Rex : Regexp Bless: foo Rex : (?-xism:[A-Z]o[A-Z]): WoW Bless: foo=SCALAR(0x80fd428): WoW Rex : (?-xism:[A-Z]o[A-Z]): --- Bless: foo=SCALAR(0x80fd428): --- Rex : $VAR1 = qr/(?-xism:[A-Z]o[A-Z])/; Bless: $VAR1 = bless( do{\(my $o = qr/(?-xism:[A-Z]o[A-Z])/)}, 'foo' ); Blessed bar: Regexp