I'd like to intercept qr//, after it's done its interpolation of variables, but BEFORE it is parsed by the regex engine. I looked at pp_qr() in pp_hot.c, but that's just taking a regex and doing things to it, so I need to get at the regex text before then. I know that MJD wrote replacement regcomp and regexec files re.pm, but that's deeper than I need, I think. I'd just like to intercept the raw regex before it's parsed by regcomp, so I can filter the WHOLE thing. -- Jeff "japhy" Pinyan japhy@pobox.com http://www.pobox.com/~japhy/ RPI Acacia brother #734 http://www.perlmonks.org/ http://www.cpan.org/ CPAN ID: PINYAN [Need a programmer? If you like my work, let me know.] <stu> what does y/// stand for? <tenderpuss> why, yansliterate of course.