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+#pragma once
+
+#include <string_view>
+
+namespace nix::regex {
+
+// TODO use constexpr string building like
+// https://github.com/akrzemi1/static_string/blob/master/include/ak_toolkit/static_string.hpp
+
+static inline std::string either(std::string_view a, std::string_view b)
+{
+    return std::string { a } + "|" + b;
+}
+
+static inline std::string group(std::string_view a)
+{
+    return std::string { "(" } + a + ")";
+}
+
+static inline std::string many(std::string_view a)
+{
+    return std::string { "(?:" } + a + ")*";
+}
+
+static inline std::string list(std::string_view a)
+{
+    return std::string { a } + many(group("," + a));
+}
+
+}