diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 06ca7b0..f2a7f90 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -110,6 +110,42 @@ This even works for simplistic backreferences, in this case to have matching quo
     '000'
 
 
+Anchors and Lookaround
+======================
+
+Some very simple anchors are supported out of the box, to enable parsing
+patterns where the anchors are actually redundant with it being fullmatch, such
+as ``^foo$``.  More complex anchoring should raise an exception at parse time,
+as will any use of lookaround.  (``\b`` is supported at beginning/end despite
+this being not quite correct.)
+
+.. code-block:: pycon
+
+    >>> list(sre_yield.AllStrings('foo$'))
+    ['foo']
+    >>> list(sre_yield.AllStrings('^$'))
+    ['']
+    >>> list(sre_yield.AllStrings('.\\b.'))  # doctest: +IGNORE_EXCEPTION_DETAIL
+    Traceback (most recent call last):
+    ...
+    ParseError: Non-end-anchor None found at END state
+
+Supporting these in a limited way is possible, but I haven't found the time in
+6+ years to implement it, because I don't have a need.  Instead if you need
+these and don't mind (potentially many) extra matches, provide ``relaxed=True`` to
+pretend these don't exist, at which point the values returned by ``sre_yield``
+will be a superset of the true matches, and you can postprocess them yourself.
+
+.. code-block:: pycon
+
+    >>> pattern = '.\\b.'
+    >>> values = list(sre_yield.AllStrings(pattern, charset='a-', relaxed=True))
+    >>> values
+    ['aa', '-a', 'a-', '--']
+    >>> [v for v in values if re.fullmatch(pattern, v)]
+    ['-a', 'a-']
+
+
 Reporting Bugs, etc.
 ====================
 
@@ -201,15 +237,3 @@ other exceptions:
   yet this appears to work fine.
 - Order does not depend on greediness.
 - The regex is treated as fullmatch.
-- ``sre_yield`` is confused by complex uses of anchors, but support simple ones:
-
-  .. code-block:: pycon
-
-      >>> list(sre_yield.AllStrings('foo$'))
-      ['foo']
-      >>> list(sre_yield.AllStrings('^$'))
-      ['']
-      >>> list(sre_yield.AllStrings('.\\b.'))  # doctest: +IGNORE_EXCEPTION_DETAIL
-      Traceback (most recent call last):
-      ...
-      ParseError: Non-end-anchor None found at END state
diff --git a/sre_yield/__init__.py b/sre_yield/__init__.py
index 6cb16c4..4ccf2da 100644
--- a/sre_yield/__init__.py
+++ b/sre_yield/__init__.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ __all__ = ["Values", "AllStrings", "AllMatches", "ParseError"]
 
 import bisect
 import re
+import sre_compile
 import sre_constants
 import sre_parse
 import string
@@ -402,6 +403,11 @@ class RegexMembershipSequence(WrappedSequence):
     def nothing_added(self, *_):
         return [""]
 
+    def lookaround_parse_error(self, *_):
+        raise ParseError(
+            "Lookarounds are not supported, try relaxed=True and postprocess"
+        )
+
     def branch_values(self, _, items):
         """Converts SRE parser data into literals and merges those lists."""
         return ConcatenatedSequence(*[self.sub_values(parsed) for parsed in items])
@@ -456,7 +462,8 @@ class RegexMembershipSequence(WrappedSequence):
             if not isinstance(arguments, tuple):
                 arguments = (arguments,)
             if matcher in self.backends:
-                self.check_anchor_state(matcher, arguments)
+                if not self.relaxed:
+                    self.check_anchor_state(matcher, arguments)
                 return self.backends[matcher](*arguments)
         # No idea what to do here
         raise ParseError(repr(parsed))  # pragma: no cover
@@ -524,12 +531,17 @@ class RegexMembershipSequence(WrappedSequence):
                 # All others (AT_END, AT_END_STRING, AT_BOUNDARY) advance to END.
                 self.state = STATE_END
 
