} elsif ($pattern->[1] eq '-re') {
            # m// in array context promises to return an empty list
            # but doesn't if the pattern doesn't contain brackets (),
            # so we kludge around by adding an empty bracket
            # at the end.

            if ($Expect::Multiline_Matching) {
              @matchlist = (${*$exp}{exp_Accum}
                            =~ m/$pattern->[2]()/m);
              ($match, $before, $after) = ($&, $`, $');
            } else {
              @matchlist = (${*$exp}{exp_Accum}
                            =~ m/$pattern->[2]()/);
              ($match, $before, $after) = ($&, $`, $');
            }