SVt_PV);
-       SAVEFREESV(code_blocksv);
-       SvPV_set(code_blocksv, (char *)pRExC_state->code_blocks);
-       SvLEN_set(code_blocksv, 1); /*sufficient to make sv_clear free it*/
-    }
+
     if (reg(pRExC_state, 0, &flags,1) == NULL) {
         /* It's possible to write a regexp in ascii that represents Unicode
         codepoints outside of the byte range, such as via \x{100}. If we
@@ -7036,7 +7164,7 @@ Perl_re_op_compile(pTHX_ SV ** const patternp, int pat_count,
         if (flags & RESTART_PASS1) {
             if (flags & NEED_UTF8) {
                 S_pat_upgrade_to_utf8(aTHX_ pRExC_state, &exp, &plen,
-                                    pRExC_state->num_code_blocks);
+                pRExC_state->code_blocks ? pRExC_state->code_blocks->count : 0);
             }
             else {
                 DEBUG_PARSE_r(Perl_re_printf( aTHX_
@@ -7045,14 +7173,12 @@ Perl_re_op_compile(pTHX_ SV ** const patternp, int pat_count,
 
             goto redo_first_pass;
         }
-        Perl_croak(aTHX_ "panic: reg returned NULL to re_op_compile for sizing pass, flags=%#"UVxf"", (UV) flags);
+        Perl_croak(aTHX_ "panic: reg returned NULL to re_op_compile for sizing pass, flags=%#" UVxf, (UV) flags);
     }
-    if (code_blocksv)
-       SvLEN_set(code_blocksv,0); /* no you can't have it, sv_clear */
 
     DEBUG_PARSE_r({
         Perl_re_printf( aTHX_
-            "Required size %"IVdf" nodes\n"
+            "Required size %" IVdf " nodes\n"
             "Starting second pass (creation)\n",
             (IV)RExC_size);
         RExC_lastnum=0;
@@ -7101,16 +7227,8 @@ Perl_re_op_compile(pTHX_ SV ** const patternp, int pat_count,
 
     if (pm_flags & PMf_IS_QR) {
        ri->code_blocks = pRExC_state->code_blocks;
-       ri->num_code_blocks = pRExC_state->num_code_blocks;
-    }
-    else
-    {
-       int n;
-       for (n = 0; n < pRExC_state->num_code_blocks; n++)
-           if (pRExC_state->code_blocks[n].src_regex)
-               SAVEFREESV(pRExC_state->code_blocks[n].src_regex);
-       if(pRExC_state->code_blocks)
-           SAVEFREEPV(pRExC_state->code_blocks); /* often null */
+       if (ri->code_blocks)
+            ri->code_blocks->refcnt++;
     }
 
     {
@@ -7127,7 +7245,7 @@ Perl_re_op_compile(pTHX_ SV ** const patternp, int pat_count,
                                                    == REG_RUN_ON_COMMENT_SEEN);
        U8 reganch = (U8)((r->extflags & RXf_PMf_STD_PMMOD)
                            >> RXf_PMf_STD_PMMOD_SHIFT);
-       const char *fptr = STD_PAT_MODS;        /*"msixn"*/
+       const char *fptr = STD_PAT_MODS;        /*"msixxn"*/
        char *p;
 
         /* We output all the necessary flags; we never output a minus, as all
@@ -7190,7 +7308,7 @@ Perl_re_op_compile(pTHX_ SV ** const patternp, int pat_count,
 #ifdef RE_TRACK_PATTERN_OFFSETS
     Newxz(ri->u.offsets, 2*RExC_size+1, U32); /* MJD 20001228 */
     DEBUG_OFFSETS_r(Perl_re_printf( aTHX_
-                          "%s %"UVuf" bytes for offset annotations.\n",
+                          "%s %" UVuf " bytes for offset annotations.\n",
                           ri->u.offsets ? "Got" : "Couldn't get",
                           (UV)((2*RExC_size+1) * sizeof(U32))));
 #endif
@@ -7244,7 +7362,7 @@ Perl_re_op_compile(pTHX_ SV ** const patternp, int pat_count,
     RExC_npar = 1;
     if (reg(pRExC_state, 0, &flags,1) == NULL) {
        ReREFCNT_dec(rx);
-        Perl_croak(aTHX_ "panic: reg returned NULL to re_op_compile for generation pass, flags=%#"UVxf"", (UV) flags);
+        Perl_croak(aTHX_ "panic: reg returned NULL to re_op_compile for generation pass, flags=%#" UVxf, (UV) flags);
     }
     DEBUG_OPTIMISE_r(
         Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "Starting post parse optimization\n");
@@ -7305,12 +7423,14 @@ Perl_re_op_compile(pTHX_ SV ** const patternp, int pat_count,
     if (!(RExC_seen & REG_TOP_LEVEL_BRANCHES_SEEN)) { /*  Only one top-level choice.
                                                   */
        SSize_t fake;
-       STRLEN longest_float_length, longest_fixed_length;
+       STRLEN longest_length[2];
        regnode_ssc ch_class; /* pointed to by data */
        int stclass_flag;
        SSize_t last_close = 0; /* pointed to by data */
         regnode *first= scan;
         regnode *first_next= regnext(first);
+        int i;
+
        /*
         * Skip introductions and multiplicators >= 1
         * so that we can extract the 'meat' of the pattern that must
@@ -7352,7 +7472,7 @@ Perl_re_op_compile(pTHX_ SV ** const patternp, int pat_count,
 
        /* Starting-point info. */
       again:
-        DEBUG_PEEP("first:",first,0);
+        DEBUG_PEEP("first:", first, 0, 0);
         /* Ignore EXACT as we deal with it later. */
        if (PL_regkind[OP(first)] == EXACT) {
            if (OP(first) == EXACT || OP(first) == EXACTL)
@@ -7389,7 +7509,7 @@ Perl_re_op_compile(pTHX_ SV ** const patternp, int pat_count,
             !sawlookahead &&
            (OP(first) == STAR &&
            PL_regkind[OP(NEXTOPER(first))] == REG_ANY) &&
-            !(r->intflags & PREGf_ANCH) && !pRExC_state->num_code_blocks)
+            !(r->intflags & PREGf_ANCH) && !pRExC_state->code_blocks)
        {
            /* turn .* into ^.* with an implied $*=1 */
            const int type =
@@ -7402,7 +7522,7 @@ Perl_re_op_compile(pTHX_ SV ** const patternp, int pat_count,
        }
         if (sawplus && !sawminmod && !sawlookahead
             && (!sawopen || !RExC_sawback)
-           && !pRExC_state->num_code_blocks) /* May examine pos and $& */
+           && !pRExC_state->code_blocks) /* May examine pos and $& */
            /* x+ must match at the 1st pos of run of x's */
            r->intflags |= PREGf_SKIP;
 
@@ -7410,12 +7530,12 @@ Perl_re_op_compile(pTHX_ SV ** const patternp, int pat_count,
 #ifdef TRIE_STUDY_OPT
        DEBUG_PARSE_r(
            if (!restudied)
-                Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "first at %"IVdf"\n",
+                Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "first at %" IVdf "\n",
                              (IV)(first - scan + 1))
         );
 #else
        DEBUG_PARSE_r(
-            Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "first at %"IVdf"\n",
+            Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "first at %" IVdf "\n",
                (IV)(first - scan + 1))
         );
 #endif
@@ -7433,13 +7553,13 @@ Perl_re_op_compile(pTHX_ SV ** const patternp, int pat_count,
        * earlier string may buy us something the later one won't.]
        */
 
-       data.longest_fixed = newSVpvs("");
-       data.longest_float = newSVpvs("");
+       data.substrs[0].str = newSVpvs("");
+       data.substrs[1].str = newSVpvs("");
        data.last_found = newSVpvs("");
-       data.longest = &(data.longest_fixed);
+       data.cur_is_floating = 0; /* initially any found substring is fixed */
        ENTER_with_name("study_chunk");
-       SAVEFREESV(data.longest_fixed);
-       SAVEFREESV(data.longest_float);
+       SAVEFREESV(data.substrs[0].str);
+       SAVEFREESV(data.substrs[1].str);
        SAVEFREESV(data.last_found);
        first = scan;
        if (!ri->regstclass) {
@@ -7462,7 +7582,7 @@ Perl_re_op_compile(pTHX_ SV ** const patternp, int pat_count,
         CHECK_RESTUDY_GOTO_butfirst(LEAVE_with_name("study_chunk"));
 
 
-       if ( RExC_npar == 1 && data.longest == &(data.longest_fixed)
+       if ( RExC_npar == 1 && !data.cur_is_floating
             && data.last_start_min == 0 && data.last_end > 0
             && !RExC_seen_zerolen
              && !(RExC_seen & REG_VERBARG_SEEN)
@@ -7472,62 +7592,49 @@ Perl_re_op_compile(pTHX_ SV ** const patternp, int pat_count,
         }
        scan_commit(pRExC_state, &data,&minlen,0);
 
-       longest_float_length = CHR_SVLEN(data.longest_float);
-
-        if (! ((SvCUR(data.longest_fixed)  /* ok to leave SvCUR */
-                   && data.offset_fixed == data.offset_float_min
-                   && SvCUR(data.longest_fixed) == SvCUR(data.longest_float)))
-            && S_setup_longest (aTHX_ pRExC_state,
-                                    data.longest_float,
-                                    &(r->float_utf8),
-                                    &(r->float_substr),
-                                    &(r->float_end_shift),
-                                    data.lookbehind_float,
-                                    data.offset_float_min,
-                                    data.minlen_float,
-                                    longest_float_length,
-                                    cBOOL(data.flags & SF_FL_BEFORE_EOL),
-                                    cBOOL(data.flags & SF_FL_BEFORE_MEOL)))
-        {
-           r->float_min_offset = data.offset_float_min - data.lookbehind_float;
-           r->float_max_offset = data.offset_float_max;
-           if (data.offset_float_max < SSize_t_MAX) /* Don't offset infinity */
-               r->float_max_offset -= data.lookbehind_float;
-           SvREFCNT_inc_simple_void_NN(data.longest_float);
-       }
-       else {
-           r->float_substr = r->float_utf8 = NULL;
-           longest_float_length = 0;
-       }
 
-       longest_fixed_length = CHR_SVLEN(data.longest_fixed);
-
-        if (S_setup_longest (aTHX_ pRExC_state,
-                                data.longest_fixed,
-                                &(r->anchored_utf8),
-                                &(r->anchored_substr),
-                                &(r->anchored_end_shift),
-                                data.lookbehind_fixed,
-                                data.offset_fixed,
-                                data.minlen_fixed,
-                                longest_fixed_length,
-                                cBOOL(data.flags & SF_FIX_BEFORE_EOL),
-                                cBOOL(data.flags & SF_FIX_BEFORE_MEOL)))
-        {
-           r->anchored_offset = data.offset_fixed - data.lookbehind_fixed;
-           SvREFCNT_inc_simple_void_NN(data.longest_fixed);
-       }
-       else {
-           r->anchored_substr = r->anchored_utf8 = NULL;
-           longest_fixed_length = 0;
-       }
+        /* XXX this is done in reverse order because that's the way the
+         * code was before it was parameterised. Don't know whether it
+         * actually needs doing in reverse order. DAPM */
+        for (i = 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+            longest_length[i] = CHR_SVLEN(data.substrs[i].str);
+
+            if (   !(   i
+                     && SvCUR(data.substrs[0].str)  /* ok to leave SvCUR */
+                     &&    data.substrs[0].min_offset
+                        == data.substrs[1].min_offset
+                     &&    SvCUR(data.substrs[0].str)
+                        == SvCUR(data.substrs[1].str)
+                    )
+                && S_setup_longest (aTHX_ pRExC_state,
+                                        &(r->substrs->data[i]),
+                                        &(data.substrs[i]),
+                                        longest_length[i]))
+            {
+                r->substrs->data[i].min_offset =
+                        data.substrs[i].min_offset - data.substrs[i].lookbehind;
+
+                r->substrs->data[i].max_offset = data.substrs[i].max_offset;
+                /* Don't offset infinity */
+                if (data.substrs[i].max_offset < SSize_t_MAX)
+                    r->substrs->data[i].max_offset -= data.substrs[i].lookbehind;
+                SvREFCNT_inc_simple_void_NN(data.substrs[i].str);
+            }
+            else {
+                r->substrs->data[i].substr      = NULL;
+                r->substrs->data[i].utf8_substr = NULL;
+                longest_length[i] = 0;
+            }
+        }
+
        LEAVE_with_name("study_chunk");
 
        if (ri->regstclass
            && (OP(ri->regstclass) == REG_ANY || OP(ri->regstclass) == SANY))
            ri->regstclass = NULL;
 
-       if ((!(r->anchored_substr || r->anchored_utf8) || r->anchored_offset)
+       if ((!(r->substrs->data[0].substr || r->substrs->data[0].utf8_substr)
+              || r->substrs->data[0].min_offset)
            && stclass_flag
             && ! (ANYOF_FLAGS(data.start_class) & SSC_MATCHES_EMPTY_STRING)
            && is_ssc_worth_it(pRExC_state, data.start_class))
@@ -7550,37 +7657,29 @@ Perl_re_op_compile(pTHX_ SV ** const patternp, int pat_count,
             data.start_class = NULL;
        }
 
-        /* A temporary algorithm prefers floated substr to fixed one to dig
-         * more info. */
-       if (longest_fixed_length > longest_float_length) {
-           r->substrs->check_ix = 0;
-           r->check_end_shift = r->anchored_end_shift;
-           r->check_substr = r->anchored_substr;
-           r->check_utf8 = r->anchored_utf8;
-           r->check_offset_min = r->check_offset_max = r->anchored_offset;
-            if (r->intflags & (PREGf_ANCH_SBOL|PREGf_ANCH_GPOS))
-                r->intflags |= PREGf_NOSCAN;
-       }
-       else {
-           r->substrs->check_ix = 1;
-           r->check_end_shift = r->float_end_shift;
-           r->check_substr = r->float_substr;
-           r->check_utf8 = r->float_utf8;
-           r->check_offset_min = r->float_min_offset;
-           r->check_offset_max = r->float_max_offset;
-       }
+        /* A temporary algorithm prefers floated substr to fixed one of
+         * same length to dig more info. */
+       i = (longest_length[0] <= longest_length[1]);
+        r->substrs->check_ix = i;
+        r->check_end_shift  = r->substrs->data[i].end_shift;
+        r->check_substr     = r->substrs->data[i].substr;
+        r->check_utf8       = r->substrs->data[i].utf8_substr;
+        r->check_offset_min = r->substrs->data[i].min_offset;
+        r->check_offset_max = r->substrs->data[i].max_offset;
+        if (!i && (r->intflags & (PREGf_ANCH_SBOL|PREGf_ANCH_GPOS)))
+            r->intflags |= PREGf_NOSCAN;
+
        if ((r->check_substr || r->check_utf8) ) {
            r->extflags |= RXf_USE_INTUIT;
            if (SvTAIL(r->check_substr ? r->check_substr : r->check_utf8))
                r->extflags |= RXf_INTUIT_TAIL;
        }
-        r->substrs->data[0].max_offset = r->substrs->data[0].min_offset;
 
        /* XXX Unneeded? dmq (shouldn't as this is handled elsewhere)
-       if ( (STRLEN)minlen < longest_float_length )
-            minlen= longest_float_length;
-        if ( (STRLEN)minlen < longest_fixed_length )
-            minlen= longest_fixed_length;
+       if ( (STRLEN)minlen < longest_length[1] )
+            minlen= longest_length[1];
+        if ( (STRLEN)minlen < longest_length[0] )
+            minlen= longest_length[0];
         */
     }
     else {
@@ -7606,8 +7705,12 @@ Perl_re_op_compile(pTHX_ SV ** const patternp, int pat_count,
 
         CHECK_RESTUDY_GOTO_butfirst(NOOP);
 
-       r->check_substr = r->check_utf8 = r->anchored_substr = r->anchored_utf8
-               = r->float_substr = r->float_utf8 = NULL;
+       r->check_substr = NULL;
+        r->check_utf8 = NULL;
+        r->substrs->data[0].substr      = NULL;
+        r->substrs->data[0].utf8_substr = NULL;
+        r->substrs->data[1].substr      = NULL;
+        r->substrs->data[1].utf8_substr = NULL;
 
         if (! (ANYOF_FLAGS(data.start_class) & SSC_MATCHES_EMPTY_STRING)
            && is_ssc_worth_it(pRExC_state, data.start_class))
@@ -7642,7 +7745,7 @@ Perl_re_op_compile(pTHX_ SV ** const patternp, int pat_count,
     /* Guard against an embedded (?=) or (?<=) with a longer minlen than
        the "real" pattern. */
     DEBUG_OPTIMISE_r({
-        Perl_re_printf( aTHX_ "minlen: %"IVdf" r->minlen:%"IVdf" maxlen:%"IVdf"\n",
+        Perl_re_printf( aTHX_ "minlen: %" IVdf " r->minlen:%" IVdf " maxlen:%" IVdf "\n",
                       (IV)minlen, (IV)r->minlen, (IV)RExC_maxlen);
     });
     r->minlenret = minlen;
@@ -7658,7 +7761,7 @@ Perl_re_op_compile(pTHX_ SV ** const patternp, int pat_count,
     if (RExC_seen & REG_LOOKBEHIND_SEEN)
         r->extflags |= RXf_NO_INPLACE_SUBST; /* inplace might break the
                                                 lookbehind */
-    if (pRExC_state->num_code_blocks)
+    if (pRExC_state->code_blocks)
        r->extflags |= RXf_EVAL_SEEN;
     if (RExC_seen & REG_VERBARG_SEEN)
     {
@@ -7730,6 +7833,18 @@ Perl_re_op_compile(pTHX_ SV ** const patternp, int pat_count,
 
     while ( RExC_recurse_count > 0 ) {
         const regnode *scan = RExC_recurse[ --RExC_recurse_count ];
+        /*
+         * This data structure is set up in study_chunk() and is used
+         * to calculate the distance between a GOSUB regopcode and
+         * the OPEN/CURLYM (CURLYM's are special and can act like OPEN's)
+         * it refers to.
+         *
+         * If for some reason someone writes code that optimises
+         * away a GOSUB opcode then the assert should be changed to
+         * an if(scan) to guard the ARG2L_SET() - Yves
+         *
+         */
+        assert(scan && OP(scan) == GOSUB);
         ARG2L_SET( scan, RExC_open_parens[ARG(scan)] - scan );
     }
 
@@ -7750,10 +7865,10 @@ Perl_re_op_compile(pTHX_ SV ** const patternp, int pat_count,
         STRLEN i;
         GET_RE_DEBUG_FLAGS_DECL;
         Perl_re_printf( aTHX_
-                      "Offsets: [%"UVuf"]\n\t", (UV)ri->u.offsets[0]);
+                      "Offsets: [%" UVuf "]\n\t", (UV)ri->u.offsets[0]);
         for (i = 1; i <= len; i++) {
             if (ri->u.offsets[i*2-1] || ri->u.offsets[i*2])
-                Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "%"UVuf":%"UVuf"[%"UVuf"] ",
+                Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "%" UVuf ":%" UVuf "[%" UVuf "] ",
                 (UV)i, (UV)ri->u.offsets[i*2-1], (UV)ri->u.offsets[i*2]);
             }
         Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "\n");
@@ -7820,21 +7935,18 @@ SV*
 Perl_reg_named_buff_fetch(pTHX_ REGEXP * const r, SV * const namesv,
                          const U32 flags)
 {
-    AV *retarray = NULL;
     SV *ret;
     struct regexp *const rx = ReANY(r);
 
     PERL_ARGS_ASSERT_REG_NAMED_BUFF_FETCH;
 
-    if (flags & RXapif_ALL)
-        retarray=newAV();
-
     if (rx && RXp_PAREN_NAMES(rx)) {
         HE *he_str = hv_fetch_ent( RXp_PAREN_NAMES(rx), namesv, 0, 0 );
         if (he_str) {
             IV i;
             SV* sv_dat=HeVAL(he_str);
             I32 *nums=(I32*)SvPVX(sv_dat);
+            AV * const retarray = (flags & RXapif_ALL) ? newAV() : NULL;
             for ( i=0; i<SvIVX(sv_dat); i++ ) {
                 if ((I32)(rx->nparens) >= nums[i]
                     && rx->offs[nums[i]].start != -1
@@ -8095,7 +8207,7 @@ Perl_reg_numbered_buff_fetch(pTHX_ REGEXP * const r, const I32 paren,
         }
     } else {
       ret_undef:
-        sv_setsv(sv,&PL_sv_undef);
+        sv_set_undef(sv);
         return;
     }
 }
@@ -8227,17 +8339,18 @@ S_reg_scan_name(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, U32 flags)
 
     assert (RExC_parse <= RExC_end);
     if (RExC_parse == RExC_end) NOOP;
-    else if (isIDFIRST_lazy_if(RExC_parse, UTF)) {
+    else if (isIDFIRST_lazy_if_safe(RExC_parse, RExC_end, UTF)) {
          /* Note that the code here assumes well-formed UTF-8.  Skip IDFIRST by
           * using do...while */
        if (UTF)
            do {
                RExC_parse += UTF8SKIP(RExC_parse);
-           } while (isWORDCHAR_utf8((U8*)RExC_parse));
+           } while (   RExC_parse < RExC_end
+                     && isWORDCHAR_utf8_safe((U8*)RExC_parse, (U8*) RExC_end));
        else
            do {
                RExC_parse++;
-           } while (isWORDCHAR(*RExC_parse));
+           } while (RExC_parse < RExC_end && isWORDCHAR(*RExC_parse));
     } else {
         RExC_parse++; /* so the <- from the vFAIL is after the offending
                          character */
@@ -8321,33 +8434,47 @@ S_reg_scan_name(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, U32 flags)
  * as an SVt_INVLIST scalar.
  *
  * An inversion list for Unicode is an array of code points, sorted by ordinal
- * number.  The zeroth element is the first code point in the list.  The 1th
- * element is the first element beyond that not in the list.  In other words,
- * the first range is
- *  invlist[0]..(invlist[1]-1)
- * The other ranges follow.  Thus every element whose index is divisible by two
- * marks the beginning of a range that is in the list, and every element not
- * divisible by two marks the beginning of a range not in the list.  A single
- * element inversion list that contains the single code point N generally
- * consists of two elements
- *  invlist[0] == N
- *  invlist[1] == N+1
- * (The exception is when N is the highest representable value on the
- * machine, in which case the list containing just it would be a single
- * element, itself.  By extension, if the last range in the list extends to
- * infinity, then the first element of that range will be in the inversion list
- * at a position that is divisible by two, and is the final element in the
- * list.)
+ * number.  Each element gives the code point that begins a range that extends
+ * up-to but not including the code point given by the next element.  The final
+ * element gives the first code point of a range that extends to the platform's
+ * infinity.  The even-numbered elements (invlist[0], invlist[2], invlist[4],
+ * ...) give ranges whose code points are all in the inversion list.  We say
+ * that those ranges are in the set.  The odd-numbered elements give ranges
+ * whose code points are not in the inversion list, and hence not in the set.
+ * Thus, element [0] is the first code point in the list.  Element [1]
+ * is the first code point beyond that not in the list; and element [2] is the
+ * first code point beyond that that is in the list.  In other words, the first
+ * range is invlist[0]..(invlist[1]-1), and all code points in that range are
+ * in the inversion list.  The second range is invlist[1]..(invlist[2]-1), and
+ * all code points in that range are not in the inversion list.  The third
+ * range invlist[2]..(invlist[3]-1) gives code points that are in the inversion
+ * list, and so forth.  Thus every element whose index is divisible by two
+ * gives the beginning of a range that is in the list, and every element whose
+ * index is not divisible by two gives the beginning of a range not in the
+ * list.  If the final element's index is divisible by two, the inversion list
+ * extends to the platform's infinity; otherwise the highest code point in the
+ * inversion list is the contents of that element minus 1.
+ *
+ * A range that contains just a single code point N will look like
+ *  invlist[i]   == N
+ *  invlist[i+1] == N+1
+ *
+ * If N is UV_MAX (the highest representable code point on the machine), N+1 is
+ * impossible to represent, so element [i+1] is omitted.  The single element
+ * inversion list
+ *  invlist[0] == UV_MAX
+ * contains just UV_MAX, but is interpreted as matching to infinity.
+ *
  * Taking the complement (inverting) an inversion list is quite simple, if the
  * first element is 0, remove it; otherwise add a 0 element at the beginning.
  * This implementation reserves an element at the beginning of each inversion
  * list to always contain 0; there is an additional flag in the header which
  * indicates if the list begins at the 0, or is offset to begin at the next
- * element.
+ * element.  This means that the inversion list can be inverted without any
+ * copying; just flip the flag.
  *
  * More about inversion lists can be found in "Unicode Demystified"
  * Chapter 13 by Richard Gillam, published by Addison-Wesley.
- * More will be coming when functionality is added later.
  *
  * The inversion list data structure is currently implemented as an SV pointing
  * to an array of UVs that the SV thinks are bytes.  This allows us to have an
@@ -8359,6 +8486,8 @@ S_reg_scan_name(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, U32 flags)
 
