in reply to Re^4: reg. expr. multiple substitutions
in thread reg. expr. multiple substitutions

Iff you want to have a replacement like 'a[0]' => 'a[1]', you either have to run it through quotemeta or escape it by hand if you want to use qr//, don't you?

Exactly my point. I do not see the benefit of qr// for this purpose.

But in the end, without the OP posting some realistic examples, this discussion is pretty much pointless.

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