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Add (?^...) regex construct
This adds (?^...) to signify to use the default regex modifiers for the
cluster or embedded pattern-match modifier change. The major purpose of
this is to simplify regex stringification, so that "^" is output in
place of "-xism". As a result, the stringification will not change in
the future when new regex modifiers are added, so tests, etc. that rely
on a particular stringification will have to change now, but never
again.
Code that needs to work properly with both old- and new-style regexes
can use something like the following:
# Accept both old and new-style stringification
my $modifiers = (qr/foobar/ =~ /\Q(?^/) ? '^' : '-xism';
This construct is Ben Morrow's idea.
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