 /* The header definitions are in F<invlist_inline.h> */
 
+#ifndef PERL_IN_XSUB_RE
+
 PERL_STATIC_INLINE UV*
 S__invlist_array_init(SV* const invlist, const bool will_have_0)
 {
@@ -8385,6 +8514,8 @@ S__invlist_array_init(SV* const invlist, const bool will_have_0)
     return zero_addr + *offset;
 }
 
+#endif
+
 PERL_STATIC_INLINE void
 S_invlist_set_len(pTHX_ SV* const invlist, const UV len, const bool offset)
 {
@@ -8407,9 +8538,9 @@ S_invlist_set_len(pTHX_ SV* const invlist, const UV len, const bool offset)
 STATIC void
 S_invlist_replace_list_destroys_src(pTHX_ SV * dest, SV * src)
 {
-    /* Replaces the inversion list in 'src' with the one in 'dest'.  It steals
-     * the list from 'src', so 'src' is made to have a NULL list.  This is
-     * similar to what SvSetMagicSV() would do, if it were implemented on
+    /* Replaces the inversion list in 'dest' with the one from 'src'.  It
+     * steals the list from 'src', so 'src' is made to have a NULL list.  This
+     * is similar to what SvSetMagicSV() would do, if it were implemented on
      * inversion lists, though this routine avoids a copy */
 
     const UV src_len          = _invlist_len(src);
@@ -8521,6 +8652,8 @@ S_invlist_is_iterating(SV* const invlist)
     return *(get_invlist_iter_addr(invlist)) < (STRLEN) UV_MAX;
 }
 
+#ifndef PERL_IN_XSUB_RE
+
 PERL_STATIC_INLINE UV
 S_invlist_max(SV* const invlist)
 {
@@ -8537,8 +8670,6 @@ S_invlist_max(SV* const invlist)
            ? FROM_INTERNAL_SIZE(SvCUR(invlist)) - 1
            : FROM_INTERNAL_SIZE(SvLEN(invlist)) - 1;
 }
-
-#ifndef PERL_IN_XSUB_RE
 SV*
 Perl__new_invlist(pTHX_ IV initial_size)
 {
@@ -8624,7 +8755,6 @@ Perl__new_invlist_C_array(pTHX_ const UV* const list)
 
     return invlist;
 }
-#endif /* ifndef PERL_IN_XSUB_RE */
 
 STATIC void
 S_invlist_extend(pTHX_ SV* const invlist, const UV new_max)
@@ -8668,18 +8798,18 @@ S__append_range_to_invlist(pTHX_ SV* const invlist,
 
        UV final_element = len - 1;
        array = invlist_array(invlist);
-       if (array[final_element] > start
+       if (   array[final_element] > start
            || ELEMENT_RANGE_MATCHES_INVLIST(final_element))
        {
-           Perl_croak(aTHX_ "panic: attempting to append to an inversion list, but wasn't at the end of the list, final=%"UVuf", start=%"UVuf", match=%c",
+           Perl_croak(aTHX_ "panic: attempting to append to an inversion list, but wasn't at the end of the list, final=%" UVuf ", start=%" UVuf ", match=%c",
                     array[final_element], start,
                     ELEMENT_RANGE_MATCHES_INVLIST(final_element) ? 't' : 'f');
        }
 
-       /* Here, it is a legal append.  If the new range begins with the first
-        * value not in the set, it is extending the set, so the new first
-        * value not in the set is one greater than the newly extended range.
-        * */
+        /* Here, it is a legal append.  If the new range begins 1 above the end
+         * of the range below it, it is extending the range below it, so the
+         * new first value not in the set is one greater than the newly
+         * extended range.  */
         offset = *get_invlist_offset_addr(invlist);
        if (array[final_element] == start) {
            if (end != UV_MAX) {
@@ -8687,7 +8817,8 @@ S__append_range_to_invlist(pTHX_ SV* const invlist,
            }
            else {
                /* But if the end is the maximum representable on the machine,
-                * just let the range that this would extend to have no end */
+                 * assume that infinity was actually what was meant.  Just let
+                 * the range that this would extend to have no end */
                invlist_set_len(invlist, len - 1, offset);
            }
            return;
@@ -8725,9 +8856,7 @@ S__append_range_to_invlist(pTHX_ SV* const invlist,
     }
 }
 
-#ifndef PERL_IN_XSUB_RE
-
-IV
+SSize_t
 Perl__invlist_search(SV* const invlist, const UV cp)
 {
     /* Searches the inversion list for the entry that contains the input code
@@ -8918,13 +9047,13 @@ void
 Perl__invlist_union_maybe_complement_2nd(pTHX_ SV* const a, SV* const b,
                                          const bool complement_b, SV** output)
 {
-    /* Take the union of two inversion lists and point <output> to it.  *output
-     * SHOULD BE DEFINED upon input, and if it points to one of the two lists,
-     * the reference count to that list will be decremented if not already a
-     * temporary (mortal); otherwise just its contents will be modified to be
-     * the union.  The first list, <a>, may be NULL, in which case a copy of
-     * the second list is returned.  If <complement_b> is TRUE, the union is
-     * taken of the complement (inversion) of <b> instead of b itself.
+    /* Take the union of two inversion lists and point '*output' to it.  On
+     * input, '*output' MUST POINT TO NULL OR TO AN SV* INVERSION LIST (possibly
+     * even 'a' or 'b').  If to an inversion list, the contents of the original
+     * list will be replaced by the union.  The first list, 'a', may be
+     * NULL, in which case a copy of the second list is placed in '*output'.
+     * If 'complement_b' is TRUE, the union is taken of the complement
+     * (inversion) of 'b' instead of b itself.
      *
      * The basis for this comes from "Unicode Demystified" Chapter 13 by
      * Richard Gillam, published by Addison-Wesley, and explained at some
@@ -8946,116 +9075,96 @@ Perl__invlist_union_maybe_complement_2nd(pTHX_ SV* const a, SV* const b,
     UV i_b = 0;
     UV i_u = 0;
 
-    bool has_something_from_a = FALSE;
-    bool has_something_from_b = FALSE;
-
-
     /* running count, as explained in the algorithm source book; items are
      * stopped accumulating and are output when the count changes to/from 0.
-     * The count is incremented when we start a range that's in the set, and
-     * decremented when we start a range that's not in the set.  So its range
-     * is 0 to 2.  Only when the count is zero is something not in the set.
-     */
+     * The count is incremented when we start a range that's in an input's set,
+     * and decremented when we start a range that's not in a set.  So this
+     * variable can be 0, 1, or 2.  When it is 0 neither input is in their set,
+     * and hence nothing goes into the union; 1, just one of the inputs is in
+     * its set (and its current range gets added to the union); and 2 when both
+     * inputs are in their sets.  */
     UV count = 0;
 
     PERL_ARGS_ASSERT__INVLIST_UNION_MAYBE_COMPLEMENT_2ND;
     assert(a != b);
+    assert(*output == NULL || SvTYPE(*output) == SVt_INVLIST);
 
     len_b = _invlist_len(b);
     if (len_b == 0) {
 
-        /* Here, 'b' is empty.  If the output is the complement of 'b', the
-         * union is all possible code points, and we need not even look at 'a'.
-         * It's easiest to create a new inversion list that matches everything.
-         * */
+        /* Here, 'b' is empty, hence it's complement is all possible code
+         * points.  So if the union includes the complement of 'b', it includes
+         * everything, and we need not even look at 'a'.  It's easiest to
+         * create a new inversion list that matches everything.  */
         if (complement_b) {
-            SV* everything = _new_invlist(1);
-            _append_range_to_invlist(everything, 0, UV_MAX);
+            SV* everything = _add_range_to_invlist(NULL, 0, UV_MAX);
 
-            /* If the output didn't exist, just point it at the new list */
-            if (*output == NULL) {
+            if (*output == NULL) { /* If the output didn't exist, just point it
+                                      at the new list */
                 *output = everything;
-                return;
+            }
+            else { /* Otherwise, replace its contents with the new list */
+                invlist_replace_list_destroys_src(*output, everything);
+                SvREFCNT_dec_NN(everything);
             }
 
-            /* Otherwise, replace its contents with the new list */
-            invlist_replace_list_destroys_src(*output, everything);
-            SvREFCNT_dec_NN(everything);
             return;
         }
 
-        /* Here, we don't want the complement of 'b', and since it is empty,
+        /* Here, we don't want the complement of 'b', and since 'b' is empty,
          * the union will come entirely from 'a'.  If 'a' is NULL or empty, the
          * output will be empty */
 
-        if (a == NULL) {
-            *output = _new_invlist(0);
+        if (a == NULL || _invlist_len(a) == 0) {
+            if (*output == NULL) {
+                *output = _new_invlist(0);
+            }
+            else {
+                invlist_clear(*output);
+            }
             return;
         }
 
-        if (_invlist_len(a) == 0) {
-            invlist_clear(*output);
+        /* Here, 'a' is not empty, but 'b' is, so 'a' entirely determines the
+         * union.  We can just return a copy of 'a' if '*output' doesn't point
+         * to an existing list */
+        if (*output == NULL) {
+            *output = invlist_clone(a);
             return;
         }
 
-        /* Here, 'a' is not empty, and entirely determines the union.  If the
-         * output is not to overwrite 'b', we can just return 'a'. */
-        if (*output != b) {
-
-            /* If the output is to overwrite 'a', we have a no-op, as it's
-             * already in 'a' */
-            if (*output == a) {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            /* But otherwise we have to copy 'a' to the output */
-            *output = invlist_clone(a);
+        /* If the output is to overwrite 'a', we have a no-op, as it's
+         * already in 'a' */
+        if (*output == a) {
             return;
         }
 
-        /* Here, 'b' is to be overwritten by the output, which will be 'a' */
+        /* Here, '*output' is to be overwritten by 'a' */
         u = invlist_clone(a);
         invlist_replace_list_destroys_src(*output, u);
         SvREFCNT_dec_NN(u);
 
-       return;
+        return;
     }
 
+    /* Here 'b' is not empty.  See about 'a' */
+
     if (a == NULL || ((len_a = _invlist_len(a)) == 0)) {
 
         /* Here, 'a' is empty (and b is not).  That means the union will come
-         * entirely from 'b'.  If the output is not to overwrite 'a', we can
-         * just return what's in 'b'.  */
-        if (*output != a) {
-
-            /* If the output is to overwrite 'b', it's already in 'b', but
-             * otherwise we have to copy 'b' to the output */
-            if (*output != b) {
-                *output = invlist_clone(b);
-            }
-
-            /* And if the output is to be the inversion of 'b', do that */
-            if (complement_b) {
-                _invlist_invert(*output);
-            }
+         * entirely from 'b'.  If '*output' is NULL, we can directly return a
+         * clone of 'b'.  Otherwise, we replace the contents of '*output' with
+         * the clone */
 
-            return;
+        SV ** dest = (*output == NULL) ? output : &u;
+        *dest = invlist_clone(b);
+        if (complement_b) {
+            _invlist_invert(*dest);
         }
 
-        /* Here, 'a', which is empty or even NULL, is to be overwritten by the
-         * output, which will either be 'b' or the complement of 'b' */
-
-        if (a == NULL) {
-            *output = invlist_clone(b);
-        }
-        else {
-            u = invlist_clone(b);
+        if (dest == &u) {
             invlist_replace_list_destroys_src(*output, u);
             SvREFCNT_dec_NN(u);
-       }
-
-        if (complement_b) {
-            _invlist_invert(*output);
         }
 
        return;
@@ -9089,38 +9198,36 @@ Perl__invlist_union_maybe_complement_2nd(pTHX_ SV* const a, SV* const b,
     u = _new_invlist(len_a + len_b);
 
     /* Will contain U+0000 if either component does */
-    array_u = _invlist_array_init(u, (len_a > 0 && array_a[0] == 0)
-                                     || (len_b > 0 && array_b[0] == 0));
+    array_u = _invlist_array_init(u, (    len_a > 0 && array_a[0] == 0)
+                                      || (len_b > 0 && array_b[0] == 0));
 
-    /* Go through each list item by item, stopping when exhausted one of
-     * them */
+    /* Go through each input list item by item, stopping when have exhausted
+     * one of them */
     while (i_a < len_a && i_b < len_b) {
        UV cp;      /* The element to potentially add to the union's array */
        bool cp_in_set;   /* is it in the the input list's set or not */
 
        /* We need to take one or the other of the two inputs for the union.
         * Since we are merging two sorted lists, we take the smaller of the
-        * next items.  In case of a tie, we take the one that is in its set
-        * first.  If we took one not in the set first, it would decrement the
-        * count, possibly to 0 which would cause it to be output as ending the
-        * range, and the next time through we would take the same number, and
-        * output it again as beginning the next range.  By doing it the
-        * opposite way, there is no possibility that the count will be
-        * momentarily decremented to 0, and thus the two adjoining ranges will
-        * be seamlessly merged.  (In a tie and both are in the set or both not
-        * in the set, it doesn't matter which we take first.) */
-       if (array_a[i_a] < array_b[i_b]
-           || (array_a[i_a] == array_b[i_b]
+         * next items.  In case of a tie, we take first the one that is in its
+         * set.  If we first took the one not in its set, it would decrement
+         * the count, possibly to 0 which would cause it to be output as ending
+         * the range, and the next time through we would take the same number,
+         * and output it again as beginning the next range.  By doing it the
+         * opposite way, there is no possibility that the count will be
+         * momentarily decremented to 0, and thus the two adjoining ranges will
+         * be seamlessly merged.  (In a tie and both are in the set or both not
+         * in the set, it doesn't matter which we take first.) */
+       if (       array_a[i_a] < array_b[i_b]
+           || (   array_a[i_a] == array_b[i_b]
                && ELEMENT_RANGE_MATCHES_INVLIST(i_a)))
        {
            cp_in_set = ELEMENT_RANGE_MATCHES_INVLIST(i_a);
-           cp= array_a[i_a++];
-            has_something_from_a = TRUE;
+           cp = array_a[i_a++];
        }
        else {
            cp_in_set = ELEMENT_RANGE_MATCHES_INVLIST(i_b);
            cp = array_b[i_b++];
-            has_something_from_b = TRUE;
        }
 
        /* Here, have chosen which of the two inputs to look at.  Only output
@@ -9140,83 +9247,53 @@ Perl__invlist_union_maybe_complement_2nd(pTHX_ SV* const a, SV* const b,
        }
     }
 
-    /* Here, we are finished going through at least one of the lists, which
-     * means there is something remaining in at most one.  We check if the list
-     * that hasn't been exhausted is positioned such that we are in the middle
-     * of a range in its set or not.  (i_a and i_b point to the element beyond
-     * the one we care about.) If in the set, we decrement 'count'; if 0, there
-     * is potentially more to output.
-     * There are four cases:
-     * 1) Both weren't in their sets, count is 0, and remains 0.  What's left
-     *    in the union is entirely from the non-exhausted set.
-     * 2) Both were in their sets, count is 2.  Nothing further should
-     *    be output, as everything that remains will be in the exhausted
-     *    list's set, hence in the union; decrementing to 1 but not 0 insures
-     *    that
-     * 3) the exhausted was in its set, non-exhausted isn't, count is 1.
-     *    Nothing further should be output because the union includes
-     *    everything from the exhausted set.  Not decrementing ensures that.
-     * 4) the exhausted wasn't in its set, non-exhausted is, count is 1;
-     *    decrementing to 0 insures that we look at the remainder of the
-     *    non-exhausted set */
+
+    /* The loop above increments the index into exactly one of the input lists
+     * each iteration, and ends when either index gets to its list end.  That
+     * means the other index is lower than its end, and so something is
+     * remaining in that one.  We decrement 'count', as explained below, if
+     * that list is in its set.  (i_a and i_b each currently index the element
+     * beyond the one we care about.) */
     if (   (i_a != len_a && PREV_RANGE_MATCHES_INVLIST(i_a))
        || (i_b != len_b && PREV_RANGE_MATCHES_INVLIST(i_b)))
     {
        count--;
     }
 
-    /* The final length is what we've output so far, plus what else is about to
-     * be output.  (If 'count' is non-zero, then the input list we exhausted
-     * has everything remaining up to the machine's limit in its set, and hence
-     * in the union, so there will be no further output. */
+    /* Above we decremented 'count' if the list that had unexamined elements in
+     * it was in its set.  This has made it so that 'count' being non-zero
+     * means there isn't anything left to output; and 'count' equal to 0 means
+     * that what is left to output is precisely that which is left in the
+     * non-exhausted input list.
+     *
+     * To see why, note first that the exhausted input obviously has nothing
+     * left to add to the union.  If it was in its set at its end, that means
+     * the set extends from here to the platform's infinity, and hence so does
+     * the union and the non-exhausted set is irrelevant.  The exhausted set
+     * also contributed 1 to 'count'.  If 'count' was 2, it got decremented to
+     * 1, but if it was 1, the non-exhausted set wasn't in its set, and so
+     * 'count' remains at 1.  This is consistent with the decremented 'count'
+     * != 0 meaning there's nothing left to add to the union.
+     *
+     * But if the exhausted input wasn't in its set, it contributed 0 to
+     * 'count', and the rest of the union will be whatever the other input is.
+     * If 'count' was 0, neither list was in its set, and 'count' remains 0;
+     * otherwise it gets decremented to 0.  This is consistent with 'count'
+     * == 0 meaning the remainder of the union is whatever is left in the
+     * non-exhausted list. */
     if (count != 0) {
-
-        /* Here, there is nothing left to put in the union.  If the union came
-         * only from the input that it is to overwrite, this whole operation is
-         * a no-op */
-        if (   UNLIKELY(! has_something_from_b && *output == a)
-            || UNLIKELY(! has_something_from_a && *output == b))
-        {
-            SvREFCNT_dec_NN(u);
-            return;
-        }
-
         len_u = i_u;
     }
     else {
-        /* When 'count' is 0, the list that was exhausted (if one was shorter
-         * than the other) ended with everything above it not in its set.  That
-         * means that the remaining part of the union is precisely the same as
-         * the non-exhausted list, so can just copy it unchanged.  If only one
-         * of the inputs contributes to the union, and the output is to
-         * overwite that particular input, then this whole operation was a
-         * no-op. */
-
         IV copy_count = len_a - i_a;
-       if (copy_count > 0) {
-            if (UNLIKELY(! has_something_from_b && *output == a)) {
-                SvREFCNT_dec_NN(u);
-                return;
-            }
+        if (copy_count > 0) {   /* The non-exhausted input is 'a' */
            Copy(array_a + i_a, array_u + i_u, copy_count, UV);
-            len_u = i_u + copy_count;
         }
-        else if ((copy_count = len_b - i_b) > 0) {
-            if (UNLIKELY(! has_something_from_a && *output == b)) {
-                SvREFCNT_dec_NN(u);
-                return;
-            }
+        else { /* The non-exhausted input is b */
+            copy_count = len_b - i_b;
            Copy(array_b + i_b, array_u + i_u, copy_count, UV);
-            len_u = i_u + copy_count;
-        } else if (   UNLIKELY(! has_something_from_b && *output == a)
-                   || UNLIKELY(! has_something_from_a && *output == b))
-        {
-        /* Here, both arrays are exhausted, so no need to do any additional
-         * copying.  Also here, the union came only from the input that it is
-         * to overwrite, so this whole operation is a no-op */
-            SvREFCNT_dec_NN(u);
-            return;
         }
+        len_u = i_u + copy_count;
     }
 
     /* Set the result to the final length, which can change the pointer to
@@ -9228,30 +9305,17 @@ Perl__invlist_union_maybe_complement_2nd(pTHX_ SV* const a, SV* const b,
        array_u = invlist_array(u);
     }
 
