$ perl -E '
use YAPE::Regex::Explain;
my $e = YAPE::Regex::Explain->new(q{^-?\d+$})->explain;
say $e;
'
The regular expression:

(?-imsx:^-?\d+$)

matches as follows:
  
NODE                     EXPLANATION
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(?-imsx:                 group, but do not capture (case-sensitive)
                         (with ^ and $ matching normally) (with . not
                         matching \n) (matching whitespace and #
                         normally):
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  ^                        the beginning of the string
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  -?                       '-' (optional (matching the most amount
                           possible))
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  \d+                      digits (0-9) (1 or more times (matching
                           the most amount possible))
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  $                        before an optional \n, and the end of the
                           string
----------------------------------------------------------------------
)                        end of grouping
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