in reply to Perl 5.17 change to use re 'eval' breaks Acme::EyeDrops
Shorn of its obfuscation, that code is equivalent to
Note that the pattern is within a string literal ('') rather than a pattern literal (//). The 5.17.x changes make it so that code blocks which don't need a 'use re eval' can appear only within pattern literals.'' =~ '(?{eval"print\"hello world\\n\""})';
Dave.
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