Appears to be the "If it looks like a function, it IS a function" rule. 

$ perl -MO=Deparse -e'if (not +($label.$inst) =~ /\blea\b/i) {}'
unless (($label . $inst) =~ /\blea\b/i) {
    ();
}
-e syntax OK

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$ perl -MO=Deparse -e'if (not "$label$inst" =~ /\blea\b/i) {}'
unless ("$label$inst" =~ /\blea\b/i) {
    ();
}
-e syntax OK

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Alternative 

$ perl -MO=Deparse -e'if ("$label$inst" !~ /\blea\b/i) {}'
unless ("$label$inst" =~ /\blea\b/i) {
    ();
}
-e syntax OK

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In reply to Re: Why does NOT operator on match operator on string concatenation require two pairs of parens? by tybalt89
in thread Why does NOT operator on match operator on string concatenation require two pairs of parens? by ecm

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