use B 'main_cv'; use B::Deparse; $deparse = B::Deparse->new; # This prints "{}\n" which doesn't seem right print $deparse->deparse_sub(main_cv), $/; $qr = qr|(?:.(?{print $deparse->deparse_sub(main_cv), $/}))+|; for (0 .. 9) { print "$_\n"; $text = ' ' x $_; $text =~ $qr; }