-    def __init__(self, pattern, flags=0, charset=CHARSET, max_count=None):
+    def __init__(
+        self, pattern, flags=0, charset=CHARSET, max_count=None, relaxed=False
+    ):
         # If the RE module cannot compile it, we give up quickly
-        self.matcher = re.compile(r"(?:%s)\Z" % pattern, flags)
+        if not isinstance(pattern, sre_parse.SubPattern):
+            pattern = sre_parse.parse(pattern, flags)
+        self.matcher = sre_compile.compile(pattern, flags)
         if not flags & re.DOTALL:
             charset = "".join(c for c in charset if c != "\n")
         self.charset = charset
+        self.relaxed = relaxed
 
         self.named_group_lookup = self.matcher.groupindex
 
@@ -563,23 +575,31 @@ class RegexMembershipSequence(WrappedSequence):
             sre_constants.MIN_REPEAT: self.max_repeat_values,
             sre_constants.MAX_REPEAT: self.max_repeat_values,
             sre_constants.AT: self.nothing_added,
-            sre_constants.ASSERT: self.empty_list,
-            sre_constants.ASSERT_NOT: self.empty_list,
+            sre_constants.ASSERT: self.lookaround_parse_error,
+            sre_constants.ASSERT_NOT: self.lookaround_parse_error,
             sre_constants.ANY: lambda _: self.in_values(((sre_constants.NEGATE,),)),
             sre_constants.IN: self.in_values,
             sre_constants.NOT_LITERAL: self.not_literal,
             sre_constants.CATEGORY: self.category,
             sre_constants.GROUPREF: self.groupref,
         }
+        if self.relaxed:
+            self.backends.update(
+                {
+                    sre_constants.ASSERT: self.nothing_added,
+                    sre_constants.ASSERT_NOT: self.nothing_added,
+                }
+            )
+
         self.state = STATE_START
         # Now build a generator that knows all possible patterns
-        self.raw = self.sub_values(sre_parse.parse(pattern, flags))
+        self.raw = self.sub_values(pattern)
         # Configure this class instance to know about that result
         self.length = self.raw.__len__()
 
     def __contains__(self, item):
         # Since we have a regex, we can search the list really cheaply
-        return self.matcher.match(item) is not None
+        return self.matcher.fullmatch(item) is not None
 
 
 class RegexMembershipSequenceMatches(RegexMembershipSequence):
@@ -596,9 +616,11 @@ class RegexMembershipSequenceMatches(RegexMembershipSequence):
         return Match(s, d, self.named_group_lookup)
 
 
-def AllStrings(regex, flags=0, charset=CHARSET, max_count=None):
+def AllStrings(regex, flags=0, charset=CHARSET, max_count=None, relaxed=False):
     """Constructs an object that will generate all matching strings."""
-    return RegexMembershipSequence(regex, flags, charset, max_count=max_count)
+    return RegexMembershipSequence(
+        regex, flags, charset, max_count=max_count, relaxed=relaxed
+    )
 
 
 Values = AllStrings
@@ -632,9 +654,11 @@ class Match(object):
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
 
-def AllMatches(regex, flags=0, charset=CHARSET, max_count=None):
+def AllMatches(regex, flags=0, charset=CHARSET, max_count=None, relaxed=False):
     """Constructs an object that will generate all matching strings."""
-    return RegexMembershipSequenceMatches(regex, flags, charset, max_count=max_count)
+    return RegexMembershipSequenceMatches(
+        regex, flags, charset, max_count=max_count, relaxed=relaxed
+    )
 
 
 def main(argv=None):

diff --git a/sre_yield/tests/test_compatibility.py b/sre_yield/tests/test_compatibility.py
index 654b3c6..517c219 100644
--- a/sre_yield/tests/test_compatibility.py
+++ b/sre_yield/tests/test_compatibility.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class CompatibilityTest(UnitTest):
         pat: str,
         max_length: int,
         expected_failure: bool = False,
+        relaxed: bool = False,
         m: Optional[List[str]] = None,
     ):
         # If this changes, some examples will need to be updated, especially
@@ -55,12 +56,16 @@ class CompatibilityTest(UnitTest):
             [
                 x
                 for x in sre_yield.AllStrings(
-                    pat, charset=charset, max_count=max_length
+                    pat, charset=charset, max_count=max_length, relaxed=relaxed
                 )
                 if len(x) <= max_length
             ],
             key=lambda i: (len(i), i),
         )
+        if relaxed:
+            # This test has no guardrails against having way too many matches
+            # that the caller should filter.
+            actual = [x for x in actual if pat_re.fullmatch(x)]
 
