(OK, the PV method doesn't matter) I thought I got it (s/// implies matching; and $& and friends COW-share, in a way, original buffer; hence replacement operator (after 5.18) always re-allocates) but now I think the following example shows "match and manually replace" doesn't force re-allocation, then why s/// does?

use Devel::Peek qw( Dump );
$Devel::Peek::pv_limit = 
$Devel::Peek::pv_limit = 10;

$_ = "x" x 99;
$_ .= "x";  # Force unsharing.
Dump( $_ );
/(.+)/;
Dump( $_ );
$_ = 'aaa';
Dump( $_ );

print "\n\n";

$_ = "x" x 99;
$_ .= "x";  # Force unsharing.
Dump( $_ );
s/(.+)/aaa/;
Dump( $_ );


__END__

5.042000
SV = PV(0x1e2951e23e0) at 0x1e29521d298
  REFCNT = 1
  FLAGS = (POK,pPOK)
  PV = 0x1e295228ad0 "xxxxxxxxxx"...\0
  CUR = 100
  LEN = 101
SV = PV(0x1e2951e23e0) at 0x1e29521d298
  REFCNT = 1
  FLAGS = (POK,pPOK)
  PV = 0x1e295228ad0 "xxxxxxxxxx"...\0
  CUR = 100
  LEN = 101
SV = PV(0x1e2951e23e0) at 0x1e29521d298
  REFCNT = 1
  FLAGS = (POK,pPOK)
  PV = 0x1e295228ad0 "aaa"\0
  CUR = 3
  LEN = 101


SV = PV(0x1e2951e23e0) at 0x1e29521d298
  REFCNT = 1
  FLAGS = (POK,pPOK)
  PV = 0x1e295228ad0 "xxxxxxxxxx"...\0
  CUR = 100
  LEN = 101
SV = PV(0x1e2951e23e0) at 0x1e29521d298
  REFCNT = 1
  FLAGS = (POK,pPOK)
  PV = 0x1e295215d60 "aaa"\0
  CUR = 3
  LEN = 16

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In reply to Re^4: 5.42: Does m// toss a string around? by Anonymous Monk
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