I see a difference between explaining what I'm doing to someone who was having difficulty with a fairly straightforward regexp, in the context of a learning environment, and producing clear, concise, readable code in a non-instructional environment. A novella to an experienced user may be useful guidance to someone with less familiarity on the topic.

It could also be said that YAPE::Regex::Explain produces too much explanation. Yet when it's requested, it's available. Should someone comment the trivial in a normal script (whatever normal means)? No. Could excessive comments be helpful in the context of describing how a specific segment of code works to someone who has requested instruction? Yes.

Anyway, the code and comments were provided with the intent of being helpful, and I believe that goal was probably accomplished.