$ perl -MO=Concise,-exec -E'my $foo = "weird123"; say $foo . do { $foo =~ s/123//; $foo };' ... 6 <;> nextstate(main 49 -e:1) v:%,{,469764096 7 <0> pushmark s 8 <0> padsv[$foo:47,49] s 9 <0> enter s a <;> nextstate(main 48 -e:1) v:%,{,469764096 b <0> padsv[$foo:47,49] sRM c <$> const[PV ""] s d subst(/"123"/) vKS e <;> nextstate(main 48 -e:1) v:%,{,469764096 f <0> padsv[$foo:47,49] s g <@> leave sKP h <2> concat[t2] sK/2 i <@> say vK ...