…This is not for the faint of heart, as they have to plug in at the C level. See perlreapi for more details. As an alternative, overloaded constants (see overload ) provide a simple way to extend the functionality of the RE engine, by substituting one pattern for another. Suppose …

…This is not for the faint of heart, as they have to plug in at the C level. See perlreapi for more details. As an alternative, overloaded constants (see overload ) provide a simple way to extend the functionality of the RE engine, by substituting one pattern for another. Suppose …