C:\Perl_5_10\play>..\bin\perl store.pl $VAR1 = { '3_catch any' => qr/(?-xism:.*)/, '2_random' => qr/(?-xism:[Rr]andom)/, '1_Friday' => qr/(?-xism:Friday)/ }; C:\Perl_5_10\play>..\bin\perl read.pl $VAR1 = { '3_catch any' => qr/Regexp=SCALAR(0x1a6bca4)/, '2_random' => qr/Regexp=SCALAR(0x1a7c90c)/, '1_Friday' => qr/Regexp=SCALAR(0x1c47c7c)/ };