print re_strictness qr/.../, "\n"; #### use 5.014; use strict; use warnings; use re (); use List::Util 'sum'; sub re_strictness ($) { sum map length, re::regmust shift } print re_strictness qr/^Dad+y$/, "\n", re_strictness qr/Dad+y/, "\n", re_strictness qr/D.+/, "\n", ;