The problem is actually to do with (potential) captures. Currently, capture information (the information that is used to create the values of $1 et al when accessed) is stored as part of the regex object. This model doesn't work well when the same regex can be used in multiple places. This code:
$r = qr/(.)/;
"a" =~ $r;
print "$1\n";
{ "b" =~ $r; print "$1\n"; }
print "$1\n";
outputs:
a
b
a
Thus a single regex object has to be associated with multiple capture sets, which change as scopes are exited.
The current workaround for this is to duplicate the qr// object each time it's executed, which is sub-optimal. Unfortunately fixing this properly is non-trivial.
Dave.
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