-    /* If the output is not to overwrite either of the inputs, just return the
-     * calculated union */
-    if (a != *output && b != *output) {
+    if (*output == NULL) {  /* Simply return the new inversion list */
         *output = u;
     }
     else {
-        /*  Here, the output is to be the same as one of the input scalars,
-         *  hence replacing it.  The simple thing to do is to free the input
-         *  scalar, making it instead be the output one.  But experience has
-         *  shown [perl #127392] that if the input is a mortal, we can get a
-         *  huge build-up of these during regex compilation before they get
-         *  freed.  So for that case, replace just the input's interior with
-         *  the output's, and then free the output */
-
-        assert(! invlist_is_iterating(*output));
-
-        if (! SvTEMP(*output)) {
-            SvREFCNT_dec_NN(*output);
-            *output = u;
-        }
-        else {
-            invlist_replace_list_destroys_src(*output, u);
-            SvREFCNT_dec_NN(u);
-        }
+        /* Otherwise, overwrite the inversion list that was in '*output'.  We
+         * could instead free '*output', and then set it to 'u', but experience
+         * has shown [perl #127392] that if the input is a mortal, we can get a
+         * huge build-up of these during regex compilation before they get
+         * freed. */
+        invlist_replace_list_destroys_src(*output, u);
+        SvREFCNT_dec_NN(u);
     }
 
     return;
@@ -9261,14 +9325,13 @@ void
 Perl__invlist_intersection_maybe_complement_2nd(pTHX_ SV* const a, SV* const b,
                                                const bool complement_b, SV** i)
 {
-    /* Take the intersection of two inversion lists and point <i> to it.  *i
-     * SHOULD BE DEFINED upon input, and if it points to one of the two lists,
-     * the reference count to that list will be decremented if not already a
-     * temporary (mortal); otherwise just its contents will be modified to be
-     * the intersection.  The first list, <a>, may be NULL, in which case an
-     * empty list is returned.  If <complement_b> is TRUE, the result will be
-     * the intersection of <a> and the complement (or inversion) of <b> instead
-     * of <b> directly.
+    /* Take the intersection of two inversion lists and point '*i' to it.  On
+     * input, '*i' MUST POINT TO NULL OR TO AN SV* INVERSION LIST (possibly
+     * even 'a' or 'b').  If to an inversion list, the contents of the original
+     * list will be replaced by the intersection.  The first list, 'a', may be
+     * NULL, in which case '*i' will be an empty list.  If 'complement_b' is
+     * TRUE, the result will be the intersection of 'a' and the complement (or
+     * inversion) of 'b' instead of 'b' directly.
      *
      * The basis for this comes from "Unicode Demystified" Chapter 13 by
      * Richard Gillam, published by Addison-Wesley, and explained at some
@@ -9292,19 +9355,17 @@ Perl__invlist_intersection_maybe_complement_2nd(pTHX_ SV* const a, SV* const b,
     UV i_b = 0;
     UV i_r = 0;
 
-    /* running count, as explained in the algorithm source book; items are
-     * stopped accumulating and are output when the count changes to/from 2.
-     * The count is incremented when we start a range that's in the set, and
-     * decremented when we start a range that's not in the set.  So its range
-     * is 0 to 2.  Only when the count is 2 is something in the intersection.
-     */
+    /* running count of how many of the two inputs are postitioned at ranges
+     * that are in their sets.  As explained in the algorithm source book,
+     * items are stopped accumulating and are output when the count changes
+     * to/from 2.  The count is incremented when we start a range that's in an
+     * input's set, and decremented when we start a range that's not in a set.
+     * Only when it is 2 are we in the intersection. */
     UV count = 0;
 
-    bool has_something_from_a = FALSE;
-    bool has_something_from_b = FALSE;
-
     PERL_ARGS_ASSERT__INVLIST_INTERSECTION_MAYBE_COMPLEMENT_2ND;
     assert(a != b);
+    assert(*i == NULL || SvTYPE(*i) == SVt_INVLIST);
 
     /* Special case if either one is empty */
     len_a = (a == NULL) ? 0 : _invlist_len(a);
@@ -9320,13 +9381,11 @@ Perl__invlist_intersection_maybe_complement_2nd(pTHX_ SV* const a, SV* const b,
                 return;
             }
 
-            /* If not overwriting either input, just make a copy of 'a' */
-            if (*i != b) {
+            if (*i == NULL) {
                 *i = invlist_clone(a);
                 return;
             }
 
-            /* Here we are overwriting 'b' with 'a's contents */
             r = invlist_clone(a);
             invlist_replace_list_destroys_src(*i, r);
             SvREFCNT_dec_NN(r);
@@ -9372,10 +9431,10 @@ Perl__invlist_intersection_maybe_complement_2nd(pTHX_ SV* const a, SV* const b,
     r= _new_invlist(len_a + len_b);
 
     /* Will contain U+0000 iff both components do */
-    array_r = _invlist_array_init(r, len_a > 0 && array_a[0] == 0
-                                    && len_b > 0 && array_b[0] == 0);
+    array_r = _invlist_array_init(r,    len_a > 0 && array_a[0] == 0
+                                     && len_b > 0 && array_b[0] == 0);
 
-    /* Go through each list item by item, stopping when exhausted one of
+    /* Go through each list item by item, stopping when have exhausted one of
      * them */
     while (i_a < len_a && i_b < len_b) {
        UV cp;      /* The element to potentially add to the intersection's
@@ -9384,27 +9443,25 @@ Perl__invlist_intersection_maybe_complement_2nd(pTHX_ SV* const a, SV* const b,
 
        /* We need to take one or the other of the two inputs for the
         * intersection.  Since we are merging two sorted lists, we take the
-        * smaller of the next items.  In case of a tie, we take the one that
-        * is not in its set first (a difference from the union algorithm).  If
-        * we took one in the set first, it would increment the count, possibly
-        * to 2 which would cause it to be output as starting a range in the
-        * intersection, and the next time through we would take that same
-        * number, and output it again as ending the set.  By doing it the
-        * opposite of this, there is no possibility that the count will be
-        * momentarily incremented to 2.  (In a tie and both are in the set or
-        * both not in the set, it doesn't matter which we take first.) */
-       if (array_a[i_a] < array_b[i_b]
-           || (array_a[i_a] == array_b[i_b]
+         * smaller of the next items.  In case of a tie, we take first the one
+         * that is not in its set (a difference from the union algorithm).  If
+         * we first took the one in its set, it would increment the count,
+         * possibly to 2 which would cause it to be output as starting a range
+         * in the intersection, and the next time through we would take that
+         * same number, and output it again as ending the set.  By doing the
+         * opposite of this, there is no possibility that the count will be
+         * momentarily incremented to 2.  (In a tie and both are in the set or
+         * both not in the set, it doesn't matter which we take first.) */
+       if (       array_a[i_a] < array_b[i_b]
+           || (   array_a[i_a] == array_b[i_b]
                && ! ELEMENT_RANGE_MATCHES_INVLIST(i_a)))
        {
            cp_in_set = ELEMENT_RANGE_MATCHES_INVLIST(i_a);
-           cp= array_a[i_a++];
-            has_something_from_a = TRUE;
+           cp = array_a[i_a++];
        }
        else {
            cp_in_set = ELEMENT_RANGE_MATCHES_INVLIST(i_b);
            cp= array_b[i_b++];
-            has_something_from_b = TRUE;
        }
 
        /* Here, have chosen which of the two inputs to look at.  Only output
@@ -9422,76 +9479,55 @@ Perl__invlist_intersection_maybe_complement_2nd(pTHX_ SV* const a, SV* const b,
            }
            count--;
        }
+
     }
 
-    /* Here, we are finished going through at least one of the lists, which
-     * means there is something remaining in at most one.  We check if the list
-     * that has been exhausted is positioned such that we are in the middle
-     * of a range in its set or not.  (i_a and i_b point to elements 1 beyond
-     * the ones we care about.)  There are four cases:
-     * 1) Both weren't in their sets, count is 0, and remains 0.  There's
-     *    nothing left in the intersection.
-     * 2) Both were in their sets, count is 2 and perhaps is incremented to
-     *    above 2.  What should be output is exactly that which is in the
-     *    non-exhausted set, as everything it has is also in the intersection
-     *    set, and everything it doesn't have can't be in the intersection
-     * 3) The exhausted was in its set, non-exhausted isn't, count is 1, and
-     *    gets incremented to 2.  Like the previous case, the intersection is
-     *    everything that remains in the non-exhausted set.
-     * 4) the exhausted wasn't in its set, non-exhausted is, count is 1, and
-     *    remains 1.  And the intersection has nothing more. */
+    /* The loop above increments the index into exactly one of the input lists
+     * each iteration, and ends when either index gets to its list end.  That
+     * means the other index is lower than its end, and so something is
+     * remaining in that one.  We increment 'count', as explained below, if the
+     * exhausted list was in its set.  (i_a and i_b each currently index the
+     * element beyond the one we care about.) */
     if (   (i_a == len_a && PREV_RANGE_MATCHES_INVLIST(i_a))
-       || (i_b == len_b && PREV_RANGE_MATCHES_INVLIST(i_b)))
+        || (i_b == len_b && PREV_RANGE_MATCHES_INVLIST(i_b)))
     {
        count++;
     }
 
-    if (count < 2) {
-
-        /* Here, there is nothing left to put in the intersection.  If the
-         * intersection came only from the input that it is to overwrite, this
-         * whole operation is a no-op */
-        if (   UNLIKELY(! has_something_from_b && *i == a)
-            || UNLIKELY(! has_something_from_a && *i == b))
-        {
-            SvREFCNT_dec_NN(r);
-            return;
-        }
-
+    /* Above we incremented 'count' if the exhausted list was in its set.  This
+     * has made it so that 'count' being below 2 means there is nothing left to
+     * output; otheriwse what's left to add to the intersection is precisely
+     * that which is left in the non-exhausted input list.
+     *
+     * To see why, note first that the exhausted input obviously has nothing
+     * left to affect the intersection.  If it was in its set at its end, that
+     * means the set extends from here to the platform's infinity, and hence
+     * anything in the non-exhausted's list will be in the intersection, and
+     * anything not in it won't be.  Hence, the rest of the intersection is
+     * precisely what's in the non-exhausted list  The exhausted set also
+     * contributed 1 to 'count', meaning 'count' was at least 1.  Incrementing
+     * it means 'count' is now at least 2.  This is consistent with the
+     * incremented 'count' being >= 2 means to add the non-exhausted list to
+     * the intersection.
+     *
+     * But if the exhausted input wasn't in its set, it contributed 0 to
+     * 'count', and the intersection can't include anything further; the
+     * non-exhausted set is irrelevant.  'count' was at most 1, and doesn't get
+     * incremented.  This is consistent with 'count' being < 2 meaning nothing
+     * further to add to the intersection. */
+    if (count < 2) { /* Nothing left to put in the intersection. */
         len_r = i_r;
     }
-    else {
-        /* When 'count' is 2 or more, the list that was exhausted, what remains
-         * in the intersection is precisely the same as the non-exhausted list,
-         * so can just copy it unchanged.  If only one of the inputs
-         * contributes to the intersection, and the output is to overwite that
-         * particular input, then this whole operation was a no-op. */
-
+    else { /* copy the non-exhausted list, unchanged. */
         IV copy_count = len_a - i_a;
-       if (copy_count > 0) {
-            if (UNLIKELY(! has_something_from_b && *i == a)) {
-                SvREFCNT_dec_NN(r);
-                return;
-            }
+        if (copy_count > 0) {   /* a is the one with stuff left */
            Copy(array_a + i_a, array_r + i_r, copy_count, UV);
-            len_r = i_r + copy_count;
         }
-        else if ((copy_count = len_b - i_b) > 0) {
-            if (UNLIKELY(! has_something_from_a && *i == b)) {
-                SvREFCNT_dec_NN(r);
-                return;
-            }
+        else {  /* b is the one with stuff left */
+            copy_count = len_b - i_b;
            Copy(array_b + i_b, array_r + i_r, copy_count, UV);
-            len_r = i_r + copy_count;
-        } else if (   UNLIKELY(! has_something_from_b && *i == a)
-                   || UNLIKELY(! has_something_from_a && *i == b))
-        {
-            /* Here, both arrays are exhausted, so no need to do any additional
-             * copying.  Also here, the intersection came only from the input
-             * that it is to overwrite, so this whole operation is a no-op */
-            SvREFCNT_dec_NN(r);
-            return;
         }
+        len_r = i_r + copy_count;
     }
 
     /* Set the result to the final length, which can change the pointer to
@@ -9503,86 +9539,282 @@ Perl__invlist_intersection_maybe_complement_2nd(pTHX_ SV* const a, SV* const b,
        array_r = invlist_array(r);
     }
 
-    /* If the output is not to overwrite either of the inputs, just return the
-     * calculated intersection */
-    if (a != *i && b != *i) {
+    if (*i == NULL) { /* Simply return the calculated intersection */
         *i = r;
     }
-    else {
-        /*  Here, the output is to be the same as one of the input scalars,
-         *  hence replacing it.  The simple thing to do is to free the input
-         *  scalar, making it instead be the output one.  But experience has
-         *  shown [perl #127392] that if the input is a mortal, we can get a
-         *  huge build-up of these during regex compilation before they get
-         *  freed.  So for that case, replace just the input's interior with
-         *  the output's, and then free the output.  A short-cut in this case
-         *  is if the output is empty, we can just set the input to be empty */
-
-        assert(! invlist_is_iterating(*i));
-
-        if (! SvTEMP(*i)) {
-            SvREFCNT_dec_NN(*i);
-            *i = r;
+    else { /* Otherwise, replace the existing inversion list in '*i'.  We could
+              instead free '*i', and then set it to 'r', but experience has
+              shown [perl #127392] that if the input is a mortal, we can get a
+              huge build-up of these during regex compilation before they get
+              freed. */
+        if (len_r) {
+            invlist_replace_list_destroys_src(*i, r);
         }
         else {
-            if (len_r) {
-                invlist_replace_list_destroys_src(*i, r);
-            }
-            else {
-                invlist_clear(*i);
-            }
-            SvREFCNT_dec_NN(r);
+            invlist_clear(*i);
         }
+        SvREFCNT_dec_NN(r);
     }
 
     return;
 }
 
 SV*
-Perl__add_range_to_invlist(pTHX_ SV* invlist, const UV start, const UV end)
+Perl__add_range_to_invlist(pTHX_ SV* invlist, UV start, UV end)
 {
     /* Add the range from 'start' to 'end' inclusive to the inversion list's
      * set.  A pointer to the inversion list is returned.  This may actually be
      * a new list, in which case the passed in one has been destroyed.  The
      * passed-in inversion list can be NULL, in which case a new one is created
-     * with just the one range in it */
-
-    SV* range_invlist;
-    UV len;
-
+     * with just the one range in it.  The new list is not necessarily
+     * NUL-terminated.  Space is not freed if the inversion list shrinks as a
+     * result of this function.  The gain would not be large, and in many
+     * cases, this is called multiple times on a single inversion list, so
+     * anything freed may almost immediately be needed again.
+     *
+     * This used to mostly call the 'union' routine, but that is much more
+     * heavyweight than really needed for a single range addition */
+
+    UV* array;              /* The array implementing the inversion list */
+    UV len;                 /* How many elements in 'array' */
+    SSize_t i_s;            /* index into the invlist array where 'start'
+                               should go */
+    SSize_t i_e = 0;        /* And the index where 'end' should go */
+    UV cur_highest;         /* The highest code point in the inversion list
+                               upon entry to this function */
+
+    /* This range becomes the whole inversion list if none already existed */
     if (invlist == NULL) {
        invlist = _new_invlist(2);
-       len = 0;
+        _append_range_to_invlist(invlist, start, end);
+        return invlist;
     }
-    else {
-       len = _invlist_len(invlist);
+
+    /* Likewise, if the inversion list is currently empty */
+    len = _invlist_len(invlist);
+    if (len == 0) {
+        _append_range_to_invlist(invlist, start, end);
+        return invlist;
     }
 
-    /* If comes after the final entry actually in the list, can just append it
-     * to the end, */
-    if (len == 0
-       || (! ELEMENT_RANGE_MATCHES_INVLIST(len - 1)
-            && start >= invlist_array(invlist)[len - 1]))
-    {
-       _append_range_to_invlist(invlist, start, end);
-       return invlist;
+    /* Starting here, we have to know the internals of the list */
+    array = invlist_array(invlist);
+
+    /* If the new range ends higher than the current highest ... */
+    cur_highest = invlist_highest(invlist);
+    if (end > cur_highest) {
+
+        /* If the whole range is higher, we can just append it */
+        if (start > cur_highest) {
+            _append_range_to_invlist(invlist, start, end);
+            return invlist;
+        }
+
+        /* Otherwise, add the portion that is higher ... */
+        _append_range_to_invlist(invlist, cur_highest + 1, end);
+
+        /* ... and continue on below to handle the rest.  As a result of the
+         * above append, we know that the index of the end of the range is the
+         * final even numbered one of the array.  Recall that the final element
+         * always starts a range that extends to infinity.  If that range is in
+         * the set (meaning the set goes from here to infinity), it will be an
+         * even index, but if it isn't in the set, it's odd, and the final
+         * range in the set is one less, which is even. */
+        if (end == UV_MAX) {
+            i_e = len;
+        }
+        else {
+            i_e = len - 2;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* We have dealt with appending, now see about prepending.  If the new
+     * range starts lower than the current lowest ... */
+    if (start < array[0]) {
+
+        /* Adding something which has 0 in it is somewhat tricky, and uncommon.
+         * Let the union code handle it, rather than having to know the
+         * trickiness in two code places.  */
+        if (UNLIKELY(start == 0)) {
+            SV* range_invlist;
+
+            range_invlist = _new_invlist(2);
+            _append_range_to_invlist(range_invlist, start, end);
+
+            _invlist_union(invlist, range_invlist, &invlist);
+
+            SvREFCNT_dec_NN(range_invlist);
+
+            return invlist;
+        }
+
+        /* If the whole new range comes before the first entry, and doesn't
+         * extend it, we have to insert it as an additional range */
+        if (end < array[0] - 1) {
+            i_s = i_e = -1;
+            goto splice_in_new_range;
+        }
+
+        /* Here the new range adjoins the existing first range, extending it
+         * downwards. */
+        array[0] = start;
+
+        /* And continue on below to handle the rest.  We know that the index of
+         * the beginning of the range is the first one of the array */
+        i_s = 0;
+    }
+    else { /* Not prepending any part of the new range to the existing list.
+            * Find where in the list it should go.  This finds i_s, such that:
+            *     invlist[i_s] <= start < array[i_s+1]
+            */
+        i_s = _invlist_search(invlist, start);
+    }
+
+    /* At this point, any extending before the beginning of the inversion list
+     * and/or after the end has been done.  This has made it so that, in the
+     * code below, each endpoint of the new range is either in a range that is
+     * in the set, or is in a gap between two ranges that are.  This means we
+     * don't have to worry about exceeding the array bounds.
+     *
+     * Find where in the list the new range ends (but we can skip this if we
+     * have already determined what it is, or if it will be the same as i_s,
+     * which we already have computed) */
+    if (i_e == 0) {
+        i_e = (start == end)
+              ? i_s
+              : _invlist_search(invlist, end);
+    }
+
+    /* Here generally invlist[i_e] <= end < array[i_e+1].  But if invlist[i_e]
+     * is a range that goes to infinity there is no element at invlist[i_e+1],
+     * so only the first relation holds. */
+
+    if ( ! ELEMENT_RANGE_MATCHES_INVLIST(i_s)) {
+
+        /* Here, the ranges on either side of the beginning of the new range
+         * are in the set, and this range starts in the gap between them.
+         *
+         * The new range extends the range above it downwards if the new range
+         * ends at or above that range's start */
+        const bool extends_the_range_above = (   end == UV_MAX
+                                              || end + 1 >= array[i_s+1]);
+
+        /* The new range extends the range below it upwards if it begins just
+         * after where that range ends */
+        if (start == array[i_s]) {
+
+            /* If the new range fills the entire gap between the other ranges,
+             * they will get merged together.  Other ranges may also get
+             * merged, depending on how many of them the new range spans.  In
+             * the general case, we do the merge later, just once, after we
+             * figure out how many to merge.  But in the case where the new
+             * range exactly spans just this one gap (possibly extending into
+             * the one above), we do the merge here, and an early exit.  This
+             * is done here to avoid having to special case later. */
+            if (i_e - i_s <= 1) {
+
+                /* If i_e - i_s == 1, it means that the new range terminates
+                 * within the range above, and hence 'extends_the_range_above'
+                 * must be true.  (If the range above it extends to infinity,
+                 * 'i_s+2' will be above the array's limit, but 'len-i_s-2'
+                 * will be 0, so no harm done.) */
+                if (extends_the_range_above) {
+                    Move(array + i_s + 2, array + i_s, len - i_s - 2, UV);
+                    invlist_set_len(invlist,
+                                    len - 2,
+                                    *(get_invlist_offset_addr(invlist)));
+                    return invlist;
+                }
+
+                /* Here, i_e must == i_s.  We keep them in sync, as they apply
+                 * to the same range, and below we are about to decrement i_s
+                 * */
+                i_e--;
+            }
+
+            /* Here, the new range is adjacent to the one below.  (It may also
+             * span beyond the range above, but that will get resolved later.)
+             * Extend the range below to include this one. */
+            array[i_s] = (end == UV_MAX) ? UV_MAX : end + 1;
+            i_s--;
+            start = array[i_s];
+        }
+        else if (extends_the_range_above) {
+
+            /* Here the new range only extends the range above it, but not the
+             * one below.  It merges with the one above.  Again, we keep i_e
+             * and i_s in sync if they point to the same range */
+            if (i_e == i_s) {
+                i_e++;
+            }
+            i_s++;
+            array[i_s] = start;
+        }
     }
 
-    /* Here, can't just append things, create and return a new inversion list
-     * which is the union of this range and the existing inversion list.  (If
-     * the new range is well-behaved wrt to the old one, we could just insert
-     * it, doing a Move() down on the tail of the old one (potentially growing
-     * it first).  But to determine that means we would have the extra
-     * (possibly throw-away) work of first finding where the new one goes and
-     * whether it disrupts (splits) an existing range, so it doesn't appear to
-     * me (khw) that it's worth it) */
-    range_invlist = _new_invlist(2);
-    _append_range_to_invlist(range_invlist, start, end);
+    /* Here, we've dealt with the new range start extending any adjoining
+     * existing ranges.
+     *
+     * If the new range extends to infinity, it is now the final one,
+     * regardless of what was there before */
+    if (UNLIKELY(end == UV_MAX)) {
+        invlist_set_len(invlist, i_s + 1, *(get_invlist_offset_addr(invlist)));
+        return invlist;
+    }
 
-    _invlist_union(invlist, range_invlist, &invlist);
+    /* If i_e started as == i_s, it has also been dealt with,
+     * and been updated to the new i_s, which will fail the following if */
+    if (! ELEMENT_RANGE_MATCHES_INVLIST(i_e)) {
 
