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Include regex syntax note in dogstatsd_mapper#35424

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Include regex syntax note in dogstatsd_mapper#35424
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Clarify which regex dialect to use for metric name matching

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It was unclear, which regex dialect is supported by dogstatsd. This PR adds clarification

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Clarify which regex dialect to use for metric name matching
@johannesschillinger-dm johannesschillinger-dm requested a review from a team as a code owner March 20, 2026 06:47
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hey, thank you for the PR! this branch is a fork, which means our usual checks in this repo can't finish running. without the checks, merging is blocked. because this is your first PR with us and it's only 1 line, i took your change and put it on my own branch here.

thanks again. we appreciate your contribution :)

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