diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/css/Selector.ts b/src/compiler/compile/css/Selector.ts
index ce6b04f7f5..28cf5ba6af 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/css/Selector.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/css/Selector.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import EachBlock from '../nodes/EachBlock';
 import IfBlock from '../nodes/IfBlock';
 import AwaitBlock from '../nodes/AwaitBlock';
 import compiler_errors from '../compiler_errors';
+import { regex_starts_with_whitespace, regex_ends_with_whitespace } from '../../utils/patterns';
 
 enum BlockAppliesToNode {
 	NotPossible,
@@ -340,9 +341,6 @@ function test_attribute(operator, expected_value, case_insensitive, value) {
 	}
 }
 
-const regex_starts_with_whitespace = /^\s/;
-const regex_ends_with_whitespace = /\s$/;
-
 function attribute_matches(node: CssNode, name: string, expected_value: string, operator: string, case_insensitive: boolean) {
 	const spread = node.attributes.find(attr => attr.type === 'Spread');
 	if (spread) return true;
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/css/Stylesheet.ts b/src/compiler/compile/css/Stylesheet.ts
index cc03115749..9a3cbe9d13 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/css/Stylesheet.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/css/Stylesheet.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import hash from '../utils/hash';
 import compiler_warnings from '../compiler_warnings';
 import { extract_ignores_above_position } from '../../utils/extract_svelte_ignore';
 import { push_array } from '../../utils/push_array';
+import { regex_only_whitespaces, regex_whitespace } from '../../utils/patterns';
 
 const regex_css_browser_prefix = /^-((webkit)|(moz)|(o)|(ms))-/;
 
@@ -118,9 +119,6 @@ class Rule {
 	}
 }
 
-const regex_only_whitespace = /^\s+$/;
-const regex_whitespace = /\s/;
-
 class Declaration {
 	node: CssNode;
 
@@ -152,7 +150,7 @@ class Declaration {
 
 		// Don't minify whitespace in custom properties, since some browsers (Chromium < 99)
 		// treat --foo: ; and --foo:; differently
-		if (first.type === 'Raw' && regex_only_whitespace.test(first.value)) return;
+		if (first.type === 'Raw' && regex_only_whitespaces.test(first.value)) return;
 
 		let start = first.start;
 		while (regex_whitespace.test(code.original[start])) start += 1;
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Element.ts b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Element.ts
index c54a5e927b..d5fad18f54 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Element.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Element.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import StyleDirective from './StyleDirective';
 import Text from './Text';
 import { namespaces } from '../../utils/namespaces';
 import map_children from './shared/map_children';
-import { regex_dimensions, regex_start_newline } from '../../utils/patterns';
+import { regex_dimensions, regex_starts_with_newline, regex_non_whitespace_character } from '../../utils/patterns';
 import fuzzymatch from '../../utils/fuzzymatch';
 import list from '../../utils/list';
 import Let from './Let';
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ function is_valid_aria_attribute_value(schema: ARIAPropertyDefinition, value: st
 const regex_any_repeated_whitespaces = /[\s]+/g;
 const regex_heading_tags = /^h[1-6]$/;
 const regex_illegal_attribute_character = /(^[0-9-.])|[\^$@%&#?!|()[\]{}^*+~;]/;
-const regex_non_whitespace_characters = /\S/;
 
 export default class Element extends Node {
 	type: 'Element';
@@ -258,7 +257,7 @@ export default class Element extends Node {
 					// places if there's another newline afterwards.
 					// see https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/syntax.html#element-restrictions
 					// see https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/grouping-content.html#the-pre-element
-					first.data = first.data.replace(regex_start_newline, '');
+					first.data = first.data.replace(regex_starts_with_newline, '');
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -734,7 +733,7 @@ export default class Element extends Node {
 		if (this.name === 'figure') {
 			const children = this.children.filter(node => {
 				if (node.type === 'Comment') return false;
-				if (node.type === 'Text') return regex_non_whitespace_characters.test(node.data);
+				if (node.type === 'Text') return regex_non_whitespace_character.test(node.data);
 				return true;
 			});
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Head.ts b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Head.ts
index a78f32e3d8..1ebe0c053a 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Head.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Head.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ import Component from '../Component';
 import TemplateScope from './shared/TemplateScope';
 import { TemplateNode } from '../../interfaces';
 import compiler_errors from '../compiler_errors';
-
-const regex_non_whitespace_characters = /\S/;
+import { regex_non_whitespace_character } from '../../utils/patterns';
 