-    /* The temporary can be freed */
-    SvREFCNT_dec_NN(range_invlist);
+        /* Here, the ranges on either side of the end of the new range are in
+         * the set, and this range ends in the gap between them.
+         *
+         * If this range is adjacent to (hence extends) the range above it, it
+         * becomes part of that range; likewise if it extends the range below,
+         * it becomes part of that range */
+        if (end + 1 == array[i_e+1]) {
+            i_e++;
+            array[i_e] = start;
+        }
+        else if (start <= array[i_e]) {
+            array[i_e] = end + 1;
+            i_e--;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (i_s == i_e) {
+
+        /* If the range fits entirely in an existing range (as possibly already
+         * extended above), it doesn't add anything new */
+        if (ELEMENT_RANGE_MATCHES_INVLIST(i_s)) {
+            return invlist;
+        }
+
+        /* Here, no part of the range is in the list.  Must add it.  It will
+         * occupy 2 more slots */
+      splice_in_new_range:
+
+        invlist_extend(invlist, len + 2);
+        array = invlist_array(invlist);
+        /* Move the rest of the array down two slots. Don't include any
+         * trailing NUL */
+        Move(array + i_e + 1, array + i_e + 3, len - i_e - 1, UV);
+
+        /* Do the actual splice */
+        array[i_e+1] = start;
+        array[i_e+2] = end + 1;
+        invlist_set_len(invlist, len + 2, *(get_invlist_offset_addr(invlist)));
+        return invlist;
+    }
+
+    /* Here the new range crossed the boundaries of a pre-existing range.  The
+     * code above has adjusted things so that both ends are in ranges that are
+     * in the set.  This means everything in between must also be in the set.
+     * Just squash things together */
+    Move(array + i_e + 1, array + i_s + 1, len - i_e - 1, UV);
+    invlist_set_len(invlist,
+                    len - i_e + i_s,
+                    *(get_invlist_offset_addr(invlist)));
 
     return invlist;
 }
@@ -9608,7 +9840,7 @@ Perl__setup_canned_invlist(pTHX_ const STRLEN size, const UV element0,
 
     PERL_ARGS_ASSERT__SETUP_CANNED_INVLIST;
 
-    _append_range_to_invlist(invlist, element0, element0);
+    invlist = add_cp_to_invlist(invlist, element0);
     offset = *get_invlist_offset_addr(invlist);
 
     invlist_set_len(invlist, size, offset);
@@ -9798,18 +10030,18 @@ S_invlist_contents(pTHX_ SV* const invlist, const bool traditional_style)
     invlist_iterinit(invlist);
     while (invlist_iternext(invlist, &start, &end)) {
        if (end == UV_MAX) {
-           Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ output, "%04"UVXf"%cINFINITY%c",
+           Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ output, "%04" UVXf "%cINFINITY%c",
                                           start, intra_range_delimiter,
                                                  inter_range_delimiter);
        }
        else if (end != start) {
-           Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ output, "%04"UVXf"%c%04"UVXf"%c",
+           Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ output, "%04" UVXf "%c%04" UVXf "%c",
                                          start,
                                                    intra_range_delimiter,
                                                   end, inter_range_delimiter);
        }
        else {
-           Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ output, "%04"UVXf"%c",
+           Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ output, "%04" UVXf "%c",
                                           start, inter_range_delimiter);
        }
     }
@@ -9856,16 +10088,16 @@ Perl__invlist_dump(pTHX_ PerlIO *file, I32 level,
     while (invlist_iternext(invlist, &start, &end)) {
        if (end == UV_MAX) {
            Perl_dump_indent(aTHX_ level, file,
-                                       "%s[%"UVuf"] 0x%04"UVXf" .. INFINITY\n",
+                                       "%s[%" UVuf "] 0x%04" UVXf " .. INFINITY\n",
                                    indent, (UV)count, start);
        }
        else if (end != start) {
            Perl_dump_indent(aTHX_ level, file,
-                                    "%s[%"UVuf"] 0x%04"UVXf" .. 0x%04"UVXf"\n",
+                                    "%s[%" UVuf "] 0x%04" UVXf " .. 0x%04" UVXf "\n",
                                indent, (UV)count, start,         end);
        }
        else {
-           Perl_dump_indent(aTHX_ level, file, "%s[%"UVuf"] 0x%04"UVXf"\n",
+           Perl_dump_indent(aTHX_ level, file, "%s[%" UVuf "] 0x%04" UVXf "\n",
                                             indent, (UV)count, start);
        }
         count += 2;
@@ -9881,9 +10113,10 @@ Perl__load_PL_utf8_foldclosures (pTHX)
      * to force that */
     if (! PL_utf8_tofold) {
         U8 dummy[UTF8_MAXBYTES_CASE+1];
+        const U8 hyphen[] = HYPHEN_UTF8;
 
         /* This string is just a short named one above \xff */
-        to_utf8_fold((U8*) HYPHEN_UTF8, dummy, NULL);
+        toFOLD_utf8_safe(hyphen, hyphen + sizeof(hyphen) - 1, dummy, NULL);
         assert(PL_utf8_tofold); /* Verify that worked */
     }
     PL_utf8_foldclosures = _swash_inversion_hash(PL_utf8_tofold);
@@ -9903,9 +10136,6 @@ Perl__invlistEQ(pTHX_ SV* const a, SV* const b, const bool complement_b)
     UV len_a = _invlist_len(a);
     UV len_b = _invlist_len(b);
 
-    UV i = 0;              /* current index into the arrays */
-    bool retval = TRUE;     /* Assume are identical until proven otherwise */
-
     PERL_ARGS_ASSERT__INVLISTEQ;
 
     /* If are to compare 'a' with the complement of b, set it
@@ -9935,20 +10165,9 @@ Perl__invlistEQ(pTHX_ SV* const a, SV* const b, const bool complement_b)
         }
     }
 
-    /* Make sure that the lengths are the same, as well as the final element
-     * before looping through the remainder.  (Thus we test the length, final,
-     * and first elements right off the bat) */
-    if (len_a != len_b || array_a[len_a-1] != array_b[len_a-1]) {
-        retval = FALSE;
-    }
-    else for (i = 0; i < len_a - 1; i++) {
-        if (array_a[i] != array_b[i]) {
-            retval = FALSE;
-            break;
-        }
-    }
+    return    len_a == len_b
+           && memEQ(array_a, array_b, len_a * sizeof(array_a[0]));
 
-    return retval;
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -10034,7 +10253,7 @@ S__make_exactf_invlist(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode *node)
                 }
                 else {
                     STRLEN len;
-                    to_utf8_fold(s, d, &len);
+                    toFOLD_utf8_safe(s, e, d, &len);
                     d += len;
                     s += UTF8SKIP(s);
                 }
@@ -10075,7 +10294,7 @@ S__make_exactf_invlist(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode *node)
             {
                 AV* list = (AV*) *listp;
                 IV k;
-                for (k = 0; k <= av_tindex_nomg(list); k++) {
+                for (k = 0; k <= av_tindex_skip_len_mg(list); k++) {
                     SV** c_p = av_fetch(list, k, FALSE);
                     UV c;
                     assert(c_p);
@@ -10284,26 +10503,28 @@ S_parse_lparen_question_flags(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state)
                 }
                 flagsp = &negflags;
                 wastedflags = 0;  /* reset so (?g-c) warns twice */
+                x_mod_count = 0;
                 break;
             case ':':
             case ')':
+
+                if ((posflags & (RXf_PMf_EXTENDED|RXf_PMf_EXTENDED_MORE)) == RXf_PMf_EXTENDED) {
+                    negflags |= RXf_PMf_EXTENDED_MORE;
+                }
                 RExC_flags |= posflags;
+
+                if (negflags & RXf_PMf_EXTENDED) {
+                    negflags |= RXf_PMf_EXTENDED_MORE;
+                }
                 RExC_flags &= ~negflags;
                 set_regex_charset(&RExC_flags, cs);
-                if (RExC_flags & RXf_PMf_FOLD) {
-                    RExC_contains_i = 1;
-                }
 
-                if (UNLIKELY((x_mod_count) > 1)) {
-                    vFAIL("Only one /x regex modifier is allowed");
-                }
                 return;
-                /*NOTREACHED*/
             default:
               fail_modifiers:
                 RExC_parse += SKIP_IF_CHAR(RExC_parse);
                /* diag_listed_as: Sequence (?%s...) not recognized in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/%s/ */
-                vFAIL2utf8f("Sequence (%"UTF8f"...) not recognized",
+                vFAIL2utf8f("Sequence (%" UTF8f "...) not recognized",
                       UTF8fARG(UTF, RExC_parse-seqstart, seqstart));
                 NOT_REACHED; /*NOTREACHED*/
         }
@@ -10515,7 +10736,7 @@ S_reg(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 paren, I32 *flagp,U32 depth)
            if ( ! op ) {
                RExC_parse += UTF ? UTF8SKIP(RExC_parse) : 1;
                 vFAIL2utf8f(
-                    "Unknown verb pattern '%"UTF8f"'",
+                    "Unknown verb pattern '%" UTF8f "'",
                     UTF8fARG(UTF, verb_len, start_verb));
            }
             if ( arg_required && !start_arg ) {
@@ -10680,7 +10901,10 @@ S_reg(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 paren, I32 *flagp,U32 depth)
                 RExC_seen |= REG_LOOKBEHIND_SEEN;
                RExC_in_lookbehind++;
                RExC_parse++;
-                assert(RExC_parse < RExC_end);
+                if (RExC_parse >= RExC_end) {
+                    vFAIL("Sequence (?... not terminated");
+                }
+
                 /* FALLTHROUGH */
            case '=':           /* (?=...) */
                RExC_seen_zerolen++;
@@ -10809,7 +11033,7 @@ S_reg(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 paren, I32 *flagp,U32 depth)
                    }
                    RExC_recurse_count++;
                     DEBUG_OPTIMISE_MORE_r(Perl_re_printf( aTHX_
-                        "%*s%*s Recurse #%"UVuf" to %"IVdf"\n",
+                        "%*s%*s Recurse #%" UVuf " to %" IVdf "\n",
                               22, "|    |", (int)(depth * 2 + 1), "",
                               (UV)ARG(ret), (IV)ARG2L(ret)));
                 }
@@ -10831,7 +11055,7 @@ S_reg(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 paren, I32 *flagp,U32 depth)
                     RExC_parse += SKIP_IF_CHAR(RExC_parse);
                     /* diag_listed_as: Sequence (?%s...) not recognized in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/%s/ */
                     vFAIL2utf8f(
-                        "Sequence (%"UTF8f"...) not recognized",
+                        "Sequence (%" UTF8f "...) not recognized",
                         UTF8fARG(UTF, RExC_parse-seqstart, seqstart));
                    NOT_REACHED; /*NOTREACHED*/
                }
@@ -10846,9 +11070,10 @@ S_reg(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 paren, I32 *flagp,U32 depth)
 
                RExC_seen_zerolen++;
 
-               if (   !pRExC_state->num_code_blocks
-                   || pRExC_state->code_index >= pRExC_state->num_code_blocks
-                   || pRExC_state->code_blocks[pRExC_state->code_index].start
+               if (   !pRExC_state->code_blocks
+                   || pRExC_state->code_index
+                                        >= pRExC_state->code_blocks->count
+                   || pRExC_state->code_blocks->cb[pRExC_state->code_index].start
                        != (STRLEN)((RExC_parse -3 - (is_logical ? 1 : 0))
                            - RExC_start)
                ) {
@@ -10857,7 +11082,7 @@ S_reg(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 paren, I32 *flagp,U32 depth)
                    FAIL("Eval-group not allowed at runtime, use re 'eval'");
                }
                /* this is a pre-compiled code block (?{...}) */
-               cb = &pRExC_state->code_blocks[pRExC_state->code_index];
+               cb = &pRExC_state->code_blocks->cb[pRExC_state->code_index];
                RExC_parse = RExC_start + cb->end;
                if (!SIZE_ONLY) {
                    OP *o = cb->block;
@@ -11033,7 +11258,7 @@ S_reg(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 paren, I32 *flagp,U32 depth)
                             *flagp = flags & (RESTART_PASS1|NEED_UTF8);
                             return NULL;
                         }
-                        FAIL2("panic: regbranch returned NULL, flags=%#"UVxf"",
+                        FAIL2("panic: regbranch returned NULL, flags=%#" UVxf,
                               (UV) flags);
                     } else
                         REGTAIL(pRExC_state, br, reganode(pRExC_state,
@@ -11054,7 +11279,7 @@ S_reg(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 paren, I32 *flagp,U32 depth)
                                 *flagp = flags & (RESTART_PASS1|NEED_UTF8);
                                 return NULL;
                             }
-                            FAIL2("panic: regbranch returned NULL, flags=%#"UVxf"",
+                            FAIL2("panic: regbranch returned NULL, flags=%#" UVxf,
                                   (UV) flags);
                         }
                         REGTAIL(pRExC_state, ret, lastbr);
@@ -11122,7 +11347,7 @@ S_reg(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 paren, I32 *flagp,U32 depth)
                 if (RExC_open_parens && !RExC_open_parens[parno])
                {
                     DEBUG_OPTIMISE_MORE_r(Perl_re_printf( aTHX_
-                        "%*s%*s Setting open paren #%"IVdf" to %d\n",
+                        "%*s%*s Setting open paren #%" IVdf " to %d\n",
                         22, "|    |", (int)(depth * 2 + 1), "",
                        (IV)parno, REG_NODE_NUM(ret)));
                     RExC_open_parens[parno]= ret;
@@ -11152,7 +11377,7 @@ S_reg(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 paren, I32 *flagp,U32 depth)
             *flagp = flags & (RESTART_PASS1|NEED_UTF8);
             return NULL;
         }
-        FAIL2("panic: regbranch returned NULL, flags=%#"UVxf"", (UV) flags);
+        FAIL2("panic: regbranch returned NULL, flags=%#" UVxf, (UV) flags);
     }
     if (*RExC_parse == '|') {
        if (!SIZE_ONLY && RExC_extralen) {
@@ -11199,7 +11424,7 @@ S_reg(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 paren, I32 *flagp,U32 depth)
                 *flagp = flags & (RESTART_PASS1|NEED_UTF8);
                 return NULL;
             }
-            FAIL2("panic: regbranch returned NULL, flags=%#"UVxf"", (UV) flags);
+            FAIL2("panic: regbranch returned NULL, flags=%#" UVxf, (UV) flags);
         }
         REGTAIL(pRExC_state, lastbr, br);               /* BRANCH -> BRANCH. */
        lastbr = br;
@@ -11216,7 +11441,7 @@ S_reg(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 paren, I32 *flagp,U32 depth)
            ender = reganode(pRExC_state, CLOSE, parno);
             if ( RExC_close_parens ) {
                 DEBUG_OPTIMISE_MORE_r(Perl_re_printf( aTHX_
-                        "%*s%*s Setting close paren #%"IVdf" to %d\n",
+                        "%*s%*s Setting close paren #%" IVdf " to %d\n",
                         22, "|    |", (int)(depth * 2 + 1), "", (IV)parno, REG_NODE_NUM(ender)));
                 RExC_close_parens[parno]= ender;
                if (RExC_nestroot == parno)
@@ -11253,7 +11478,7 @@ S_reg(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 paren, I32 *flagp,U32 depth)
             DEBUG_PARSE_MSG("lsbr");
             regprop(RExC_rx, RExC_mysv1, lastbr, NULL, pRExC_state);
             regprop(RExC_rx, RExC_mysv2, ender, NULL, pRExC_state);
-            Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "~ tying lastbr %s (%"IVdf") to ender %s (%"IVdf") offset %"IVdf"\n",
+            Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "~ tying lastbr %s (%" IVdf ") to ender %s (%" IVdf ") offset %" IVdf "\n",
                           SvPV_nolen_const(RExC_mysv1),
                           (IV)REG_NODE_NUM(lastbr),
                           SvPV_nolen_const(RExC_mysv2),
@@ -11292,7 +11517,7 @@ S_reg(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 paren, I32 *flagp,U32 depth)
                     DEBUG_PARSE_MSG("NADA");
                     regprop(RExC_rx, RExC_mysv1, ret, NULL, pRExC_state);
                     regprop(RExC_rx, RExC_mysv2, ender, NULL, pRExC_state);
-                    Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "~ converting ret %s (%"IVdf") to ender %s (%"IVdf") offset %"IVdf"\n",
+                    Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "~ converting ret %s (%" IVdf ") to ender %s (%" IVdf ") offset %" IVdf "\n",
                                   SvPV_nolen_const(RExC_mysv1),
                                   (IV)REG_NODE_NUM(ret),
                                   SvPV_nolen_const(RExC_mysv2),
@@ -11413,10 +11638,10 @@ S_regbranch(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, I32 first, U32 depth)
                 *flagp = flags & (RESTART_PASS1|NEED_UTF8);
                 return NULL;
             }
-            FAIL2("panic: regpiece returned NULL, flags=%#"UVxf"", (UV) flags);
+            FAIL2("panic: regpiece returned NULL, flags=%#" UVxf, (UV) flags);
        }
        else if (ret == NULL)
-           ret = latest;
+            ret = latest;
        *flagp |= flags&(HASWIDTH|POSTPONED);
        if (chain == NULL)      /* First piece. */
            *flagp |= flags&SPSTART;
@@ -11442,7 +11667,7 @@ S_regbranch(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, I32 first, U32 depth)
 }
 
 /*
- - regpiece - something followed by possible [*+?]
+ - regpiece - something followed by possible quantifier * + ? {n,m}
  *
  * Note that the branching code sequences used for ? and the general cases
  * of * and + are somewhat optimized:  they use the same NOTHING node as
@@ -11485,7 +11710,7 @@ S_regpiece(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth)
        if (flags & (TRYAGAIN|RESTART_PASS1|NEED_UTF8))
            *flagp |= flags & (TRYAGAIN|RESTART_PASS1|NEED_UTF8);
         else
-            FAIL2("panic: regatom returned NULL, flags=%#"UVxf"", (UV) flags);
+            FAIL2("panic: regatom returned NULL, flags=%#" UVxf, (UV) flags);
        return(NULL);
     }
 
@@ -11537,19 +11762,11 @@ S_regpiece(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth)
            nextchar(pRExC_state);
             if (max < min) {    /* If can't match, warn and optimize to fail
                                    unconditionally */
-                if (SIZE_ONLY) {
-
-                    /* We can't back off the size because we have to reserve
-                     * enough space for all the things we are about to throw
-                     * away, but we can shrink it by the amount we are about
-                     * to re-use here */
-                    RExC_size += PREVOPER(RExC_size) - regarglen[(U8)OPFAIL];
-                }
-                else {
+                reginsert(pRExC_state, OPFAIL, orig_emit, depth+1);
+                if (PASS2) {
                     ckWARNreg(RExC_parse, "Quantifier {n,m} with n > m can't match");
-                    RExC_emit = orig_emit;
+                    NEXT_OFF(orig_emit)= regarglen[OPFAIL] + NODE_STEP_REGNODE;
                 }
-                ret = reganode(pRExC_state, OPFAIL, 0);
                 return ret;
             }
             else if (min == max && *RExC_parse == '?')
@@ -11666,7 +11883,7 @@ S_regpiece(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth)
     if (!SIZE_ONLY && !(flags&(HASWIDTH|POSTPONED)) && max > REG_INFTY/3) {
        SAVEFREESV(RExC_rx_sv); /* in case of fatal warnings */
        ckWARN2reg(RExC_parse,
-                  "%"UTF8f" matches null string many times",
+                  "%" UTF8f " matches null string many times",
                   UTF8fARG(UTF, (RExC_parse >= origparse
                                  ? RExC_parse - origparse
                                  : 0),
@@ -11840,13 +12057,16 @@ S_grok_bslash_N(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state,
 
     RExC_parse++;      /* Skip past the '{' */
 
-    if (! (endbrace = strchr(RExC_parse, '}'))  /* no trailing brace */
-       || ! (endbrace == RExC_parse            /* nothing between the {} */
+    endbrace = strchr(RExC_parse, '}');
+    if (! endbrace) { /* no trailing brace */
+        vFAIL2("Missing right brace on \\%c{}", 'N');
+    }
+    else if(!(endbrace == RExC_parse           /* nothing between the {} */
               || (endbrace - RExC_parse >= 2   /* U+ (bad hex is checked... */
                   && strnEQ(RExC_parse, "U+", 2)))) /* ... below for a better
                                                        error msg) */
     {
-       if (endbrace) RExC_parse = endbrace;    /* position msg's '<--HERE' */
+       RExC_parse = endbrace;  /* position msg's '<--HERE' */
        vFAIL("\\N{NAME} must be resolved by the lexer");
     }
 
@@ -11992,7 +12212,6 @@ S_grok_bslash_N(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state,
         /* The values are Unicode, and therefore not subject to recoding, but
          * have to be converted to native on a non-Unicode (meaning non-ASCII)
          * platform. */
-       RExC_override_recoding = 1;
 #ifdef EBCDIC
         RExC_recode_x_to_native = 1;
 #endif
@@ -12003,7 +12222,7 @@ S_grok_bslash_N(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state,
                     *flagp = flags & (RESTART_PASS1|NEED_UTF8);
                     return FALSE;
                 }
-                FAIL2("panic: reg returned NULL to grok_bslash_N, flags=%#"UVxf"",
+                FAIL2("panic: reg returned NULL to grok_bslash_N, flags=%#" UVxf,
                     (UV) flags);
             }
             *flagp |= flags&(HASWIDTH|SPSTART|SIMPLE|POSTPONED);
@@ -12013,7 +12232,6 @@ S_grok_bslash_N(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state,
        RExC_start = RExC_adjusted_start = save_start;
        RExC_parse = endbrace;
        RExC_end = orig_end;
-       RExC_override_recoding = 0;
 #ifdef EBCDIC
         RExC_recode_x_to_native = 0;
 #endif
@@ -12026,39 +12244,6 @@ S_grok_bslash_N(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state,
 }
 
 
-/*
- * reg_recode
- *
- * It returns the code point in utf8 for the value in *encp.
- *    value: a code value in the source encoding
- *    encp:  a pointer to an Encode object
- *
- * If the result from Encode is not a single character,
- * it returns U+FFFD (Replacement character) and sets *encp to NULL.
- */
-STATIC UV
-S_reg_recode(pTHX_ const U8 value, SV **encp)
-{
-    STRLEN numlen = 1;
-    SV * const sv = newSVpvn_flags((const char *) &value, numlen, SVs_TEMP);
-    const char * const s = *encp ? sv_recode_to_utf8(sv, *encp) : SvPVX(sv);
-    const STRLEN newlen = SvCUR(sv);
-    UV uv = UNICODE_REPLACEMENT;
-
-    PERL_ARGS_ASSERT_REG_RECODE;
-
-    if (newlen)
-       uv = SvUTF8(sv)
-            ? utf8n_to_uvchr((U8*)s, newlen, &numlen, UTF8_ALLOW_DEFAULT)
-            : *(U8*)s;
-
-    if (!newlen || numlen != newlen) {
-       uv = UNICODE_REPLACEMENT;
-       *encp = NULL;
-    }
-    return uv;
-}
-
 PERL_STATIC_INLINE U8
 S_compute_EXACTish(RExC_state_t *pRExC_state)
 {
@@ -12254,6 +12439,52 @@ S_alloc_maybe_populate_EXACT(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state,
     }
 }
 
+STATIC bool
+S_new_regcurly(const char *s, const char *e)
+{
+    /* This is a temporary function designed to match the most lenient form of
+     * a {m,n} quantifier we ever envision, with either number omitted, and
+     * spaces anywhere between/before/after them.
+     *
+     * If this function fails, then the string it matches is very unlikely to
+     * ever be considered a valid quantifier, so we can allow the '{' that
+     * begins it to be considered as a literal */
+
+    bool has_min = FALSE;
+    bool has_max = FALSE;
+
+    PERL_ARGS_ASSERT_NEW_REGCURLY;
+
+    if (s >= e || *s++ != '{')
+       return FALSE;
+
+    while (s < e && isSPACE(*s)) {
+        s++;
+    }
+    while (s < e && isDIGIT(*s)) {
+        has_min = TRUE;
+        s++;
+    }
+    while (s < e && isSPACE(*s)) {
+        s++;
+    }
+
+    if (*s == ',') {
+       s++;
+        while (s < e && isSPACE(*s)) {
+            s++;
+        }
+        while (s < e && isDIGIT(*s)) {
+            has_max = TRUE;
+            s++;
+        }
+        while (s < e && isSPACE(*s)) {
+            s++;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return s < e && *s == '}' && (has_min || has_max);
+}
 
 /* Parse backref decimal value, unless it's too big to sensibly be a backref,
  * in which case return I32_MAX (rather than possibly 32-bit wrapping) */
@@ -12272,13 +12503,15 @@ S_backref_value(char *p)
 /*
  - regatom - the lowest level
 
-   Try to identify anything special at the start of the pattern. If there
-   is, then handle it as required. This may involve generating a single regop,
-   such as for an assertion; or it may involve recursing, such as to
-   handle a () structure.
+   Try to identify anything special at the start of the current parse position.
+   If there is, then handle it as required. This may involve generating a
+   single regop, such as for an assertion; or it may involve recursing, such as
+   to handle a () structure.
 
