That doesn't work for two reasons.
1. Regexp::Optimizer is a no-op if no alternation is used.
2. Even if Regexp::Optimizer normalized regexps, the normalized regexps still wouldn't be equal since the two regexps are not equivalent.
use Regexp::Optimizer qw( );
my $o = Regexp::Optimizer->new();
print $o->optimize(qr/123*/), "\n"; # (?-xism:123*)
print $o->optimize(qr/1233*/), "\n"; # (?-xism:1233*)
print $o->optimize(qr/123+/), "\n"; # (?-xism:123+)
The OP didn't ask for a method to check if two regexp are equivalent, but for a method to check if a regexp will match at least everything a second regexp matches.
Update: Added code. Changed formatting.
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