         # These document current behavior, even when it's wrong, and when they
         # start passing we want to know.
@@ -113,6 +118,34 @@ class CompatibilityTest(UnitTest):
     def test_anchors(self, pat: str, max_length: int) -> None:
         self._verify(pat, max_length)
 
+    @data_provider(
+        (
+            {"pat": r"(?=a)a", "max_length": 2},
+            {"pat": r"(?=a)a.", "max_length": 2},
+            {"pat": r"(?=a)b", "max_length": 2},
+            {"pat": r"(?=a).{3}", "max_length": 3},
+            {"pat": r"(?!a)a", "max_length": 2},
+            {"pat": r"(?!a)a.", "max_length": 2},
+            {"pat": r"(?!a)b", "max_length": 2},
+        )
+    )
+    def test_lookahead(
+        self, pat: str, max_length: int, expected_failure: bool = False
+    ) -> None:
+        self._verify(pat, max_length, expected_failure, relaxed=True)
+
+    @data_provider(
+        (
+            {"pat": r"\b.", "max_length": 2},
+            {"pat": r"[a-]\b[a-]", "max_length": 2, "m": ["-a", "a-"]},
+            {"pat": r"^.", "max_length": 2, "m": ["-", "a", "b", "c"]},
+            # This only passes because _verify does filtering
+            {"pat": r"^\b.", "max_length": 2, "m": ["a", "b", "c"]},
+        )
+    )
+    def test_boundary(self, **kwargs) -> None:
+        self._verify(relaxed=True, **kwargs)
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/sre_yield/tests/test_sre_yield.py b/sre_yield/tests/test_sre_yield.py
index 3027058..9d54183 100644
--- a/sre_yield/tests/test_sre_yield.py
+++ b/sre_yield/tests/test_sre_yield.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import codecs
 import io
 import re
+import sre_parse
 import sys
 import unittest
 
@@ -113,6 +114,28 @@ class YieldTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue("0101" in parsed)
         self.assertFalse("0201" in parsed)
 
+    def testPreparsedInstantiation(self):
+        self.assertSequenceEqual(sre_yield.AllStrings(r"(?:[aeiou])\Z"), list("aeiou"))
+        preparsed = sre_parse.parse("[aeiou]")
+        self.assertSequenceEqual(sre_yield.AllStrings(preparsed), list("aeiou"))
+        preparsed = sre_parse.parse(r"(?:[aeiou])\Z")
+        self.assertSequenceEqual(sre_yield.AllStrings(preparsed), list("aeiou"))
+
+        preparsed = sre_parse.parse("[01]+")
+        parsed = sre_yield.AllStrings(preparsed)
+        self.assertTrue("0101" in parsed)
+        self.assertFalse("0201" in parsed)
+
+        preparsed = sre_parse.parse("[01]+")
+        parsed = sre_yield.AllStrings(preparsed)
+        self.assertTrue("0101" in parsed)
+        self.assertFalse("0201" in parsed)
+
+        preparsed = sre_parse.parse(r"(?:[01]+)\Z")
+        parsed = sre_yield.AllStrings(preparsed)
+        self.assertTrue("0101" in parsed)
+        self.assertFalse("0201" in parsed)
+
     def testNaturalOrder(self):
         parsed = sre_yield.AllStrings("[0-9]{2}")
         self.assertEqual(parsed[0], "00")

Problem with lookaheads
Positive and negative lookaheads behave the same.  This is as of [d997adf]

```
>>> x = sre_yield.AllStrings("(?!a)x?")
>>> len(x)
0
>>> x.raw.list_lengths
[([], 0), ({repeat base=1 low=0 high=1}, 2)]
```

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