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Inserting regex into literal regex expressions #821

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(From the forums topic https://forums.swift.org/t/inserting-regex-into-literal-regex-expressions/81070.)

When a regex has been declared e.g. via a literal expression:

let greeting = /(hello|hi)/

Then it can be nice to use this in another regex (this does work today):

let greetingSomeone = Regex {
    greeting
    ChoiceOf{ " "; ", " }
    OneOrMore { .word }
}

It should be possible to insert the greeting regex directly into a literal regex (the syntax might have to be different):

let greetingSomeone = /\(greeting)( |, )\w+/

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