in reply to Re^6: reg. expr. multiple substitutions
in thread reg. expr. multiple substitutions

if a regex $r is used as the *only* part of a pattern in /$r/ or s/$r/../, then it is not interpolated, but used as is.

That's information that I've never seen written down before. Thank you.

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The start of some sanity?
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