my @result = $c->container->find_component( $component, $c, @args );
+ # one last search for things like $c->comp(qr/::M::/)
+ @result = $c->container->find_component_regexp(
+ $c->components, $component, $c, @args
+ ) if !@result and ref $component;
+
# list context for regexp searches
return @result if ref $component;