use 5.010; use strict; use utf8::all; BEGIN { package re::engine::SaneDigits; no thanks; use constant TAINT => ${^TAINT}; use re::engine::Plugin (); use Carp; sub import { re::engine::Plugin->import( comp => \&comp, exec => \&exec, ); } *unimport = \&re::engine::Plugin::unimport; sub comp { my ($rx) = @_; my $real = $rx->pattern; $real =~ s{\\d}{[0-9]}g; $real =~ s{\\D}{[^0-9]}g; my %mods = my %mod = $rx->mod; my $mods = join q(), keys %mods; $real =~ s{/}{\/}g; $real = eval qq{ qr/$real/$mods }; $rx->stash({ real => $real }); $rx->num_captures( FETCH => sub { my ($rx, $paren) = @_; croak sprintf( "%s variable not supported with %s", { 0 => q($&), -1 => q($'), -2 => q($`) }->{$paren}, __PACKAGE__, ) if $paren < 1; my $rv = $rx->stash->{last}[$paren]; return $rv unless TAINT; $rv =~ /(.*)/; return $1; }, ); } sub exec { my ($rx, $str) = @_; my @results = ($str =~ $rx->stash->{real}); unshift @results, scalar pos; $rx->stash->{last} = \@results; return not defined $results[0]; } }; my $str = "foo23 bar5 bar42"; say $str =~ m/bar(\d+)/i ? "GOT $1" : "NO MATCH"; use re::engine::SaneDigits; say $str =~ m/bar(\d+)/i ? "GOT $1" : "NO MATCH";