If the right argument is an expression rather than a search pattern, substitution, or transliteration, it is interpreted as a search pattern at run time. This can be less efficient than an explicit search, because the pat- tern must be compiled every time the expression is evalu- ated.

This perlop text must be a holdover from a while back. At least as far back as 5.005_03, code like $str1 =~ 'bc' (with a constant string for the pattern) would be compiled only once. Between 5.6.0 and 5.6.1 an extra check was added, so that even $str =~ $str2 would not be recompiled as long as $str2 had not changed.

I guess the second statement should simply be deleted from that paragraph.

Hugo

In reply to Re: Re: Regex without 'm' or '/' by hv
in thread Am I on the pipe, or what? by BorgCopyeditor

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