Perhaps this example helps better what I am trying to say that context matters ( ' vs " ):

use Devel::Peek;

my $txt = 'some\text';

print $txt;  #prints some\text
Dump($txt);
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versus:

use Devel::Peek;

my $txt = "some\text";

print $txt; #prints some [tab] ext
Dump($txt);
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If what you were saying was true, then the first line should print the same as the second.
The substitution:

use Devel::Peek;

my $txt = '\|/';
$txt =~s/\\/\\\\/g;

print $txt;
Dump($txt);
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Produces the exact same results as:

use Devel::Peek;

my $txt = '\\|/';
$txt =~s/\\/\\\\/g;

print $txt;
Dump($txt);
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Aren't they different literals? Change the ' to " and try the same test.
I think the logic is broken here. A literal should mean, I am to be taken literally, not, interpret part of me as a literal and part of me however you take a guess, because that is what is happening or else it would store 'some\text' the same as "some\text". The parser is just getting this case incorrect I think.

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