 export default class Head extends Node {
 	type: 'Head';
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ export default class Head extends Node {
 		}
 
 		this.children = map_children(component, parent, scope, info.children.filter(child => {
-			return (child.type !== 'Text' || regex_non_whitespace_characters.test(child.data));
+			return (child.type !== 'Text' || regex_non_whitespace_character.test(child.data));
 		}));
 
 		if (this.children.length > 0) {
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/nodes/InlineComponent.ts b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/InlineComponent.ts
index f25cc8d1ac..26cfeb7ef9 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/nodes/InlineComponent.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/InlineComponent.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import TemplateScope from './shared/TemplateScope';
 import { INode } from './interfaces';
 import { TemplateNode } from '../../interfaces';
 import compiler_errors from '../compiler_errors';
+import { regex_only_whitespaces } from '../../utils/patterns';
 
 export default class InlineComponent extends Node {
 	type: 'InlineComponent';
@@ -164,10 +165,8 @@ export default class InlineComponent extends Node {
 	}
 }
 
-const regex_only_whitespace = /^\s+$/;
-
 function not_whitespace_text(node) {
-	return !(node.type === 'Text' && regex_only_whitespace.test(node.data));
+	return !(node.type === 'Text' && regex_only_whitespaces.test(node.data));
 }
 
 function get_namespace(parent: Node, explicit_namespace: string) {
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Text.ts b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Text.ts
index a8db5115cd..ac6cd9b828 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Text.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/nodes/Text.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import Component from '../Component';
 import TemplateScope from './shared/TemplateScope';
 import { INode } from './interfaces';
 import { TemplateNode } from '../../interfaces';
+import { regex_non_whitespace_character } from '../../utils/patterns';
 
 // Whitespace inside one of these elements will not result in
 // a whitespace node being created in any circumstances. (This
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@ const elements_without_text = new Set([
 ]);
 
 const regex_ends_with_svg = /svg$/;
-const regex_non_whitespace_characters = /\S/;
 
 export default class Text extends Node {
 	type: 'Text';
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export default class Text extends Node {
 	}
 
 	should_skip() {
-		if (regex_non_whitespace_characters.test(this.data)) return false;
+		if (regex_non_whitespace_character.test(this.data)) return false;
 
 		const parent_element = this.find_nearest(/(?:Element|InlineComponent|SlotTemplate|Head)/);
 		if (!parent_element) return false;
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/Block.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/Block.ts
index df530a148a..164e938674 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/Block.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/Block.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import Wrapper from './wrappers/shared/Wrapper';
 import { b, x } from 'code-red';
 import { Node, Identifier, ArrayPattern } from 'estree';
 import { is_head } from './wrappers/shared/is_head';
+import { regex_double_quotes } from '../../utils/patterns';
 
 export interface Bindings {
 	object: Identifier;
@@ -23,8 +24,6 @@ export interface BlockOptions {
 	dependencies?: Set<string>;
 }
 
-const regex_double_quotes = /"/g;
-
 export default class Block {
 	parent?: Block;
 	renderer: Renderer;
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/index.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/index.ts
index faab39b74e..c36ca2acd4 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/index.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/index.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ import { RawSourceMap, DecodedSourceMap } from '@ampproject/remapping/dist/types
 import { flatten } from '../../utils/flatten';
 import check_enable_sourcemap from '../utils/check_enable_sourcemap';
 import { push_array } from '../../utils/push_array';
-
-const regex_backslashes = /\\/g;
+import { regex_backslashes } from '../../utils/patterns';
 
 export default function dom(
 	component: Component,
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Element/Attribute.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Element/Attribute.ts
index 7221299f22..fb604f564e 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Element/Attribute.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Element/Attribute.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import handle_select_value_binding from './handle_select_value_binding';
 import { Identifier, Node } from 'estree';
 import { namespaces } from '../../../../utils/namespaces';
 import { boolean_attributes } from '../../../../../shared/boolean_attributes';
+import { regex_double_quotes } from '../../../../utils/patterns';
 
 const non_textlike_input_types = new Set([
 	'button',
@@ -47,7 +48,6 @@ export class BaseAttributeWrapper {
 
 const regex_minus_sign = /-/;
 const regex_invalid_variable_identifier_characters = /[^a-zA-Z_$]/g;
-const regex_double_quotes = /"/g;
 
 export default class AttributeWrapper extends BaseAttributeWrapper {
 	node: Attribute;
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Element/index.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Element/index.ts
index 9a676890fc..01f03b5589 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Element/index.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Element/index.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { namespaces } from '../../../../utils/namespaces';
 import AttributeWrapper from './Attribute';
 import StyleAttributeWrapper from './StyleAttribute';
 import SpreadAttributeWrapper from './SpreadAttribute';
-import { regex_dimensions, regex_start_newline } from '../../../../utils/patterns';
+import { regex_dimensions, regex_starts_with_newline, regex_backslashes } from '../../../../utils/patterns';
 import Binding from './Binding';
 import add_to_set from '../../../utils/add_to_set';
 import { add_event_handler } from '../shared/add_event_handlers';
@@ -1145,7 +1145,6 @@ export default class ElementWrapper extends Wrapper {
 	}
 }
 
