Perl metaprogramming: when is it unsafe to use quotemeta on the REPLACEMENT value of s///?

Question

Perl\'s quotemeta operator typically works on the SEARCH side of s///, but in generating code to be compiled with eval, how should I protect the REPLACEMENT tha

Answer 1

The replacement is usually processed like a double-quoted string, but you can change that by using single-quotes as the delimiter:

$test =~ s'$replace';