    If the string doesn't start with something special then we gobble up
-   as much literal text as we can.
+   as much literal text as we can.  If we encounter a quantifier, we have to
+   back off the final literal character, as that quantifier applies to just it
+   and not to the whole string of literals.
 
    Once we have been able to handle whatever type of thing started the
    sequence, we return.
@@ -12400,7 +12633,7 @@ S_regatom(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth)
         if (ret == NULL) {
             if (*flagp & (RESTART_PASS1|NEED_UTF8))
                 return NULL;
-            FAIL2("panic: regclass returned NULL to regatom, flags=%#"UVxf"",
+            FAIL2("panic: regclass returned NULL to regatom, flags=%#" UVxf,
                   (UV) *flagp);
         }
        if (*RExC_parse != ']') {
@@ -12427,7 +12660,7 @@ S_regatom(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth)
                     *flagp = flags & (RESTART_PASS1|NEED_UTF8);
                     return NULL;
                 }
-                FAIL2("panic: reg returned NULL to regatom, flags=%#"UVxf"",
+                FAIL2("panic: reg returned NULL to regatom, flags=%#" UVxf,
                                                                  (UV) flags);
        }
        *flagp |= flags&(HASWIDTH|SPSTART|SIMPLE|POSTPONED);
@@ -12590,7 +12823,7 @@ S_regatom(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth)
                       bad_bound_type:
                         RExC_parse = endbrace;
                        vFAIL2utf8f(
-                            "'%"UTF8f"' is an unknown bound type",
+                            "'%" UTF8f "' is an unknown bound type",
                            UTF8fARG(UTF, length, endbrace - length));
                         NOT_REACHED; /*NOTREACHED*/
                 }
@@ -12686,6 +12919,12 @@ S_regatom(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth)
             /* FALLTHROUGH */
 
           finish_meta_pat:
+            if (   UCHARAT(RExC_parse + 1) == '{'
+                && UNLIKELY(! new_regcurly(RExC_parse + 1, RExC_end)))
+            {
+                RExC_parse += 2;
+                vFAIL("Unescaped left brace in regex is illegal here");
+            }
            nextchar(pRExC_state);
             Set_Node_Length(ret, 2); /* MJD */
            break;
@@ -12708,7 +12947,7 @@ S_regatom(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth)
             /* regclass() can only return RESTART_PASS1 and NEED_UTF8 if
              * multi-char folds are allowed.  */
             if (!ret)
-                FAIL2("panic: regclass returned NULL to regatom, flags=%#"UVxf"",
+                FAIL2("panic: regclass returned NULL to regatom, flags=%#" UVxf,
                       (UV) *flagp);
 
             RExC_parse--;
@@ -12993,6 +13232,9 @@ S_regatom(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth)
                    || UTF8_IS_INVARIANT(UCHARAT(RExC_parse))
                    || UTF8_IS_START(UCHARAT(RExC_parse)));
 
+            /* Here, we have a literal character.  Find the maximal string of
+             * them in the input that we can fit into a single EXACTish node.
+             * We quit at the first non-literal or when the node gets full */
            for (p = RExC_parse;
                 len < upper_parse && p < RExC_end;
                 len++)
@@ -13123,9 +13365,6 @@ S_regatom(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth)
                                vFAIL(error_msg);
                            }
                             ender = result;
-                           if (IN_ENCODING && ender < 0x100) {
-                               goto recode_encoding;
-                           }
                            if (ender > 0xff) {
                                REQUIRE_UTF8(flagp);
                            }
@@ -13158,11 +13397,7 @@ S_regatom(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth)
                                 if (RExC_recode_x_to_native) {
                                     ender = LATIN1_TO_NATIVE(ender);
                                 }
-                                else
 #endif
-                                if (IN_ENCODING) {
-                                    goto recode_encoding;
-                                }
                            }
                             else {
                                REQUIRE_UTF8(flagp);
@@ -13222,17 +13457,6 @@ S_regatom(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth)
                                          form_short_octal_warning(p, numlen));
                             }
                        }
-                       if (IN_ENCODING && ender < 0x100)
-                           goto recode_encoding;
-                       break;
-                     recode_encoding:
-                       if (! RExC_override_recoding) {
-                           SV* enc = _get_encoding();
-                           ender = reg_recode((U8)ender, &enc);
-                           if (!enc && PASS2)
-                               ckWARNreg(p, "Invalid escape in the specified encoding");
-                           REQUIRE_UTF8(flagp);
-                       }
                        break;
                    case '\0':
                        if (p >= RExC_end)
@@ -13250,14 +13474,43 @@ S_regatom(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth)
                    } /* End of switch on '\' */
                    break;
                case '{':
-                   /* Currently we don't care if the lbrace is at the start
-                    * of a construct.  This catches it in the middle of a
-                    * literal string, or when it's the first thing after
-                    * something like "\b" */
-                   if (len || (p > RExC_start && isALPHA_A(*(p -1)))) {
-                        RExC_parse = p + 1;
-                       vFAIL("Unescaped left brace in regex is illegal");
+                    /* Currently we allow an lbrace at the start of a construct
+                     * without raising a warning.  This is because we think we
+                     * will never want such a brace to be meant to be other
+                     * than taken literally. */
+                   if (len || (p > RExC_start && isALPHA_A(*(p - 1)))) {
+
+                        /* But, we raise a fatal warning otherwise, as the
+                         * deprecation cycle has come and gone.  Except that it
+                         * turns out that some heavily-relied on upstream
+                         * software, notably GNU Autoconf, have failed to fix
+                         * their uses.  For these, don't make it fatal unless
+                         * we anticipate using the '{' for something else.
+                         * This happens after any alpha, and for a looser {m,n}
+                         * quantifier specification */
+                        if (      RExC_strict
+                            || (  p > parse_start + 1
+                                && isALPHA_A(*(p - 1))
+                                && *(p - 2) == '\\')
+                            || new_regcurly(p, RExC_end))
+                        {
+                            RExC_parse = p + 1;
+                            vFAIL("Unescaped left brace in regex is "
+                                  "illegal here");
+                        }
+                        if (PASS2) {
+                            ckWARNregdep(p + 1,
+                                        "Unescaped left brace in regex is "
+                                        "deprecated here (and will be fatal "
+                                        "in Perl 5.30), passed through");
+                        }
                    }
+                   goto normal_default;
+                case '}':
+                case ']':
+                    if (PASS2 && p > RExC_parse && RExC_strict) {
+                        ckWARN2reg(p + 1, "Unescaped literal '%c'", *p);
+                    }
                    /*FALLTHROUGH*/
                default:    /* A literal character */
                  normal_default:
@@ -13288,10 +13541,11 @@ S_regatom(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth)
                  * the node, close the node with just them, and set up to do
                  * this character again next time through, when it will be the
                  * only thing in its new node */
-                if ((next_is_quantifier = (   LIKELY(p < RExC_end)
-                                           && UNLIKELY(ISMULT2(p))))
-                    && LIKELY(len))
-               {
+
+                next_is_quantifier =    LIKELY(p < RExC_end)
+                                     && UNLIKELY(ISMULT2(p));
+
+                if (next_is_quantifier && LIKELY(len)) {
                     p = oldp;
                     goto loopdone;
                 }
@@ -13661,8 +13915,6 @@ S_regatom(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth)
            RExC_parse = p - 1;
             Set_Node_Cur_Length(ret, parse_start);
            RExC_parse = p;
-            skip_to_be_ignored_text(pRExC_state, &RExC_parse,
-                                    FALSE /* Don't force to /x */ );
            {
                /* len is STRLEN which is unsigned, need to copy to signed */
                IV iv = len;
@@ -13674,6 +13926,13 @@ S_regatom(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth)
        break;
     } /* End of giant switch on input character */
 
+    /* Position parse to next real character */
+    skip_to_be_ignored_text(pRExC_state, &RExC_parse,
+                                            FALSE /* Don't force to /x */ );
+    if (PASS2 && *RExC_parse == '{' && OP(ret) != SBOL && ! regcurly(RExC_parse)) {
+        ckWARNregdep(RExC_parse + 1, "Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated here (and will be fatal in Perl 5.30), passed through");
+    }
+
     return(ret);
 }
 
@@ -13764,14 +14023,25 @@ S_populate_ANYOF_from_invlist(pTHX_ regnode *node, SV** invlist_ptr)
  * routine. q.v. */
 #define ADD_POSIX_WARNING(p, text)  STMT_START {                            \
         if (posix_warnings) {                                               \
-            if (! warn_text) warn_text = (AV *) sv_2mortal((SV *) newAV()); \
-            av_push(warn_text, Perl_newSVpvf(aTHX_                          \
+            if (! RExC_warn_text ) RExC_warn_text = (AV *) sv_2mortal((SV *) newAV()); \
+            av_push(RExC_warn_text, Perl_newSVpvf(aTHX_                          \
                                              WARNING_PREFIX                 \
                                              text                           \
                                              REPORT_LOCATION,               \
                                              REPORT_LOCATION_ARGS(p)));     \
         }                                                                   \
     } STMT_END
+#define CLEAR_POSIX_WARNINGS()                                              \
+    STMT_START {                                                            \
+        if (posix_warnings && RExC_warn_text)                               \
+            av_clear(RExC_warn_text);                                       \
+    } STMT_END
+
+#define CLEAR_POSIX_WARNINGS_AND_RETURN(ret)                                \
+    STMT_START {                                                            \
+        CLEAR_POSIX_WARNINGS();                                             \
+        return ret;                                                         \
+    } STMT_END
 
 STATIC int
 S_handle_possible_posix(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state,
@@ -13844,7 +14114,7 @@ S_handle_possible_posix(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state,
      *
      * The syntax for a legal posix class is:
      *
-     * qr/(?xa: \[ : \^? [:lower:]{4,6} : \] )/
+     * qr/(?xa: \[ : \^? [[:lower:]]{4,6} : \] )/
      *
      * What this routine considers syntactically to be an intended posix class
      * is this (the comments indicate some restrictions that the pattern
@@ -13869,7 +14139,7 @@ S_handle_possible_posix(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state,
      *                                      # for it to be considered to be
      *                                      # an intended posix class.
      *          \h*
-     *          [:punct:]?                  # The closing class character,
+     *          [[:punct:]]?                # The closing class character,
      *                                      # possibly omitted.  If not a colon
      *                                      # nor semi colon, the class name
      *                                      # must be even closer to a valid
@@ -13896,7 +14166,6 @@ S_handle_possible_posix(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state,
     bool has_opening_colon    = FALSE;
     int class_number          = OOB_NAMEDCLASS; /* Out-of-bounds until find
                                                    valid class */
-    AV* warn_text             = NULL;   /* any warning messages */
     const char * possible_end = NULL;   /* used for a 2nd parse pass */
     const char* name_start;             /* ptr to class name first char */
 
@@ -13909,9 +14178,12 @@ S_handle_possible_posix(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state,
      * decide that no posix class was intended.  Should be at least
      * sizeof("alphanumeric") */
     UV input_text[15];
+    STATIC_ASSERT_DECL(C_ARRAY_LENGTH(input_text) >= sizeof "alphanumeric");
 
     PERL_ARGS_ASSERT_HANDLE_POSSIBLE_POSIX;
 
+    CLEAR_POSIX_WARNINGS();
+
     if (p >= e) {
         return NOT_MEANT_TO_BE_A_POSIX_CLASS;
     }
@@ -14002,7 +14274,7 @@ S_handle_possible_posix(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state,
                     *updated_parse_ptr = (char *) temp_ptr;
                 }
 
-                return OOB_NAMEDCLASS;
+                CLEAR_POSIX_WARNINGS_AND_RETURN(OOB_NAMEDCLASS);
             }
         }
 
@@ -14072,7 +14344,7 @@ S_handle_possible_posix(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state,
         /* We consider something like [^:^alnum:]] to not have been intended to
          * be a posix class, but XXX maybe we should */
         if (complement) {
-            return NOT_MEANT_TO_BE_A_POSIX_CLASS;
+            CLEAR_POSIX_WARNINGS_AND_RETURN(NOT_MEANT_TO_BE_A_POSIX_CLASS);
         }
 
         complement = 1;
@@ -14099,7 +14371,7 @@ S_handle_possible_posix(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state,
          * this leaves this construct looking like [:] or [:^], which almost
          * certainly weren't intended to be posix classes */
         if (has_opening_bracket) {
-            return NOT_MEANT_TO_BE_A_POSIX_CLASS;
+            CLEAR_POSIX_WARNINGS_AND_RETURN(NOT_MEANT_TO_BE_A_POSIX_CLASS);
         }
 
         /* But this function can be called when we parse the colon for
@@ -14116,7 +14388,7 @@ S_handle_possible_posix(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state,
             /* XXX We are currently very restrictive here, so this code doesn't
              * consider the possibility that, say, /[alpha.]]/ was intended to
              * be a posix class. */
-            return NOT_MEANT_TO_BE_A_POSIX_CLASS;
+            CLEAR_POSIX_WARNINGS_AND_RETURN(NOT_MEANT_TO_BE_A_POSIX_CLASS);
         }
 
         /* Here we have something like 'foo:]'.  There was no initial colon,
@@ -14286,7 +14558,7 @@ S_handle_possible_posix(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state,
             }
 
             /* Otherwise, it can't have meant to have been a class */
-            return NOT_MEANT_TO_BE_A_POSIX_CLASS;
+            CLEAR_POSIX_WARNINGS_AND_RETURN(NOT_MEANT_TO_BE_A_POSIX_CLASS);
         }
 
         /* If we ran off the end, and the final character was a punctuation
@@ -14336,7 +14608,7 @@ S_handle_possible_posix(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state,
          * class name.  (We can do this on the first pass, as any second pass
          * will yield an even shorter name) */
         if (name_len < 3) {
-            return NOT_MEANT_TO_BE_A_POSIX_CLASS;
+            CLEAR_POSIX_WARNINGS_AND_RETURN(NOT_MEANT_TO_BE_A_POSIX_CLASS);
         }
 
         /* Find which class it is.  Initially switch on the length of the name.
@@ -14495,7 +14767,7 @@ S_handle_possible_posix(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state,
             }
 
             /* Here neither pass found a close-enough class name */
-            return NOT_MEANT_TO_BE_A_POSIX_CLASS;
+            CLEAR_POSIX_WARNINGS_AND_RETURN(NOT_MEANT_TO_BE_A_POSIX_CLASS);
         }
 
     probably_meant_to_be:
@@ -14529,17 +14801,15 @@ S_handle_possible_posix(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state,
                 ADD_POSIX_WARNING(p, "there is no terminating ']'");
             }
 
-            if (warn_text) {
-                /* warn_text should only be true if posix_warnings is true */
-                assert(posix_warnings);
-                *posix_warnings = warn_text;
+            if (posix_warnings && RExC_warn_text && av_top_index(RExC_warn_text) > -1) {
+                *posix_warnings = RExC_warn_text;
             }
         }
         else if (class_number != OOB_NAMEDCLASS) {
             /* If it is a known class, return the class.  The class number
              * #defines are structured so each complement is +1 to the normal
              * one */
-            return class_number + complement;
+            CLEAR_POSIX_WARNINGS_AND_RETURN(class_number + complement);
         }
         else if (! check_only) {
 
@@ -14549,7 +14819,7 @@ S_handle_possible_posix(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state,
                                                    ? "^"
                                                    : "";
             RExC_parse = (char *) p;
-            vFAIL3utf8f("POSIX class [:%s%"UTF8f":] unknown",
+            vFAIL3utf8f("POSIX class [:%s%" UTF8f ":] unknown",
                         complement_string,
                         UTF8fARG(UTF, RExC_parse - name_start - 2, name_start));
         }
@@ -14692,7 +14962,7 @@ S_handle_regex_sets(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, SV** return_invlist,
                                   &posix_warnings
                                  ))
                         FAIL2("panic: regclass returned NULL to handle_sets, "
-                              "flags=%#"UVxf"", (UV) *flagp);
+                              "flags=%#" UVxf, (UV) *flagp);
 
                     /* function call leaves parse pointing to the ']', except
                      * if we faked it */
@@ -14728,7 +14998,7 @@ S_handle_regex_sets(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, SV** return_invlist,
       no_close:
         /* We output the messages even if warnings are off, because we'll fail
          * the very next thing, and these give a likely diagnosis for that */
-        if (posix_warnings && av_tindex_nomg(posix_warnings) >= 0) {
+        if (posix_warnings && av_tindex_skip_len_mg(posix_warnings) >= 0) {
             output_or_return_posix_warnings(pRExC_state, posix_warnings, NULL);
         }
 
@@ -14837,7 +15107,13 @@ S_handle_regex_sets(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, SV** return_invlist,
 
 redo_curchar:
 
-        top_index = av_tindex_nomg(stack);
+#ifdef ENABLE_REGEX_SETS_DEBUGGING
+                    /* Enable with -Accflags=-DENABLE_REGEX_SETS_DEBUGGING */
+        DEBUG_U(dump_regex_sets_structures(pRExC_state,
+                                           stack, fence, fence_stack));
+#endif
+
+        top_index = av_tindex_skip_len_mg(stack);
 
         switch (curchar) {
             SV** stacked_ptr;       /* Ptr to something already on 'stack' */
@@ -14938,8 +15214,8 @@ redo_curchar:
                 }
 
                 /* Stack the position of this undealt-with left paren */
-                fence = top_index + 1;
                 av_push(fence_stack, newSViv(fence));
+                fence = top_index + 1;
                 break;
 
             case '\\':
@@ -14955,7 +15231,7 @@ redo_curchar:
                               NULL))
                 {
                     FAIL2("panic: regclass returned NULL to handle_sets, "
-                          "flags=%#"UVxf"", (UV) *flagp);
+                          "flags=%#" UVxf, (UV) *flagp);
                 }
 
                 /* regclass() will return with parsing just the \ sequence,
@@ -14994,7 +15270,7 @@ redo_curchar:
                                 ))
                 {
                     FAIL2("panic: regclass returned NULL to handle_sets, "
-                          "flags=%#"UVxf"", (UV) *flagp);
+                          "flags=%#" UVxf, (UV) *flagp);
                 }
 
                 /* function call leaves parse pointing to the ']', except if we
@@ -15015,12 +15291,17 @@ redo_curchar:
                 goto done;
 
             case ')':
-                if (av_tindex_nomg(fence_stack) < 0) {
+                if (av_tindex_skip_len_mg(fence_stack) < 0) {
                     RExC_parse++;
                     vFAIL("Unexpected ')'");
                 }
 
-                 /* If at least two thing on the stack, treat this as an
+                /* If nothing after the fence, is missing an operand */
+                if (top_index - fence < 0) {
+                    RExC_parse++;
+                    goto bad_syntax;
+                }
+                /* If at least two things on the stack, treat this as an
                   * operator */
                 if (top_index - fence >= 1) {
                     goto join_operators;
@@ -15158,17 +15439,12 @@ redo_curchar:
                     {
                         SV* i = NULL;
                         SV* u = NULL;
-                        SV* element;
 
                         _invlist_union(lhs, rhs, &u);
                         _invlist_intersection(lhs, rhs, &i);
-                        /* _invlist_subtract will overwrite rhs
-                            without freeing what it already contains */
-                        element = rhs;
                         _invlist_subtract(u, i, &rhs);
                         SvREFCNT_dec_NN(i);
                         SvREFCNT_dec_NN(u);
-                        SvREFCNT_dec_NN(element);
                         break;
                     }
                 }
@@ -15211,7 +15487,7 @@ redo_curchar:
              * may have altered the stack in the time since we earlier set
              * 'top_index'.  */
 
-            top_index = av_tindex_nomg(stack);
+            top_index = av_tindex_skip_len_mg(stack);
             if (top_index - fence >= 0) {
                 /* If the top entry on the stack is an operator, it had better
                  * be a '!', otherwise the entry below the top operand should
@@ -15262,15 +15538,15 @@ redo_curchar:
     } /* End of loop parsing through the construct */
 
   done:
-    if (av_tindex_nomg(fence_stack) >= 0) {
+    if (av_tindex_skip_len_mg(fence_stack) >= 0) {
         vFAIL("Unmatched (");
     }
 
-    if (av_tindex_nomg(stack) < 0   /* Was empty */
+    if (av_tindex_skip_len_mg(stack) < 0   /* Was empty */
         || ((final = av_pop(stack)) == NULL)
         || ! IS_OPERAND(final)
         || SvTYPE(final) != SVt_INVLIST
-        || av_tindex_nomg(stack) >= 0)  /* More left on stack */
+        || av_tindex_skip_len_mg(stack) >= 0)  /* More left on stack */
     {
       bad_syntax:
         SvREFCNT_dec(final);
@@ -15290,10 +15566,10 @@ redo_curchar:
     result_string = newSVpvs("");
     while (invlist_iternext(final, &start, &end)) {
         if (start == end) {
-            Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ result_string, "\\x{%"UVXf"}", start);
+            Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ result_string, "\\x{%" UVXf "}", start);
         }
         else {
-            Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ result_string, "\\x{%"UVXf"}-\\x{%"UVXf"}",
+            Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ result_string, "\\x{%" UVXf "}-\\x{%" UVXf "}",
                                                      start,          end);
         }
     }
@@ -15323,7 +15599,7 @@ redo_curchar:
                     NULL
                 );
     if (!node)
-        FAIL2("panic: regclass returned NULL to handle_sets, flags=%#"UVxf,
+        FAIL2("panic: regclass returned NULL to handle_sets, flags=%#" UVxf,
                     PTR2UV(flagp));
 
