Re^2: Regex: What does ?k: mean?

For the curious (like me), the specific code that implements this appears to be:

if (exists $flags{-keep})
    { $pat =~ s/\Q(?k:/(/g; }
else
    { $pat =~ s/\Q(?k:/(?:/g; }
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