You should see if there is a way you can get these functions into Perl 6. I'm sure that there is space for interesting (and useful) regexes like these that don't require you having to type in something as confusing as /^\W*(?:((.)\W*(?1)\W*\2|)|((.)\W*(?3)\W*\4|\W*.\W*))\W*$/i

Try emailing someone who is working on Perl 6 with your functions. Maybe you could write a module that includes all of these as subfunctions.

Well, good luck with your work. I certainly enjoyed looking it over.

Peace, BlackFlag.

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