     /* Fix up the node type if we are in locale.  (We have pretended we are
@@ -15365,6 +15641,61 @@ redo_curchar:
     Set_Node_Length(node, RExC_parse - oregcomp_parse + 1); /* MJD */
     return node;
 }
+
+#ifdef ENABLE_REGEX_SETS_DEBUGGING
+
+STATIC void
+S_dump_regex_sets_structures(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state,
+                             AV * stack, const IV fence, AV * fence_stack)
+{   /* Dumps the stacks in handle_regex_sets() */
+
+    const SSize_t stack_top = av_tindex_skip_len_mg(stack);
+    const SSize_t fence_stack_top = av_tindex_skip_len_mg(fence_stack);
+    SSize_t i;
+
+    PERL_ARGS_ASSERT_DUMP_REGEX_SETS_STRUCTURES;
+
+    PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, "\nParse position is:%s\n", RExC_parse);
+
+    if (stack_top < 0) {
+        PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, "Nothing on stack\n");
+    }
+    else {
+        PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, "Stack: (fence=%d)\n", (int) fence);
+        for (i = stack_top; i >= 0; i--) {
+            SV ** element_ptr = av_fetch(stack, i, FALSE);
+            if (! element_ptr) {
+            }
+
+            if (IS_OPERATOR(*element_ptr)) {
+                PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, "[%d]: %c\n",
+                                            (int) i, (int) SvIV(*element_ptr));
+            }
+            else {
+                PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, "[%d] ", (int) i);
+                sv_dump(*element_ptr);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (fence_stack_top < 0) {
+        PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, "Nothing on fence_stack\n");
+    }
+    else {
+        PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, "Fence_stack: \n");
+        for (i = fence_stack_top; i >= 0; i--) {
+            SV ** element_ptr = av_fetch(fence_stack, i, FALSE);
+            if (! element_ptr) {
+            }
+
+            PerlIO_printf(Perl_debug_log, "[%d]: %d\n",
+                                            (int) i, (int) SvIV(*element_ptr));
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#endif
+
 #undef IS_OPERATOR
 #undef IS_OPERAND
 
@@ -15625,8 +15956,10 @@ S_regclass(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth,
                                        character; used under /i */
     UV n;
     char * stop_ptr = RExC_end;    /* where to stop parsing */
-    const bool skip_white = cBOOL(ret_invlist); /* ignore unescaped white
-                                                   space? */
+
+    /* ignore unescaped whitespace? */
+    const bool skip_white = cBOOL(   ret_invlist
+                                  || (RExC_flags & RXf_PMf_EXTENDED_MORE));
 
     /* Unicode properties are stored in a swash; this holds the current one
      * being parsed.  If this swash is the only above-latin1 component of the
@@ -15771,7 +16104,7 @@ S_regclass(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth,
     while (1) {
 
         if (   posix_warnings
-            && av_tindex_nomg(posix_warnings) >= 0
+            && av_tindex_skip_len_mg(posix_warnings) >= 0
             && RExC_parse > not_posix_region_end)
         {
             /* Warnings about posix class issues are considered tentative until
@@ -15827,7 +16160,7 @@ S_regclass(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth,
                  * posix class, and it failed, it was a false alarm, as this
                  * successful one proves */
                 if (   posix_warnings
-                    && av_tindex_nomg(posix_warnings) >= 0
+                    && av_tindex_skip_len_mg(posix_warnings) >= 0
                     && not_posix_region_end >= RExC_parse
                     && not_posix_region_end <= posix_class_end)
                 {
@@ -16097,7 +16430,7 @@ S_regclass(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth,
                             RExC_parse = e + 1;
 
                             /* diag_listed_as: Can't find Unicode property definition "%s" */
-                            vFAIL3utf8f("%s \"%"UTF8f"\"",
+                            vFAIL3utf8f("%s \"%" UTF8f "\"",
                                 msg, UTF8fARG(UTF, n, name));
                         }
 
@@ -16116,7 +16449,7 @@ S_regclass(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth,
                                 SAVEFREEPV(name);
                             }
                         }
-                        Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ listsv, "%cutf8::%s%"UTF8f"%s\n",
+                        Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ listsv, "%cutf8::%s%" UTF8f "%s\n",
                                         (value == 'p' ? '+' : '!'),
                                         (FOLD) ? "__" : "",
                                         UTF8fARG(UTF, n, name),
@@ -16201,9 +16534,6 @@ S_regclass(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth,
                    }
                }
                 non_portable_endpoint++;
-               if (IN_ENCODING && value < 0x100) {
-                   goto recode_encoding;
-               }
                break;
            case 'x':
                RExC_parse--;   /* function expects to be pointed at the 'x' */
@@ -16221,8 +16551,6 @@ S_regclass(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth,
                    }
                }
                 non_portable_endpoint++;
-               if (IN_ENCODING && value < 0x100)
-                   goto recode_encoding;
                break;
            case 'c':
                value = grok_bslash_c(*RExC_parse++, PASS2);
@@ -16255,23 +16583,6 @@ S_regclass(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth,
                         }
                     }
                     non_portable_endpoint++;
-                   if (IN_ENCODING && value < 0x100)
-                       goto recode_encoding;
-                   break;
-               }
-             recode_encoding:
-               if (! RExC_override_recoding) {
-                   SV* enc = _get_encoding();
-                   value = reg_recode((U8)value, &enc);
-                   if (!enc) {
-                        if (strict) {
-                            vFAIL("Invalid escape in the specified encoding");
-                        }
-                        else if (PASS2) {
-                            ckWARNreg(RExC_parse,
-                                 "Invalid escape in the specified encoding");
-                        }
-                    }
                    break;
                }
            default:
@@ -16308,13 +16619,13 @@ S_regclass(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth,
                                   : 0;
                     if (strict) {
                         vFAIL2utf8f(
-                            "False [] range \"%"UTF8f"\"",
+                            "False [] range \"%" UTF8f "\"",
                             UTF8fARG(UTF, w, rangebegin));
                     }
                     else {
                         SAVEFREESV(RExC_rx_sv); /* in case of fatal warnings */
                         ckWARN2reg(RExC_parse,
-                            "False [] range \"%"UTF8f"\"",
+                            "False [] range \"%" UTF8f "\"",
                             UTF8fARG(UTF, w, rangebegin));
                         (void)ReREFCNT_inc(RExC_rx_sv);
                         cp_list = add_cp_to_invlist(cp_list, '-');
@@ -16412,9 +16723,9 @@ S_regclass(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth,
             else if (! SIZE_ONLY) {
 
                 /* Here, not in pass1 (in that pass we skip calculating the
-                 * contents of this class), and is /l, or is a POSIX class for
-                 * which /l doesn't matter (or is a Unicode property, which is
-                 * skipped here). */
+                 * contents of this class), and is not /l, or is a POSIX class
+                 * for which /l doesn't matter (or is a Unicode property, which
+                 * is skipped here). */
                 if (namedclass >= ANYOF_POSIXL_MAX) {  /* If a special class */
                     if (namedclass != ANYOF_UNIPROP) { /* UNIPROP = \p and \P */
 
@@ -16439,9 +16750,9 @@ S_regclass(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth,
                                 &cp_list);
                     }
                 }
-                else if (UNI_SEMANTICS
+                else if (  UNI_SEMANTICS
                         || classnum == _CC_ASCII
-                        || (DEPENDS_SEMANTICS && (classnum == _CC_DIGIT
+                        || (DEPENDS_SEMANTICS && (   classnum == _CC_DIGIT
                                                   || classnum == _CC_XDIGIT)))
                 {
                     /* We usually have to worry about /d and /a affecting what
@@ -16502,7 +16813,7 @@ S_regclass(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth,
 #endif
                 w = RExC_parse - rangebegin;
                 vFAIL2utf8f(
-                    "Invalid [] range \"%"UTF8f"\"",
+                    "Invalid [] range \"%" UTF8f "\"",
                     UTF8fARG(UTF, w, rangebegin));
                 NOT_REACHED; /* NOTREACHED */
            }
@@ -16607,7 +16918,7 @@ S_regclass(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth,
                                                       foldbuf + foldlen);
                         SV* multi_fold = sv_2mortal(newSVpvs(""));
 
-                        Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ multi_fold, "\\x{%"UVXf"}", value);
+                        Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ multi_fold, "\\x{%" UVXf "}", value);
 
                         multi_char_matches
                                         = add_multi_match(multi_char_matches,
@@ -16644,15 +16955,19 @@ S_regclass(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth,
                      * must be be all digits or all letters of the same case.
                      * Otherwise, the range is non-portable and unclear as to
                      * what it contains */
-                    if ((isPRINT_A(prevvalue) || isPRINT_A(value))
-                        && (non_portable_endpoint
-                            || ! ((isDIGIT_A(prevvalue) && isDIGIT_A(value))
-                                   || (isLOWER_A(prevvalue) && isLOWER_A(value))
-                                   || (isUPPER_A(prevvalue) && isUPPER_A(value)))))
-                    {
-                        vWARN(RExC_parse, "Ranges of ASCII printables should be some subset of \"0-9\", \"A-Z\", or \"a-z\"");
+                    if (             (isPRINT_A(prevvalue) || isPRINT_A(value))
+                        && (          non_portable_endpoint
+                            || ! (   (isDIGIT_A(prevvalue) && isDIGIT_A(value))
+                                  || (isLOWER_A(prevvalue) && isLOWER_A(value))
+                                  || (isUPPER_A(prevvalue) && isUPPER_A(value))
+                    ))) {
+                        vWARN(RExC_parse, "Ranges of ASCII printables should"
+                                          " be some subset of \"0-9\","
+                                          " \"A-Z\", or \"a-z\"");
                     }
                     else if (prevvalue >= 0x660) { /* ARABIC_INDIC_DIGIT_ZERO */
+                        SSize_t index_start;
+                        SSize_t index_final;
 
                         /* But the nature of Unicode and languages mean we
                          * can't do the same checks for above-ASCII ranges,
@@ -16660,40 +16975,68 @@ S_regclass(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth,
                          * contain only digits from the same group of 10.  The
                          * ASCII case is handled just above.  0x660 is the
                          * first digit character beyond ASCII.  Hence here, the
-                         * range could be a range of digits.  Find out.  */
-                        IV index_start = _invlist_search(PL_XPosix_ptrs[_CC_DIGIT],
-                                                         prevvalue);
-                        IV index_final = _invlist_search(PL_XPosix_ptrs[_CC_DIGIT],
-                                                         value);
-
-                        /* If the range start and final points are in the same
-                         * inversion list element, it means that either both
-                         * are not digits, or both are digits in a consecutive
-                         * sequence of digits.  (So far, Unicode has kept all
-                         * such sequences as distinct groups of 10, but assert
-                         * to make sure).  If the end points are not in the
-                         * same element, neither should be a digit. */
-                        if (index_start == index_final) {
-                            assert(! ELEMENT_RANGE_MATCHES_INVLIST(index_start)
-                            || (invlist_array(PL_XPosix_ptrs[_CC_DIGIT])[index_start+1]
-                               - invlist_array(PL_XPosix_ptrs[_CC_DIGIT])[index_start]
-                               == 10)
-                               /* But actually Unicode did have one group of 11
-                                * 'digits' in 5.2, so in case we are operating
-                                * on that version, let that pass */
-                            || (invlist_array(PL_XPosix_ptrs[_CC_DIGIT])[index_start+1]
-                               - invlist_array(PL_XPosix_ptrs[_CC_DIGIT])[index_start]
-                                == 11
-                               && invlist_array(PL_XPosix_ptrs[_CC_DIGIT])[index_start]
-                                == 0x19D0)
-                            );
+                         * range could be a range of digits.  First some
+                         * unlikely special cases.  Grandfather in that a range
+                         * ending in 19DA (NEW TAI LUE THAM DIGIT ONE) is bad
+                         * if its starting value is one of the 10 digits prior
+                         * to it.  This is because it is an alternate way of
+                         * writing 19D1, and some people may expect it to be in
+                         * that group.  But it is bad, because it won't give
+                         * the expected results.  In Unicode 5.2 it was
+                         * considered to be in that group (of 11, hence), but
+                         * this was fixed in the next version */
+
+                        if (UNLIKELY(value == 0x19DA && prevvalue >= 0x19D0)) {
+                            goto warn_bad_digit_range;
                         }
-                        else if ((index_start >= 0
-                                  && ELEMENT_RANGE_MATCHES_INVLIST(index_start))
-                                 || (index_final >= 0
-                                     && ELEMENT_RANGE_MATCHES_INVLIST(index_final)))
+                        else if (UNLIKELY(   prevvalue >= 0x1D7CE
+                                          &&     value <= 0x1D7FF))
                         {
-                            vWARN(RExC_parse, "Ranges of digits should be from the same group of 10");
+                            /* This is the only other case currently in Unicode
+                             * where the algorithm below fails.  The code
+                             * points just above are the end points of a single
+                             * range containing only decimal digits.  It is 5
+                             * different series of 0-9.  All other ranges of
+                             * digits currently in Unicode are just a single
+                             * series.  (And mktables will notify us if a later
+                             * Unicode version breaks this.)
+                             *
+                             * If the range being checked is at most 9 long,
+                             * and the digit values represented are in
+                             * numerical order, they are from the same series.
+                             * */
+                            if (         value - prevvalue > 9
+                                ||    (((    value - 0x1D7CE) % 10)
+                                     <= (prevvalue - 0x1D7CE) % 10))
+                            {
+                                goto warn_bad_digit_range;
+                            }
+                        }
+                        else {
+
+                            /* For all other ranges of digits in Unicode, the
+                             * algorithm is just to check if both end points
+                             * are in the same series, which is the same range.
+                             * */
+                            index_start = _invlist_search(
+                                                    PL_XPosix_ptrs[_CC_DIGIT],
+                                                    prevvalue);
+
+                            /* Warn if the range starts and ends with a digit,
+                             * and they are not in the same group of 10. */
+                            if (   index_start >= 0
+                                && ELEMENT_RANGE_MATCHES_INVLIST(index_start)
+                                && (index_final =
+                                    _invlist_search(PL_XPosix_ptrs[_CC_DIGIT],
+                                                    value)) != index_start
+                                && index_final >= 0
+                                && ELEMENT_RANGE_MATCHES_INVLIST(index_final))
+                            {
+                              warn_bad_digit_range:
+                                vWARN(RExC_parse, "Ranges of digits should be"
+                                                  " from the same group of"
+                                                  " 10");
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -16774,7 +17117,7 @@ S_regclass(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth,
     } /* End of loop through all the text within the brackets */
 
 
-    if (   posix_warnings && av_tindex_nomg(posix_warnings) >= 0) {
+    if (   posix_warnings && av_tindex_skip_len_mg(posix_warnings) >= 0) {
         output_or_return_posix_warnings(pRExC_state, posix_warnings,
                                         return_posix_warnings);
     }
@@ -16807,7 +17150,7 @@ S_regclass(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth,
 #endif
 
         /* Look at the longest folds first */
-        for (cp_count = av_tindex_nomg(multi_char_matches);
+        for (cp_count = av_tindex_skip_len_mg(multi_char_matches);
                         cp_count > 0;
                         cp_count--)
         {
@@ -16863,7 +17206,6 @@ S_regclass(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth,
         RExC_adjusted_start = RExC_start + prefix_end;
        RExC_end = RExC_parse + len;
         RExC_in_multi_char_class = 1;
-       RExC_override_recoding = 1;
         RExC_emit = (regnode *)orig_emit;
 
        ret = reg(pRExC_state, 1, &reg_flags, depth+1);
@@ -16876,7 +17218,6 @@ S_regclass(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth,
         RExC_precomp_adj = 0;
        RExC_end = save_end;
        RExC_in_multi_char_class = 0;
-       RExC_override_recoding = 0;
         SvREFCNT_dec_NN(multi_char_matches);
         return ret;
     }
@@ -17191,7 +17532,7 @@ S_regclass(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth,
                     {
                         AV* list = (AV*) *listp;
                         IV k;
-                        for (k = 0; k <= av_tindex_nomg(list); k++) {
+                        for (k = 0; k <= av_tindex_skip_len_mg(list); k++) {
                             SV** c_p = av_fetch(list, k, FALSE);
                             UV c;
                             assert(c_p);
@@ -17238,76 +17579,152 @@ S_regclass(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth,
        SvREFCNT_dec_NN(cp_foldable_list);
     }
 
-    /* And combine the result (if any) with any inversion list from posix
+    /* And combine the result (if any) with any inversion lists from posix
      * classes.  The lists are kept separate up to now because we don't want to
      * fold the classes (folding of those is automatically handled by the swash
      * fetching code) */
-    if (simple_posixes) {
-        _invlist_union(cp_list, simple_posixes, &cp_list);
-        SvREFCNT_dec_NN(simple_posixes);
+    if (simple_posixes) {   /* These are the classes known to be unaffected by
+                               /a, /aa, and /d */
+        if (cp_list) {
+            _invlist_union(cp_list, simple_posixes, &cp_list);
+            SvREFCNT_dec_NN(simple_posixes);
+        }
+        else {
+            cp_list = simple_posixes;
+        }
     }
     if (posixes || nposixes) {
-        if (posixes && AT_LEAST_ASCII_RESTRICTED) {
+
+        /* We have to adjust /a and /aa */
+        if (AT_LEAST_ASCII_RESTRICTED) {
+
             /* Under /a and /aa, nothing above ASCII matches these */
-            _invlist_intersection(posixes,
-                                  PL_XPosix_ptrs[_CC_ASCII],
-                                  &posixes);
-        }
-        if (nposixes) {
-            if (DEPENDS_SEMANTICS) {
-                /* Under /d, everything in the upper half of the Latin1 range
-                 * matches these complements */
-                ANYOF_FLAGS(ret) |= ANYOF_SHARED_d_MATCHES_ALL_NON_UTF8_NON_ASCII_non_d_WARN_SUPER;
+            if (posixes) {
+                _invlist_intersection(posixes,
+                                    PL_XPosix_ptrs[_CC_ASCII],
+                                    &posixes);
             }
-            else if (AT_LEAST_ASCII_RESTRICTED) {
-                /* Under /a and /aa, everything above ASCII matches these
-                 * complements */
+
+            /* Under /a and /aa, everything above ASCII matches these
+             * complements */
+            if (nposixes) {
                 _invlist_union_complement_2nd(nposixes,
                                               PL_XPosix_ptrs[_CC_ASCII],
                                               &nposixes);
             }
-            if (posixes) {
-                _invlist_union(posixes, nposixes, &posixes);
-                SvREFCNT_dec_NN(nposixes);
-            }
-            else {
-                posixes = nposixes;
-            }
         }
+
         if (! DEPENDS_SEMANTICS) {
-            if (cp_list) {
-                _invlist_union(cp_list, posixes, &cp_list);
-                SvREFCNT_dec_NN(posixes);
+
+            /* For everything but /d, we can just add the current 'posixes' and
+             * 'nposixes' to the main list */
+            if (posixes) {
+                if (cp_list) {
+                    _invlist_union(cp_list, posixes, &cp_list);
+                    SvREFCNT_dec_NN(posixes);
+                }
+                else {
+                    cp_list = posixes;
+                }
             }
-            else {
-                cp_list = posixes;
+            if (nposixes) {
+                if (cp_list) {
+                    _invlist_union(cp_list, nposixes, &cp_list);
+                    SvREFCNT_dec_NN(nposixes);
+                }
+                else {
+                    cp_list = nposixes;
+                }
             }
         }
         else {
-            /* Under /d, we put into a separate list the Latin1 things that
-             * match only when the target string is utf8 */
-            SV* nonascii_but_latin1_properties = NULL;
-            _invlist_intersection(posixes, PL_UpperLatin1,
-                                  &nonascii_but_latin1_properties);
-            _invlist_subtract(posixes, nonascii_but_latin1_properties,
-                              &posixes);
-            if (cp_list) {
-                _invlist_union(cp_list, posixes, &cp_list);
-                SvREFCNT_dec_NN(posixes);
+            /* Under /d, things like \w match upper Latin1 characters only if
+             * the target string is in UTF-8.  But things like \W match all the
+             * upper Latin1 characters if the target string is not in UTF-8.
+             *
+             * Handle the case where there something like \W separately */
+            if (nposixes) {
+                SV* only_non_utf8_list = invlist_clone(PL_UpperLatin1);
+
+                /* A complemented posix class matches all upper Latin1
+                 * characters if not in UTF-8.  And it matches just certain
+                 * ones when in UTF-8.  That means those certain ones are
+                 * matched regardless, so can just be added to the
+                 * unconditional list */
+                if (cp_list) {
+                    _invlist_union(cp_list, nposixes, &cp_list);
+                    SvREFCNT_dec_NN(nposixes);
+                    nposixes = NULL;
+                }
+                else {
+                    cp_list = nposixes;
+                }
+
+                /* Likewise for 'posixes' */
+                _invlist_union(posixes, cp_list, &cp_list);
+
+                /* Likewise for anything else in the range that matched only
+                 * under UTF-8 */
+                if (has_upper_latin1_only_utf8_matches) {
+                    _invlist_union(cp_list,
+                                   has_upper_latin1_only_utf8_matches,
+                                   &cp_list);
+                    SvREFCNT_dec_NN(has_upper_latin1_only_utf8_matches);
+                    has_upper_latin1_only_utf8_matches = NULL;
+                }
+
+                /* If we don't match all the upper Latin1 characters regardless
+                 * of UTF-8ness, we have to set a flag to match the rest when
+                 * not in UTF-8 */
+                _invlist_subtract(only_non_utf8_list, cp_list,
+                                  &only_non_utf8_list);
+                if (_invlist_len(only_non_utf8_list) != 0) {
+                    ANYOF_FLAGS(ret) |= ANYOF_SHARED_d_MATCHES_ALL_NON_UTF8_NON_ASCII_non_d_WARN_SUPER;
+                }
             }
             else {
-                cp_list = posixes;
-            }
-
-            if (has_upper_latin1_only_utf8_matches) {
+                /* Here there were no complemented posix classes.  That means
+                 * the upper Latin1 characters in 'posixes' match only when the
+                 * target string is in UTF-8.  So we have to add them to the
+                 * list of those types of code points, while adding the
+                 * remainder to the unconditional list.
+                 *
+                 * First calculate what they are */
+                SV* nonascii_but_latin1_properties = NULL;
+                _invlist_intersection(posixes, PL_UpperLatin1,
+                                      &nonascii_but_latin1_properties);
+
+                /* And add them to the final list of such characters. */
                 _invlist_union(has_upper_latin1_only_utf8_matches,
                                nonascii_but_latin1_properties,
                                &has_upper_latin1_only_utf8_matches);
-                SvREFCNT_dec_NN(nonascii_but_latin1_properties);
-            }
-            else {
-                has_upper_latin1_only_utf8_matches
-                                            = nonascii_but_latin1_properties;
+
+                /* Remove them from what now becomes the unconditional list */
+                _invlist_subtract(posixes, nonascii_but_latin1_properties,
+                                  &posixes);
+
+                /* And add those unconditional ones to the final list */
+                if (cp_list) {
+                    _invlist_union(cp_list, posixes, &cp_list);
+                    SvREFCNT_dec_NN(posixes);
+                    posixes = NULL;
+                }
+                else {
+                    cp_list = posixes;
+                }
+
+                SvREFCNT_dec(nonascii_but_latin1_properties);
+
+                /* Get rid of any characters that we now know are matched
+                 * unconditionally from the conditional list, which may make
+                 * that list empty */
+                _invlist_subtract(has_upper_latin1_only_utf8_matches,
+                                  cp_list,
+                                  &has_upper_latin1_only_utf8_matches);
+                if (_invlist_len(has_upper_latin1_only_utf8_matches) == 0) {
+                    SvREFCNT_dec_NN(has_upper_latin1_only_utf8_matches);
+                    has_upper_latin1_only_utf8_matches = NULL;
+                }
             }
         }
     }
@@ -17397,79 +17814,14 @@ S_regclass(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, I32 *flagp, U32 depth,
             invlist_iterfinish(cp_list);
         }
     }
-
-#define MATCHES_ALL_NON_UTF8_NON_ASCII(ret)                                 \
-    (   DEPENDS_SEMANTICS                                                   \
-     && (ANYOF_FLAGS(ret)                                                   \
-        & ANYOF_SHARED_d_MATCHES_ALL_NON_UTF8_NON_ASCII_non_d_WARN_SUPER))
-
-    /* See if we can simplify things under /d */
-    if (   has_upper_latin1_only_utf8_matches
-        || MATCHES_ALL_NON_UTF8_NON_ASCII(ret))
+    else if (   DEPENDS_SEMANTICS
+             && (    has_upper_latin1_only_utf8_matches
+                 || (ANYOF_FLAGS(ret) & ANYOF_SHARED_d_MATCHES_ALL_NON_UTF8_NON_ASCII_non_d_WARN_SUPER)))
     {
-        /* But not if we are inverting, as that screws it up */
-        if (! invert) {
-            if (has_upper_latin1_only_utf8_matches) {
-                if (MATCHES_ALL_NON_UTF8_NON_ASCII(ret)) {
-
-                    /* Here, we have both the flag and inversion list.  Any
-                     * character in 'has_upper_latin1_only_utf8_matches'
-                     * matches when UTF-8 is in effect, but it also matches
-                     * when UTF-8 is not in effect because of
-                     * MATCHES_ALL_NON_UTF8_NON_ASCII.  Therefore it matches
-                     * unconditionally, so can be added to the regular list,
-                     * and 'has_upper_latin1_only_utf8_matches' cleared */
-                    _invlist_union(cp_list,
-                                   has_upper_latin1_only_utf8_matches,
-                                   &cp_list);
-                    SvREFCNT_dec_NN(has_upper_latin1_only_utf8_matches);
-                    has_upper_latin1_only_utf8_matches = NULL;
-                }
-                else if (cp_list) {
-
-                    /* Here, 'cp_list' gives chars that always match, and
-                     * 'has_upper_latin1_only_utf8_matches' gives chars that
-                     * were specified to match only if the target string is in
-                     * UTF-8.  It may be that these overlap, so we can subtract
-                     * the unconditionally matching from the conditional ones,
-                     * to make the conditional list as small as possible,
-                     * perhaps even clearing it, in which case more
-                     * optimizations are possible later */
-                    _invlist_subtract(has_upper_latin1_only_utf8_matches,
-                                      cp_list,
-                                      &has_upper_latin1_only_utf8_matches);
-                    if (_invlist_len(has_upper_latin1_only_utf8_matches) == 0) {
-                        SvREFCNT_dec_NN(has_upper_latin1_only_utf8_matches);
-                        has_upper_latin1_only_utf8_matches = NULL;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-
-            /* Similarly, if the unconditional matches include every upper
-             * latin1 character, we can clear that flag to permit later
-             * optimizations */
-            if (cp_list && MATCHES_ALL_NON_UTF8_NON_ASCII(ret)) {
-                SV* only_non_utf8_list = invlist_clone(PL_UpperLatin1);
-                _invlist_subtract(only_non_utf8_list, cp_list,
-                                  &only_non_utf8_list);
-                if (_invlist_len(only_non_utf8_list) == 0) {
-                    ANYOF_FLAGS(ret) &= ~ANYOF_SHARED_d_MATCHES_ALL_NON_UTF8_NON_ASCII_non_d_WARN_SUPER;
-                }
-                SvREFCNT_dec_NN(only_non_utf8_list);
-                only_non_utf8_list = NULL;;
-            }
-        }
-
-        /* If we haven't gotten rid of all conditional matching, we change the
-         * regnode type to indicate that */
-        if (   has_upper_latin1_only_utf8_matches
-            || MATCHES_ALL_NON_UTF8_NON_ASCII(ret))
-        {
-            OP(ret) = ANYOFD;
-            optimizable = FALSE;
-        }
+        OP(ret) = ANYOFD;
+        optimizable = FALSE;
     }
-#undef MATCHES_ALL_NON_UTF8_NON_ASCII
+
 
