Modifier Reform

• Modifiers are placed in front

  • s:i:e /foo/bar/ s:ie /foo/bar/ s :ignorecase :each / foo / bar /

• No longer using : and () for match delimiters

• :w (:words) causes implicit match of whitespace where whitespace appears in the pattern

  • m:w/ foo bar \: ( baz )*/ m:p5/\s*foo\s+bar\s*:(\s*baz\s*)*/

• :once replaces ?...?

• Obsoleted: /x /s /m