Re: Converting a stringified regexp back into a regexp

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Why don't you just $nregexp = qr/$string/;? So you end up with an aditional (?-xism:...) around the regexp if you stringify it again, so what?

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Re^2: Converting a stringified regexp back into a regexp by mirod (Canon) on Apr 07, 2005 at 16:03 UTC
It makes sense. I still have to figure out that the string is a regexp though (it can also be a regular string), so the extra `$nregexp= qr/(?$1:$3)/;` is cheap. `$nregexp = qr/$string/;` might be a little safer though, in case the syntax for regexp changes (but then I would probably have to change the regexp that matches it anyway).	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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