-const regex_backslashes = /\\/g;
 const regex_backticks = /`/g;
 const regex_dollar_signs = /\$/g;
 
@@ -1203,7 +1202,7 @@ function to_html(wrappers: Array<ElementWrapper | TextWrapper | MustacheTagWrapp
 					// Two or more leading newlines are required to restore the leading newline immediately after `<pre>`.
 					// see https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/grouping-content.html#the-pre-element
 					const first = wrapper.fragment.nodes[0];
-					if (first && first.node.type === 'Text' && regex_start_newline.test(first.node.data)) {
+					if (first && first.node.type === 'Text' && regex_starts_with_newline.test(first.node.data)) {
 						state.quasi.value.raw += '\n';
 					}
 				}
@@ -1215,7 +1214,7 @@ function to_html(wrappers: Array<ElementWrapper | TextWrapper | MustacheTagWrapp
 						// Two or more leading newlines are required to restore the leading newline immediately after `<textarea>`.
 						// see https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/syntax.html#element-restrictions
 						const first = value_attribute.node.chunks[0];
-						if (first && first.type === 'Text' && regex_start_newline.test(first.data)) {
+						if (first && first.type === 'Text' && regex_starts_with_newline.test(first.data)) {
 							state.quasi.value.raw += '\n';
 						}
 						to_html_for_attr_value(value_attribute, block, literal, state);
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Fragment.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Fragment.ts
index 100e707908..1e3b89e97f 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Fragment.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/Fragment.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import Block from '../Block';
 import { trim_start, trim_end } from '../../../utils/trim';
 import { link } from '../../../utils/link';
 import { Identifier } from 'estree';
+import { regex_starts_with_whitespace } from '../../../utils/patterns';
 
 const wrappers = {
 	AwaitBlock,
@@ -50,8 +51,6 @@ function trimmable_at(child: INode, next_sibling: Wrapper): boolean {
 	return (next_sibling.node.find_nearest(/EachBlock/) === child.find_nearest(/EachBlock/)) || next_sibling.node.prev.type === 'EachBlock';
 }
 
-const regex_starts_with_whitespace = /^\s/;
-
 export default class FragmentWrapper {
 	nodes: Wrapper[];
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/shared/create_debugging_comment.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/shared/create_debugging_comment.ts
index 17a99b1426..6512b42862 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/shared/create_debugging_comment.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_dom/wrappers/shared/create_debugging_comment.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import Component from '../../../Component';
 import { INode } from '../../../nodes/interfaces';
+import { regex_whitespace_characters } from '../../../../utils/patterns';
 
-const regex_whitespace_characters = /\s/g;
 
 export default function create_debugging_comment(
 	node: INode,
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_ssr/handlers/Element.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_ssr/handlers/Element.ts
index dc13ac2940..081988b567 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_ssr/handlers/Element.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_ssr/handlers/Element.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import Expression from '../../nodes/shared/Expression';
 import remove_whitespace_children from './utils/remove_whitespace_children';
 import fix_attribute_casing from '../../render_dom/wrappers/Element/fix_attribute_casing';
 import { namespaces } from '../../../utils/namespaces';
-import { regex_start_newline } from '../../../utils/patterns';
+import { regex_starts_with_newline } from '../../../utils/patterns';
 import { Node, Expression as ESExpression } from 'estree';
 
