but isn't this sort of obvious?

Well, this is the whole point. It could not be ovbious for everyone. What is not clearly explained is that qr// will unset the modifiers that we haven't explicitly set.

I didn't mean to rewrite the Bible :), but just to warn against something that may not be immediately perceived. The problem only exists when you embed a pre-compiled regex within a larger expression.

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