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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This
+ * code is released under a tri EPL/GPL/LGPL license. You can use it,
+ * redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the:
+ *
+ * Eclipse Public License version 1.0
+ * GNU General Public License version 2
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1
+ */
+package com.oracle.truffle.ruby.nodes.cast;
+
+import com.oracle.truffle.api.*;
+import com.oracle.truffle.api.dsl.*;
+import com.oracle.truffle.api.nodes.*;
+import com.oracle.truffle.ruby.nodes.*;
+import com.oracle.truffle.ruby.runtime.*;
+import com.oracle.truffle.ruby.runtime.core.*;
+
+/**
+ * Creates a regex from a string.
+ */
+@NodeInfo(shortName = "cast-string-to-regexp")
+@NodeChild("string")
+public abstract class StringToRegexpNode extends RubyNode {
+
+    public StringToRegexpNode(RubyContext context, SourceSection sourceSection) {
+        super(context, sourceSection);
+    }
+
+    public StringToRegexpNode(StringToRegexpNode prev) {
+        super(prev);
+    }
+
+    @Specialization
+    public RubyRegexp doString(RubyString string) {
+        return new RubyRegexp(getContext().getCoreLibrary().getRegexpClass(), string.toString());
+    }
+
+}