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"... I don't have a problem with it being "experimental"; as far as I have observed it hasn't changed in all the years it has been there ..."
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When I read that this afternoon, that was my understanding too.
However, poking aroung in [http://perldoc.perl.org/perl5180delta.html|perl5180delta] some hours later (on a completely unrelated matter), I found: "[http://perldoc.perl.org/perl5180delta.html#%2f(%3f%7b%7d)%2f-and-%2f(%3f%3f%7b%7d)%2f-have-been-heavily-reworked|/(?{})/ and /(??{})/ have been heavily reworked]".
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That's really just an FYI, if you're interested.
It's still marked "experimental" and I saw nothing to indicate any specific performance enhancements.
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