in reply to Re^3: matching / splitting within a substitution (simpler)
in thread matching / splitting within a substitution

Ok, I think you have a point, so what I think now is that the pod needs to be enhanced to mention this. Thanks.
C:\>perl -MO=Deparse -e" s{\[A\]}'s/\[B\]/C/g'g" s[\[A\]][s/\\[B\\]/C/g]g; -e syntax OK

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