Regex in ctfe?

[Era Scarecrow via Digitalmars-d]

On Wednesday, 27 January 2016 at 20:25:33 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 07:54:21PM +0000, Era Scarecrow via 
> Digitalmars-d wrote:

>>  But it would seem easier/simpler if the compiler just hooks 
>> in the  Regex that's compiled into it instead and passes the 
>> data back and forth. It does mean you can't test Regex changes 
>> during the CTFE stage (assuming your actively 
>> changing/building it) but it wouldn't  have the performance 
>> hit either.
>
> Currently, AFAIK, (d)dmd does not use anything from Phobos. I'm 
> not sure if this is a temporary situation, or there's a strong 
> reason for it.

  Probably since it was so recently changed from C++ to D that it 
just hasn't tried to include anything. And leaving the two 
projects (library and compiler) separate does allow a certain 
level of purity.