# Factorize the making of a `Regex` object from a literal prefixed string
	protected fun make_re(v: AbstractCompilerVisitor, rs: RuntimeVariable): nullable RuntimeVariable do
		var re = to_re
		assert re != null
		var res = v.compile_callsite(re, [rs])
		if res == null then
			print "Cannot call property `to_re` on {self}"
			abort
		end
		for i in suffix.chars do
			if i == 'i' then
				var ign = ignore_case
				assert ign != null
				v.compile_callsite(ign, [res, v.bool_instance(true)])
				continue
			end
			if i == 'm' then
				var nl = newline
				assert nl != null
				v.compile_callsite(nl, [res, v.bool_instance(true)])
				continue
			end
			if i == 'b' then
				var ext = extended
				assert ext != null
				v.compile_callsite(ext, [res, v.bool_instance(false)])
				continue
			end
			# Should not happen, this needs to be updated
			# along with the addition of new suffixes
			abort
		end
		return res
	end