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$ perl -MData::Dump -e '"ya"=~/(x)?/; dd $#-, \@-, $#+, \@+' (0, [0], 1, [0, undef])
"1" =~ /1/ or die; print $#-?"yes\n":"no\n"; # -> no ... print $#-?"yes\n":"no\n"; # -> no !! "1" =~ /(2)?/ or die; print $#+?"yes\n":"no\n"; # -> yes