No. It doesn't.
You also slightly misunderstood the first case. It saves time by permanently hardwiring the value of $pattern when the match is attempted. If you change $pattern later, the regex is still hardwired to the original. See /o is dead, long live qr//! for lots of gory details.
In reply to Re: //o of any help?
by diotalevi
in thread //o of any help?
by Dismas
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