Comment by pjc50

Kind of language-dependent since regexes are normally specified as strings and most languages are pretty weak at "run this code at compile time". One of the things Rust users are fond of.

C# is in the middle on this one, where specific features get compile-time support and regex is one of them: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/05/03/c-regex-performance-gene...

I have also built a C# source generator myself (XML parser generator), but the developer experience is a bit of a hill to climb compared to what it could be.