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+notice("my string" =~ /^my string$/) # true
+notice("my string" =~ /\Amy string\z/) # true
+notice("my string" =~ /\Amy stringgg\z/) # false
+# .... so the bit about \A and \z being disallowed at https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet-specifications/blob/master/language/lexical_structure.md#regular-expressions seems to not be true? What would definitively prove this?
+notice("my string\nhey second line" =~ /\Amy string\Z/) # false
+notice("my string\nhey second line" =~ /^my string$/) # true, So, ok....
+notice("my string\n" =~ /\Amy string\z/) # false
+notice("my string\n" =~ /\Amy string\Z/) # true
+notice("hey\nmy string\n" =~ /\Amy string\Z/) # false
+
+# this is looking like that's not the case at all.
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