#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; package Regexp; sub new { my $r; bless \$r } sub f { q("I'm a Regexp.") } package main; local $\ = "\n"; my $qr = qr/foo/; my $ob = Regexp->new(); print '$qr says, ', $qr->f; print '$ob says, ', $ob->f; print '$qr isa Regexp' if $qr->isa('Regexp'); print '$ob isa Regexp' if $ob->isa('Regexp'); print '$qr: ', $qr; print '$ob: ', $ob; __END__ $qr says, "I'm a Regexp." $ob says, "I'm a Regexp." $qr isa Regexp $ob isa Regexp $qr: (?-xism:foo) $ob: Regexp=SCALAR(0x805f148)