On 5.24: 

$ perl -E 'my $re = qr{(?x: PAT )}; say $re'
(?^u:(?x: PAT ))

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As, ^ is short for d-imnsx, and u overrides d, I suppose that's effectively equivalent to something like: 

(?d-imnsx:(?u-d:(?x: PAT )))

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Also on 5.24: 

$ perl -E 'my $re = qr{ PAT }msx; say $re'
(?^umsx: PAT )

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Which, given the same logic, would be: 

(?d-imnsx:(?umsx-d: PAT ))

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Of course, d can't actually be turned off like that (i.e. -d is illegal): 

$ perl -E 'my $re = qr{(?d-imnsx:(?u-d:(?x: PAT )))}'
Regexp modifier "d" may not appear after the "-" in regex; ...
$ perl -E 'my $re = qr{(?d-imnsx:(?umsx-d: PAT ))}'
Regexp modifier "d" may not appear after the "-" in regex; ...

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I'm just making the point that both qr{(?x: PAT )} and qr{ PAT }msx end up with nested (?:...) constructs and both have modifiers turned on and off at various points.

"... it occurred to me to ask if you were aware that qr// effectively wraps its object ..."

Yes, I was aware of it; and something I learned a long time ago (2008, I think). I came across a situation where compiled regexes were being stored, retrieved and recompiled. This was under 5.8 (I think), and the modifiers were somewhat different, but the basic scenario was: 

$ perl -E  'my $re = qr{ PAT }msx; say $re; $re = qr{ $re }msx; say $r
+e; $re = qr{ $re }msx; say $re; say "..."'
(?^umsx: PAT )
(?^umsx: (?^umsx: PAT ) )
(?^umsx: (?^umsx: (?^umsx: PAT ) ) )
...

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I imagine you're familiar with the doco but, for others who might be interested, see these sections of perlre: "Modifiers"; "(?adlupimnsx-imnsx)"; "(?:pattern)".

— Ken

In reply to Re^8: Recognizing 3 and 4 digit number by kcott
in thread Recognizing 3 and 4 digit number by htmanning

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