     /* Optimize inverted simple patterns (e.g. [^a-z]) when everything is known
      * at compile time.  Besides not inverting folded locale now, we can't
@@ -17871,7 +18223,7 @@ Perl__get_regclass_nonbitmap_data(pTHX_ const regexp *prog,
 
            si = *ary;  /* ary[0] = the string to initialize the swash with */
 
-            if (av_tindex_nomg(av) >= 2) {
+            if (av_tindex_skip_len_mg(av) >= 2) {
                 if (only_utf8_locale_ptr
                     && ary[2]
                     && ary[2] != &PL_sv_undef)
@@ -17887,7 +18239,7 @@ Perl__get_regclass_nonbitmap_data(pTHX_ const regexp *prog,
                  * is any inversion list generated at compile time; [4]
                  * indicates if that inversion list has any user-defined
                  * properties in it. */
-                if (av_tindex_nomg(av) >= 3) {
+                if (av_tindex_skip_len_mg(av) >= 3) {
                     invlist = ary[3];
                     if (SvUV(ary[4])) {
                         swash_init_flags |= _CORE_SWASH_INIT_USER_DEFINED_PROPERTY;
@@ -18167,7 +18519,7 @@ S_nextchar(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state)
         RExC_parse += (UTF) ? UTF8SKIP(RExC_parse) : 1;
 
         skip_to_be_ignored_text(pRExC_state, &RExC_parse,
-                                FALSE /* Don't assume /x */ );
+                                FALSE /* Don't force /x */ );
     }
 }
 
@@ -18200,7 +18552,7 @@ S_regnode_guts(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, const U8 op, const STRLEN extra_
 #else
     if (RExC_offsets) {         /* MJD */
        MJD_OFFSET_DEBUG(
-              ("%s:%d: (op %s) %s %"UVuf" (len %"UVuf") (max %"UVuf").\n",
+              ("%s:%d: (op %s) %s %" UVuf " (len %" UVuf ") (max %" UVuf ").\n",
               name, __LINE__,
               PL_reg_name[op],
               (UV)(RExC_emit - RExC_emit_start) > RExC_offsets[0]
@@ -18277,9 +18629,17 @@ S_reg2Lanode(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, const U8 op, const U32 arg1, const
 - reginsert - insert an operator in front of already-emitted operand
 *
 * Means relocating the operand.
+*
+* IMPORTANT NOTE - it is the *callers* responsibility to correctly
+* set up NEXT_OFF() of the inserted node if needed. Something like this:
+*
+* reginsert(pRExC, OPFAIL, orig_emit, depth+1);
+* if (PASS2)
+*     NEXT_OFF(orig_emit) = regarglen[OPFAIL] + NODE_STEP_REGNODE;
+*
 */
 STATIC void
-S_reginsert(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, U8 op, regnode *opnd, U32 depth)
+S_reginsert(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, U8 op, regnode *operand, U32 depth)
 {
     regnode *src;
     regnode *dst;
@@ -18305,7 +18665,7 @@ S_reginsert(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, U8 op, regnode *opnd, U32 depth)
     dst = RExC_emit;
     if (RExC_open_parens) {
         int paren;
-        /*DEBUG_PARSE_FMT("inst"," - %"IVdf, (IV)RExC_npar);*/
+        /*DEBUG_PARSE_FMT("inst"," - %" IVdf, (IV)RExC_npar);*/
         /* remember that RExC_npar is rex->nparens + 1,
          * iow it is 1 more than the number of parens seen in
          * the pattern so far. */
@@ -18313,13 +18673,13 @@ S_reginsert(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, U8 op, regnode *opnd, U32 depth)
             /* note, RExC_open_parens[0] is the start of the
              * regex, it can't move. RExC_close_parens[0] is the end
              * of the regex, it *can* move. */
-            if ( paren && RExC_open_parens[paren] >= opnd ) {
+            if ( paren && RExC_open_parens[paren] >= operand ) {
                 /*DEBUG_PARSE_FMT("open"," - %d",size);*/
                 RExC_open_parens[paren] += size;
             } else {
                 /*DEBUG_PARSE_FMT("open"," - %s","ok");*/
             }
-            if ( RExC_close_parens[paren] >= opnd ) {
+            if ( RExC_close_parens[paren] >= operand ) {
                 /*DEBUG_PARSE_FMT("close"," - %d",size);*/
                 RExC_close_parens[paren] += size;
             } else {
@@ -18330,12 +18690,12 @@ S_reginsert(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, U8 op, regnode *opnd, U32 depth)
     if (RExC_end_op)
         RExC_end_op += size;
 
-    while (src > opnd) {
+    while (src > operand) {
        StructCopy(--src, --dst, regnode);
 #ifdef RE_TRACK_PATTERN_OFFSETS
         if (RExC_offsets) {     /* MJD 20010112 */
            MJD_OFFSET_DEBUG(
-                 ("%s(%d): (op %s) %s copy %"UVuf" -> %"UVuf" (max %"UVuf").\n",
+                 ("%s(%d): (op %s) %s copy %" UVuf " -> %" UVuf " (max %" UVuf ").\n",
                   "reg_insert",
                  __LINE__,
                  PL_reg_name[op],
@@ -18351,11 +18711,11 @@ S_reginsert(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, U8 op, regnode *opnd, U32 depth)
     }
 
 
-    place = opnd;              /* Op node, where operand used to be. */
+    place = operand;           /* Op node, where operand used to be. */
 #ifdef RE_TRACK_PATTERN_OFFSETS
     if (RExC_offsets) {         /* MJD */
        MJD_OFFSET_DEBUG(
-              ("%s(%d): (op %s) %s %"UVuf" <- %"UVuf" (max %"UVuf").\n",
+              ("%s(%d): (op %s) %s %" UVuf " <- %" UVuf " (max %" UVuf ").\n",
               "reginsert",
              __LINE__,
              PL_reg_name[op],
@@ -18504,7 +18864,7 @@ S_regtail_study(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode *p,
         DEBUG_PARSE_MSG("");
         regprop(RExC_rx, RExC_mysv, val, NULL, pRExC_state);
         Perl_re_printf( aTHX_
-                      "~ attach to %s (%"IVdf") offset to %"IVdf"\n",
+                      "~ attach to %s (%" IVdf ") offset to %" IVdf "\n",
                      SvPV_nolen_const(RExC_mysv),
                      (IV)REG_NODE_NUM(val),
                      (IV)(val - scan)
@@ -18603,6 +18963,7 @@ void
 Perl_regdump(pTHX_ const regexp *r)
 {
 #ifdef DEBUGGING
+    int i;
     SV * const sv = sv_newmortal();
     SV *dsv= sv_newmortal();
     RXi_GET_DECL(r,ri);
@@ -18613,41 +18974,40 @@ Perl_regdump(pTHX_ const regexp *r)
     (void)dumpuntil(r, ri->program, ri->program + 1, NULL, NULL, sv, 0, 0);
 
     /* Header fields of interest. */
-    if (r->anchored_substr) {
-       RE_PV_QUOTED_DECL(s, 0, dsv, SvPVX_const(r->anchored_substr),
-           RE_SV_DUMPLEN(r->anchored_substr), 30);
-        Perl_re_printf( aTHX_
-                     "anchored %s%s at %"IVdf" ",
-                     s, RE_SV_TAIL(r->anchored_substr),
-                     (IV)r->anchored_offset);
-    } else if (r->anchored_utf8) {
-       RE_PV_QUOTED_DECL(s, 1, dsv, SvPVX_const(r->anchored_utf8),
-           RE_SV_DUMPLEN(r->anchored_utf8), 30);
-        Perl_re_printf( aTHX_
-                     "anchored utf8 %s%s at %"IVdf" ",
-                     s, RE_SV_TAIL(r->anchored_utf8),
-                     (IV)r->anchored_offset);
-    }
-    if (r->float_substr) {
-       RE_PV_QUOTED_DECL(s, 0, dsv, SvPVX_const(r->float_substr),
-           RE_SV_DUMPLEN(r->float_substr), 30);
-        Perl_re_printf( aTHX_
-                     "floating %s%s at %"IVdf"..%"UVuf" ",
-                     s, RE_SV_TAIL(r->float_substr),
-                     (IV)r->float_min_offset, (UV)r->float_max_offset);
-    } else if (r->float_utf8) {
-       RE_PV_QUOTED_DECL(s, 1, dsv, SvPVX_const(r->float_utf8),
-           RE_SV_DUMPLEN(r->float_utf8), 30);
-        Perl_re_printf( aTHX_
-                     "floating utf8 %s%s at %"IVdf"..%"UVuf" ",
-                     s, RE_SV_TAIL(r->float_utf8),
-                     (IV)r->float_min_offset, (UV)r->float_max_offset);
+    for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+        if (r->substrs->data[i].substr) {
+            RE_PV_QUOTED_DECL(s, 0, dsv,
+                            SvPVX_const(r->substrs->data[i].substr),
+                            RE_SV_DUMPLEN(r->substrs->data[i].substr),
+                            30);
+            Perl_re_printf( aTHX_
+                          "%s %s%s at %" IVdf "..%" UVuf " ",
+                          i ? "floating" : "anchored",
+                          s,
+                          RE_SV_TAIL(r->substrs->data[i].substr),
+                          (IV)r->substrs->data[i].min_offset,
+                          (UV)r->substrs->data[i].max_offset);
+        }
+        else if (r->substrs->data[i].utf8_substr) {
+            RE_PV_QUOTED_DECL(s, 1, dsv,
+                            SvPVX_const(r->substrs->data[i].utf8_substr),
+                            RE_SV_DUMPLEN(r->substrs->data[i].utf8_substr),
+                            30);
+            Perl_re_printf( aTHX_
+                          "%s utf8 %s%s at %" IVdf "..%" UVuf " ",
+                          i ? "floating" : "anchored",
+                          s,
+                          RE_SV_TAIL(r->substrs->data[i].utf8_substr),
+                          (IV)r->substrs->data[i].min_offset,
+                          (UV)r->substrs->data[i].max_offset);
+        }
     }
+
     if (r->check_substr || r->check_utf8)
         Perl_re_printf( aTHX_
                      (const char *)
-                     (r->check_substr == r->float_substr
-                      && r->check_utf8 == r->float_utf8
+                     (   r->check_substr == r->substrs->data[1].substr
+                      && r->check_utf8   == r->substrs->data[1].utf8_substr
                       ? "(checking floating" : "(checking anchored"));
     if (r->intflags & PREGf_NOSCAN)
         Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  " noscan");
@@ -18671,12 +19031,12 @@ Perl_regdump(pTHX_ const regexp *r)
         Perl_re_printf( aTHX_ " ");
     }
     if (r->intflags & PREGf_GPOS_SEEN)
-        Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "GPOS:%"UVuf" ", (UV)r->gofs);
+        Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "GPOS:%" UVuf " ", (UV)r->gofs);
     if (r->intflags & PREGf_SKIP)
         Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "plus ");
     if (r->intflags & PREGf_IMPLICIT)
         Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "implicit ");
-    Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "minlen %"IVdf" ", (IV)r->minlen);
+    Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "minlen %" IVdf " ", (IV)r->minlen);
     if (r->extflags & RXf_EVAL_SEEN)
         Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "with eval ");
     Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "\n");
@@ -18752,7 +19112,7 @@ Perl_regprop(pTHX_ const regexp *prog, SV *sv, const regnode *o, const regmatch_
 
     PERL_ARGS_ASSERT_REGPROP;
 
-    sv_setpvn(sv, "", 0);
+    SvPVCLEAR(sv);
 
     if (OP(o) > REGNODE_MAX)           /* regnode.type is unsigned */
        /* It would be nice to FAIL() here, but this may be called from
@@ -18788,9 +19148,11 @@ Perl_regprop(pTHX_ const regexp *prog, SV *sv, const regnode *o, const regmatch_
            = (reg_trie_data*)progi->data->data[!IS_TRIE_AC(op) ? n : ac->trie];
 
         Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ sv, "-%s",PL_reg_name[o->flags]);
-        DEBUG_TRIE_COMPILE_r(
+        DEBUG_TRIE_COMPILE_r({
+          if (trie->jump)
+            sv_catpvs(sv, "(JUMP)");
           Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ sv,
-            "<S:%"UVuf"/%"IVdf" W:%"UVuf" L:%"UVuf"/%"UVuf" C:%"UVuf"/%"UVuf">",
+            "<S:%" UVuf "/%" IVdf " W:%" UVuf " L:%" UVuf "/%" UVuf " C:%" UVuf "/%" UVuf ">",
             (UV)trie->startstate,
             (IV)trie->statecount-1, /* -1 because of the unused 0 element */
             (UV)trie->wordcount,
@@ -18799,7 +19161,7 @@ Perl_regprop(pTHX_ const regexp *prog, SV *sv, const regnode *o, const regmatch_
             (UV)TRIE_CHARCOUNT(trie),
             (UV)trie->uniquecharcount
           );
-        );
+        });
         if ( IS_ANYOF_TRIE(op) || trie->bitmap ) {
             sv_catpvs(sv, "[");
             (void) put_charclass_bitmap_innards(sv,
@@ -18808,11 +19170,11 @@ Perl_regprop(pTHX_ const regexp *prog, SV *sv, const regnode *o, const regmatch_
                                                  : TRIE_BITMAP(trie)),
                                                 NULL,
                                                 NULL,
-                                                NULL
+                                                NULL,
+                                                FALSE
                                                );
             sv_catpvs(sv, "]");
         }
-
     } else if (k == CURLY) {
         U32 lo = ARG1(o), hi = ARG2(o);
        if (OP(o) == CURLYM || OP(o) == CURLYN || OP(o) == CURLYX)
@@ -18831,7 +19193,7 @@ Perl_regprop(pTHX_ const regexp *prog, SV *sv, const regnode *o, const regmatch_
     {
         AV *name_list= NULL;
         U32 parno= OP(o) == ACCEPT ? (U32)ARG2L(o) : ARG(o);
-        Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ sv, "%"UVuf, (UV)parno);        /* Parenth number */
+        Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ sv, "%" UVuf, (UV)parno);        /* Parenth number */
        if ( RXp_PAREN_NAMES(prog) ) {
             name_list= MUTABLE_AV(progi->data->data[progi->name_list_idx]);
         } else if ( pRExC_state ) {
@@ -18841,7 +19203,7 @@ Perl_regprop(pTHX_ const regexp *prog, SV *sv, const regnode *o, const regmatch_
             if ( k != REF || (OP(o) < NREF)) {
                 SV **name= av_fetch(name_list, parno, 0 );
                if (name)
-                   Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ sv, " '%"SVf"'", SVfARG(*name));
+                   Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ sv, " '%" SVf "'", SVfARG(*name));
             }
             else {
                 SV *sv_dat= MUTABLE_SV(progi->data->data[ parno ]);
@@ -18850,10 +19212,10 @@ Perl_regprop(pTHX_ const regexp *prog, SV *sv, const regnode *o, const regmatch_
                 I32 n;
                 if (name) {
                     for ( n=0; n<SvIVX(sv_dat); n++ ) {
-                        Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ sv, "%s%"IVdf,
+                        Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ sv, "%s%" IVdf,
                                    (n ? "," : ""), (IV)nums[n]);
                     }
-                    Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ sv, " '%"SVf"'", SVfARG(*name));
+                    Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ sv, " '%" SVf "'", SVfARG(*name));
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -18885,7 +19247,7 @@ Perl_regprop(pTHX_ const regexp *prog, SV *sv, const regnode *o, const regmatch_
         if (name_list) {
             SV **name= av_fetch(name_list, ARG(o), 0 );
             if (name)
-                Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ sv, " '%"SVf"'", SVfARG(*name));
+                Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ sv, " '%" SVf "'", SVfARG(*name));
         }
     }
     else if (k == LOGICAL)
@@ -18907,6 +19269,8 @@ Perl_regprop(pTHX_ const regexp *prog, SV *sv, const regnode *o, const regmatch_
         /* And things that aren't in the bitmap, but are small enough to be */
         SV* bitmap_range_not_in_bitmap = NULL;
 
+        const bool inverted = flags & ANYOF_INVERT;
+
        if (OP(o) == ANYOFL) {
             if (ANYOFL_UTF8_LOCALE_REQD(flags)) {
                 sv_catpvs(sv, "{utf8-locale-reqd}");
@@ -18951,21 +19315,37 @@ Perl_regprop(pTHX_ const regexp *prog, SV *sv, const regnode *o, const regmatch_
                                               ANYOF_BITMAP(o),
                                               bitmap_range_not_in_bitmap,
                                               only_utf8_locale_invlist,
-                                              o);
+                                              o,
+
+                                              /* Can't try inverting for a
+                                               * better display if there are
+                                               * things that haven't been
+                                               * resolved */
+                                              unresolved != NULL);
         SvREFCNT_dec(bitmap_range_not_in_bitmap);
 
