use strict; use warnings; my $r = qr/test/; print $r -> match( 'test' ) ? "Match\n" : "No match\n"; bless $r, 'beans'; print $r -> match( 'test' ) ? "Match\n" : "No match\n"; package beans; sub match { $_[1] =~ $_[0] } package Regexp; sub match { $_[1] =~ $_[0] }