         /* If there are user-defined properties which haven't been defined yet,
-         * output them, in a separate [] from the bitmap range stuff */
+         * output them.  If the result is not to be inverted, it is clearest to
+         * output them in a separate [] from the bitmap range stuff.  If the
+         * result is to be complemented, we have to show everything in one [],
+         * as the inversion applies to the whole thing.  Use {braces} to
+         * separate them from anything in the bitmap and anything above the
+         * bitmap. */
         if (unresolved) {
-            if (do_sep) {
-                Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ sv,"%s][%s",PL_colors[1],PL_colors[0]);
+            if (inverted) {
+                if (! do_sep) { /* If didn't output anything in the bitmap */
+                    sv_catpvs(sv, "^");
+                }
+                sv_catpvs(sv, "{");
             }
-            if (flags & ANYOF_INVERT) {
-                sv_catpvs(sv, "^");
+            else if (do_sep) {
+                Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ sv,"%s][%s",PL_colors[1],PL_colors[0]);
             }
             sv_catsv(sv, unresolved);
-            do_sep = TRUE;
-            SvREFCNT_dec_NN(unresolved);
+            if (inverted) {
+                sv_catpvs(sv, "}");
+            }
+            do_sep = ! inverted;
         }
 
         /* And, finally, add the above-the-bitmap stuff */
@@ -18982,9 +19362,11 @@ Perl_regprop(pTHX_ const regexp *prog, SV *sv, const regnode *o, const regmatch_
                 Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ sv,"%s][%s",PL_colors[1],PL_colors[0]);
             }
 
-            /* And, for easy of understanding, it is always output not-shown as
-             * complemented */
-            if (flags & ANYOF_INVERT) {
+            /* And, for easy of understanding, it is shown in the
+             * uncomplemented form if possible.  The one exception being if
+             * there are unresolved items, where the inversion has to be
+             * delayed until runtime */
+            if (inverted && ! unresolved) {
                 _invlist_invert(nonbitmap_invlist);
                 _invlist_subtract(nonbitmap_invlist, PL_InBitmap, &nonbitmap_invlist);
             }
@@ -19021,6 +19403,8 @@ Perl_regprop(pTHX_ const regexp *prog, SV *sv, const regnode *o, const regmatch_
 
         /* And finally the matching, closing ']' */
        Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ sv, "%s]", PL_colors[1]);
+
+        SvREFCNT_dec(unresolved);
     }
     else if (k == POSIXD || k == NPOSIXD) {
         U8 index = FLAGS(o) * 2;
@@ -19056,7 +19440,7 @@ Perl_regprop(pTHX_ const regexp *prog, SV *sv, const regnode *o, const regmatch_
 
     /* add on the verb argument if there is one */
     if ( ( k == VERB || OP(o) == ACCEPT || OP(o) == OPFAIL ) && o->flags) {
-        Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ sv, ":%"SVf,
+        Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ sv, ":%" SVf,
                        SVfARG((MUTABLE_SV(progi->data->data[ ARG( o ) ]))));
     }
 #else
@@ -19135,10 +19519,11 @@ Perl_pregfree2(pTHX_ REGEXP *rx)
        Safefree(r->xpv_len_u.xpvlenu_pv);
     }
     if (r->substrs) {
-        SvREFCNT_dec(r->anchored_substr);
-        SvREFCNT_dec(r->anchored_utf8);
-        SvREFCNT_dec(r->float_substr);
-        SvREFCNT_dec(r->float_utf8);
+        int i;
+        for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+            SvREFCNT_dec(r->substrs->data[i].substr);
+            SvREFCNT_dec(r->substrs->data[i].utf8_substr);
+        }
        Safefree(r->substrs);
     }
     RX_MATCH_COPY_FREE(rx);
@@ -19215,13 +19600,14 @@ Perl_reg_temp_copy (pTHX_ REGEXP *ret_x, REGEXP *rx)
         Copy(r->offs, ret->offs, npar, regexp_paren_pair);
     }
     if (r->substrs) {
+        int i;
         Newx(ret->substrs, 1, struct reg_substr_data);
        StructCopy(r->substrs, ret->substrs, struct reg_substr_data);
 
-       SvREFCNT_inc_void(ret->anchored_substr);
-       SvREFCNT_inc_void(ret->anchored_utf8);
-       SvREFCNT_inc_void(ret->float_substr);
-       SvREFCNT_inc_void(ret->float_utf8);
+        for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+            SvREFCNT_inc_void(ret->substrs->data[i].substr);
+            SvREFCNT_inc_void(ret->substrs->data[i].utf8_substr);
+        }
 
        /* check_substr and check_utf8, if non-NULL, point to either their
           anchored or float namesakes, and don't hold a second reference.  */
@@ -19275,12 +19661,8 @@ Perl_regfree_internal(pTHX_ REGEXP * const rx)
     if (ri->u.offsets)
         Safefree(ri->u.offsets);             /* 20010421 MJD */
 #endif
-    if (ri->code_blocks) {
-       int n;
-       for (n = 0; n < ri->num_code_blocks; n++)
-           SvREFCNT_dec(ri->code_blocks[n].src_regex);
-       Safefree(ri->code_blocks);
-    }
+    if (ri->code_blocks)
+        S_free_codeblocks(aTHX_ ri->code_blocks);
 
     if (ri->data) {
        int n = ri->data->count;
@@ -19404,36 +19786,41 @@ Perl_re_dup_guts(pTHX_ const REGEXP *sstr, REGEXP *dstr, CLONE_PARAMS *param)
        /* Do it this way to avoid reading from *r after the StructCopy().
           That way, if any of the sv_dup_inc()s dislodge *r from the L1
           cache, it doesn't matter.  */
+        int i;
        const bool anchored = r->check_substr
-           ? r->check_substr == r->anchored_substr
-           : r->check_utf8 == r->anchored_utf8;
+           ? r->check_substr == r->substrs->data[0].substr
+           : r->check_utf8   == r->substrs->data[0].utf8_substr;
         Newx(ret->substrs, 1, struct reg_substr_data);
        StructCopy(r->substrs, ret->substrs, struct reg_substr_data);
 
-       ret->anchored_substr = sv_dup_inc(ret->anchored_substr, param);
-       ret->anchored_utf8 = sv_dup_inc(ret->anchored_utf8, param);
-       ret->float_substr = sv_dup_inc(ret->float_substr, param);
-       ret->float_utf8 = sv_dup_inc(ret->float_utf8, param);
+        for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+            ret->substrs->data[i].substr =
+                        sv_dup_inc(ret->substrs->data[i].substr, param);
+            ret->substrs->data[i].utf8_substr =
+                        sv_dup_inc(ret->substrs->data[i].utf8_substr, param);
+        }
 
        /* check_substr and check_utf8, if non-NULL, point to either their
           anchored or float namesakes, and don't hold a second reference.  */
 
        if (ret->check_substr) {
            if (anchored) {
-               assert(r->check_utf8 == r->anchored_utf8);
-               ret->check_substr = ret->anchored_substr;
-               ret->check_utf8 = ret->anchored_utf8;
+               assert(r->check_utf8 == r->substrs->data[0].utf8_substr);
+
+               ret->check_substr = ret->substrs->data[0].substr;
+               ret->check_utf8   = ret->substrs->data[0].utf8_substr;
            } else {
-               assert(r->check_substr == r->float_substr);
-               assert(r->check_utf8 == r->float_utf8);
-               ret->check_substr = ret->float_substr;
-               ret->check_utf8 = ret->float_utf8;
+               assert(r->check_substr == r->substrs->data[1].substr);
+               assert(r->check_utf8   == r->substrs->data[1].utf8_substr);
+
+               ret->check_substr = ret->substrs->data[1].substr;
+               ret->check_utf8   = ret->substrs->data[1].utf8_substr;
            }
        } else if (ret->check_utf8) {
            if (anchored) {
-               ret->check_utf8 = ret->anchored_utf8;
+               ret->check_utf8 = ret->substrs->data[0].utf8_substr;
            } else {
-               ret->check_utf8 = ret->float_utf8;
+               ret->check_utf8 = ret->substrs->data[1].utf8_substr;
            }
        }
     }
@@ -19497,16 +19884,18 @@ Perl_regdupe_internal(pTHX_ REGEXP * const rx, CLONE_PARAMS *param)
     Copy(ri->program, reti->program, len+1, regnode);
 
 
-    reti->num_code_blocks = ri->num_code_blocks;
     if (ri->code_blocks) {
        int n;
-       Newxc(reti->code_blocks, ri->num_code_blocks, struct reg_code_block,
-               struct reg_code_block);
-       Copy(ri->code_blocks, reti->code_blocks, ri->num_code_blocks,
-               struct reg_code_block);
-       for (n = 0; n < ri->num_code_blocks; n++)
-            reti->code_blocks[n].src_regex = (REGEXP*)
-                   sv_dup_inc((SV*)(ri->code_blocks[n].src_regex), param);
+       Newx(reti->code_blocks, 1, struct reg_code_blocks);
+       Newx(reti->code_blocks->cb, ri->code_blocks->count,
+                    struct reg_code_block);
+       Copy(ri->code_blocks->cb, reti->code_blocks->cb,
+             ri->code_blocks->count, struct reg_code_block);
+       for (n = 0; n < ri->code_blocks->count; n++)
+            reti->code_blocks->cb[n].src_regex = (REGEXP*)
+                   sv_dup_inc((SV*)(ri->code_blocks->cb[n].src_regex), param);
+        reti->code_blocks->count = ri->code_blocks->count;
+        reti->code_blocks->refcnt = 1;
     }
     else
        reti->code_blocks = NULL;
@@ -19527,33 +19916,47 @@ Perl_regdupe_internal(pTHX_ REGEXP * const rx, CLONE_PARAMS *param)
            d->what[i] = ri->data->what[i];
            switch (d->what[i]) {
                /* see also regcomp.h and regfree_internal() */
-           case 'a': /* actually an AV, but the dup function is identical.  */
-           case 'r':
-           case 's':
-           case 'S':
-           case 'u': /* actually an HV, but the dup function is identical.  */
+            case 'a': /* actually an AV, but the dup function is identical.
+                         values seem to be "plain sv's" generally. */
+            case 'r': /* a compiled regex (but still just another SV) */
+            case 's': /* an RV (currently only used for an RV to an AV by the ANYOF code)
+                         this use case should go away, the code could have used
+                         'a' instead - see S_set_ANYOF_arg() for array contents. */
+            case 'S': /* actually an SV, but the dup function is identical.  */
+            case 'u': /* actually an HV, but the dup function is identical.
+                         values are "plain sv's" */
                d->data[i] = sv_dup_inc((const SV *)ri->data->data[i], param);
                break;
            case 'f':
+                /* Synthetic Start Class - "Fake" charclass we generate to optimize
+                 * patterns which could start with several different things. Pre-TRIE
+                 * this was more important than it is now, however this still helps
+                 * in some places, for instance /x?a+/ might produce a SSC equivalent
+                 * to [xa]. This is used by Perl_re_intuit_start() and S_find_byclass()
+                 * in regexec.c
+                 */
                /* This is cheating. */
                Newx(d->data[i], 1, regnode_ssc);
                StructCopy(ri->data->data[i], d->data[i], regnode_ssc);
                reti->regstclass = (regnode*)d->data[i];
                break;
            case 'T':
-               /* Trie stclasses are readonly and can thus be shared
+                /* AHO-CORASICK fail table */
+                /* Trie stclasses are readonly and can thus be shared
                 * without duplication. We free the stclass in pregfree
                 * when the corresponding reg_ac_data struct is freed.
                 */
                reti->regstclass= ri->regstclass;
                /* FALLTHROUGH */
            case 't':
+                /* TRIE transition table */
                OP_REFCNT_LOCK;
                ((reg_trie_data*)ri->data->data[i])->refcount++;
                OP_REFCNT_UNLOCK;
                /* FALLTHROUGH */
-           case 'l':
-           case 'L':
+            case 'l': /* (?{...}) or (??{ ... }) code (cb->block) */
+            case 'L': /* same when RExC_pm_flags & PMf_HAS_CV and code
+                         is not from another regexp */
                d->data[i] = ri->data->data[i];
                break;
             default:
@@ -19637,7 +20040,7 @@ S_re_croak2(pTHX_ bool utf8, const char* pat1,const char* pat2,...)
        l1 = 512;
     Copy(message, buf, l1 , char);
     /* l1-1 to avoid \n */
-    Perl_croak(aTHX_ "%"UTF8f, UTF8fARG(utf8, l1-1, buf));
+    Perl_croak(aTHX_ "%" UTF8f, UTF8fARG(utf8, l1-1, buf));
 }
 
 /* XXX Here's a total kludge.  But we need to re-enter for swash routines. */
@@ -19689,7 +20092,7 @@ S_put_code_point(pTHX_ SV *sv, UV c)
     PERL_ARGS_ASSERT_PUT_CODE_POINT;
 
     if (c > 255) {
-        Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ sv, "\\x{%04"UVXf"}", c);
+        Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ sv, "\\x{%04" UVXf "}", c);
     }
     else if (isPRINT(c)) {
        const char string = (char) c;
@@ -19834,30 +20237,36 @@ S_put_range(pTHX_ SV *sv, UV start, const UV end, const bool allow_literals)
          * mnemonic names.  Split off any of those at the beginning and end of
          * the range to print mnemonically.  It isn't possible for many of
          * these to be in a row, so this won't overwhelm with output */
-        while (isMNEMONIC_CNTRL(start) && start <= end) {
-            put_code_point(sv, start);
-            start++;
-        }
-        if (start < end && isMNEMONIC_CNTRL(end)) {
-
-            /* Here, the final character in the range has a mnemonic name.
-             * Work backwards from the end to find the final non-mnemonic */
-            UV temp_end = end - 1;
-            while (isMNEMONIC_CNTRL(temp_end)) {
-                temp_end--;
+        if (   start <= end
+            && (isMNEMONIC_CNTRL(start) || isMNEMONIC_CNTRL(end)))
+        {
+            while (isMNEMONIC_CNTRL(start) && start <= end) {
+                put_code_point(sv, start);
+                start++;
             }
 
-            /* And separately output the interior range that doesn't start or
-             * end with mnemonics */
-            put_range(sv, start, temp_end, FALSE);
+            /* If this didn't take care of the whole range ... */
+            if (start <= end) {
 
-            /* Then output the mnemonic trailing controls */
-            start = temp_end + 1;
-            while (start <= end) {
-                put_code_point(sv, start);
-                start++;
+                /* Look backwards from the end to find the final non-mnemonic
+                 * */
+                UV temp_end = end;
+                while (isMNEMONIC_CNTRL(temp_end)) {
+                    temp_end--;
+                }
+
+                /* And separately output the interior range that doesn't start
+                 * or end with mnemonics */
+                put_range(sv, start, temp_end, FALSE);
+
+                /* Then output the mnemonic trailing controls */
+                start = temp_end + 1;
+                while (start <= end) {
+                    put_code_point(sv, start);
+                    start++;
+                }
+                break;
             }
-            break;
         }
 
         /* As a final resort, output the range or subrange as hex. */
@@ -19867,10 +20276,10 @@ S_put_range(pTHX_ SV *sv, UV start, const UV end, const bool allow_literals)
                     : NUM_ANYOF_CODE_POINTS - 1;
 #if NUM_ANYOF_CODE_POINTS > 256
         format = (this_end < 256)
-                 ? "\\x%02"UVXf"-\\x%02"UVXf""
-                 : "\\x{%04"UVXf"}-\\x{%04"UVXf"}";
+                 ? "\\x%02" UVXf "-\\x%02" UVXf
+                 : "\\x{%04" UVXf "}-\\x{%04" UVXf "}";
 #else
-        format = "\\x%02"UVXf"-\\x%02"UVXf"";
+        format = "\\x%02" UVXf "-\\x%02" UVXf;
 #endif
         GCC_DIAG_IGNORE(-Wformat-nonliteral);
         Perl_sv_catpvf(aTHX_ sv, format, start, this_end);
@@ -19945,7 +20354,9 @@ S_put_charclass_bitmap_innards_common(pTHX_
 )
 {
     /* Create and return an SV containing a displayable version of the bitmap
-     * and associated information determined by the input parameters. */
+     * and associated information determined by the input parameters.  If the
+     * output would have been only the inversion indicator '^', NULL is instead
+     * returned. */
 
     SV * output;
 
@@ -20004,9 +20415,8 @@ S_put_charclass_bitmap_innards_common(pTHX_
         }
     }
 
-    /* If the only thing we output is the '^', clear it */
     if (invert && SvCUR(output) == 1) {
-        SvCUR_set(output, 0);
+        return NULL;
     }
 
     return output;
@@ -20017,7 +20427,8 @@ S_put_charclass_bitmap_innards(pTHX_ SV *sv,
                                      char *bitmap,
                                      SV *nonbitmap_invlist,
                                      SV *only_utf8_locale_invlist,
-                                     const regnode * const node)
+                                     const regnode * const node,
+                                     const bool force_as_is_display)
 {
     /* Appends to 'sv' a displayable version of the innards of the bracketed
      * character class defined by the other arguments:
@@ -20033,13 +20444,16 @@ S_put_charclass_bitmap_innards(pTHX_ SV *sv,
      *  'node' is the regex pattern node.  It is needed only when the above two
      *      parameters are not null, and is passed so that this routine can
      *      tease apart the various reasons for them.
+     *  'force_as_is_display' is TRUE if this routine should definitely NOT try
+     *      to invert things to see if that leads to a cleaner display.  If
+     *      FALSE, this routine is free to use its judgment about doing this.
      *
      * It returns TRUE if there was actually something output.  (It may be that
      * the bitmap, etc is empty.)
      *
      * When called for outputting the bitmap of a non-ANYOF node, just pass the
-     * bitmap, with the succeeding parameters set to NULL.
-     *
+     * bitmap, with the succeeding parameters set to NULL, and the final one to
+     * FALSE.
      */
 
     /* In general, it tries to display the 'cleanest' representation of the
@@ -20047,7 +20461,7 @@ S_put_charclass_bitmap_innards(pTHX_ SV *sv,
      * whether the class itself is to be inverted.  However,  there are some
      * cases where it can't try inverting, as what actually matches isn't known
      * until runtime, and hence the inversion isn't either. */
-    bool inverting_allowed = TRUE;
+    bool inverting_allowed = ! force_as_is_display;
 
     int i;
     STRLEN orig_sv_cur = SvCUR(sv);
@@ -20063,7 +20477,7 @@ S_put_charclass_bitmap_innards(pTHX_ SV *sv,
                                        is UTF-8 */
 
     SV* as_is_display;      /* The output string when we take the inputs
-                              literally */
+                               literally */
     SV* inverted_display;   /* The output string when we invert the inputs */
 
     U8 flags = (node) ? ANYOF_FLAGS(node) : 0;
@@ -20176,7 +20590,10 @@ S_put_charclass_bitmap_innards(pTHX_ SV *sv,
 
     /* If have to take the output as-is, just do that */
     if (! inverting_allowed) {
-        sv_catsv(sv, as_is_display);
+        if (as_is_display) {
+            sv_catsv(sv, as_is_display);
+            SvREFCNT_dec_NN(as_is_display);
+        }
     }
     else { /* But otherwise, create the output again on the inverted input, and
               use whichever version is shorter */
@@ -20212,10 +20629,13 @@ S_put_charclass_bitmap_innards(pTHX_ SV *sv,
             _invlist_invert(only_utf8);
             _invlist_intersection(only_utf8, PL_UpperLatin1, &only_utf8);
         }
+        else if (not_utf8) {
 
-        if (not_utf8) {
-            _invlist_invert(not_utf8);
-            _invlist_intersection(not_utf8, PL_UpperLatin1, &not_utf8);
+            /* If a code point matches iff the target string is not in UTF-8,
+             * then complementing the result has it not match iff not in UTF-8,
+             * which is the same thing as matching iff it is UTF-8. */
+            only_utf8 = not_utf8;
+            not_utf8 = NULL;
         }
 
         if (only_utf8_locale) {
@@ -20234,17 +20654,19 @@ S_put_charclass_bitmap_innards(pTHX_ SV *sv,
 
         /* Use the shortest representation, taking into account our bias
          * against showing it inverted */
-        if (SvCUR(inverted_display) + inverted_bias
-            < SvCUR(as_is_display) + as_is_bias)
+        if (   inverted_display
+            && (   ! as_is_display
+                || (  SvCUR(inverted_display) + inverted_bias
+                    < SvCUR(as_is_display)    + as_is_bias)))
         {
            sv_catsv(sv, inverted_display);
         }
-        else {
+        else if (as_is_display) {
            sv_catsv(sv, as_is_display);
         }
 
-        SvREFCNT_dec_NN(as_is_display);
-        SvREFCNT_dec_NN(inverted_display);
+        SvREFCNT_dec(as_is_display);
+        SvREFCNT_dec(inverted_display);
     }
 
     SvREFCNT_dec_NN(invlist);
@@ -20259,7 +20681,7 @@ S_put_charclass_bitmap_innards(pTHX_ SV *sv,
 #define CLEAR_OPTSTART                                                       \
     if (optstart) STMT_START {                                               \
         DEBUG_OPTIMISE_r(Perl_re_printf( aTHX_                                           \
-                              " (%"IVdf" nodes)\n", (IV)(node - optstart))); \
+                              " (%" IVdf " nodes)\n", (IV)(node - optstart))); \
         optstart=NULL;                                                       \
     } STMT_END
 
@@ -20308,7 +20730,7 @@ S_dumpuntil(pTHX_ const regexp *r, const regnode *start, const regnode *node,
            CLEAR_OPTSTART;
 
         regprop(r, sv, node, NULL, NULL);
-        Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "%4"IVdf":%*s%s", (IV)(node - start),
+        Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "%4" IVdf ":%*s%s", (IV)(node - start),
                      (int)(2*indent + 1), "", SvPVX_const(sv));
 
         if (OP(node) != OPTIMIZED) {
@@ -20318,7 +20740,7 @@ S_dumpuntil(pTHX_ const regexp *r, const regnode *start, const regnode *node,
                      && PL_regkind[OP(next)] != BRANCH )
                 Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  " (FAIL)");
             else
-                Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  " (%"IVdf")", (IV)(next - start));
+                Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  " (%" IVdf ")", (IV)(next - start));
             Perl_re_printf( aTHX_ "\n");
         }
 
@@ -20353,7 +20775,7 @@ S_dumpuntil(pTHX_ const regexp *r, const regnode *start, const regnode *node,
 #endif
            const regnode *nextbranch= NULL;
            I32 word_idx;
-            sv_setpvs(sv, "");
+            SvPVCLEAR(sv);
            for (word_idx= 0; word_idx < (I32)trie->wordcount; word_idx++) {
                SV ** const elem_ptr = av_fetch(trie_words,word_idx,0);
 
@@ -20373,7 +20795,7 @@ S_dumpuntil(pTHX_ const regexp *r, const regnode *start, const regnode *node,
                 );
                 if (trie->jump) {
                     U16 dist= trie->jump[word_idx+1];
-                    Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "(%"UVuf")\n",
+                    Perl_re_printf( aTHX_  "(%" UVuf ")\n",
                                (UV)((dist ? this_trie + dist : next) - start));
                     if (dist) {
                         if (!nextbranch)