 export default function (node: Element, renderer: Renderer, options: RenderOptions) {
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ export default function (node: Element, renderer: Renderer, options: RenderOptio
 				const value_attribute = node.attributes.find(({ name }) => name === 'value');
 				if (value_attribute) {
 					const first = value_attribute.chunks[0];
-					if (first && first.type === 'Text' && regex_start_newline.test(first.data)) {
+					if (first && first.type === 'Text' && regex_starts_with_newline.test(first.data)) {
 						renderer.add_string('\n');
 					}
 				}
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ export default function (node: Element, renderer: Renderer, options: RenderOptio
 			// see https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/grouping-content.html#the-pre-element
 			// see https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/syntax.html#element-restrictions
 			const first = children[0];
-			if (first && first.type === 'Text' && regex_start_newline.test(first.data)) {
+			if (first && first.type === 'Text' && regex_starts_with_newline.test(first.data)) {
 				renderer.add_string('\n');
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_ssr/handlers/shared/get_attribute_value.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_ssr/handlers/shared/get_attribute_value.ts
index 5ce1aa3ecc..f431ea01db 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_ssr/handlers/shared/get_attribute_value.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_ssr/handlers/shared/get_attribute_value.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import Text from '../../../nodes/Text';
 import { x } from 'code-red';
 import Expression from '../../../nodes/shared/Expression';
 import { Expression as ESTreeExpression } from 'estree';
+import { regex_double_quotes } from '../../../../utils/patterns';
 
 export function get_class_attribute_value(attribute: Attribute): ESTreeExpression {
 	// handle special case — `class={possiblyUndefined}` with scoped CSS
@@ -15,8 +16,6 @@ export function get_class_attribute_value(attribute: Attribute): ESTreeExpressio
 	return get_attribute_value(attribute);
 }
 
-const regex_double_quotes = /"/g;
-
 export function get_attribute_value(attribute: Attribute): ESTreeExpression {
 	if (attribute.chunks.length === 0) return x`""`;
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/render_ssr/handlers/utils/remove_whitespace_children.ts b/src/compiler/compile/render_ssr/handlers/utils/remove_whitespace_children.ts
index 33584942a9..10ccaefa92 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/render_ssr/handlers/utils/remove_whitespace_children.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/render_ssr/handlers/utils/remove_whitespace_children.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import { INode } from '../../../nodes/interfaces';
 import { trim_end, trim_start } from '../../../../utils/trim';
 import { link } from '../../../../utils/link';
-
-const regex_starts_with_whitespace = /^\s/;
+import { regex_starts_with_whitespace } from '../../../../utils/patterns';
 
 // similar logic from `compile/render_dom/wrappers/Fragment`
 // We want to remove trailing whitespace inside an element/component/block,
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile/utils/get_name_from_filename.ts b/src/compiler/compile/utils/get_name_from_filename.ts
index 9d045c30df..7c0f805b76 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile/utils/get_name_from_filename.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compile/utils/get_name_from_filename.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+import { regex_starts_with_underscore, regex_ends_with_underscore } from '../../utils/patterns';
+
 const regex_percentage_characters = /%/g;
 const regex_file_ending = /\.[^.]+$/;
 const regex_repeated_invalid_variable_identifier_characters = /[^a-zA-Z_$0-9]+/g;
-const regex_starts_with_underscore = /^_/;
-const regex_ends_with_underscore = /_$/;
 const regex_starts_with_digit = /^(\d)/;
 
 export default function get_name_from_filename(filename: string) {
diff --git a/src/compiler/parse/read/context.ts b/src/compiler/parse/read/context.ts
index a63cee4ef2..134d11a6ad 100644
--- a/src/compiler/parse/read/context.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/parse/read/context.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ import {
 import { parse_expression_at } from '../acorn';
 import { Pattern } from 'estree';
 import parser_errors from '../errors';
-
-const regex_not_newline_characters = /[^\n]/g;
+import { regex_not_newline_characters } from '../../utils/patterns';
 
 export default function read_context(
 	parser: Parser
diff --git a/src/compiler/parse/read/script.ts b/src/compiler/parse/read/script.ts
index c4cb150060..02506ab3d5 100644
--- a/src/compiler/parse/read/script.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/parse/read/script.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import { Parser } from '../index';
 import { Script } from '../../interfaces';
 import { Node, Program } from 'estree';
 import parser_errors from '../errors';
+import { regex_not_newline_characters } from '../../utils/patterns';
 
-const regex_not_newline_characters = /[^\n]/g;
 const regex_closing_script_tag = /<\/script\s*>/;
 
 function get_context(parser: Parser, attributes: any[], start: number): string {
diff --git a/src/compiler/preprocess/index.ts b/src/compiler/preprocess/index.ts
index 34fb2027d2..45885afa96 100644
--- a/src/compiler/preprocess/index.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/preprocess/index.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { MappedCode, SourceLocation, parse_attached_sourcemap, sourcemap_add_off
 import { decode_map } from './decode_sourcemap';
 import { replace_in_code, slice_source } from './replace_in_code';
 import { MarkupPreprocessor, Source, Preprocessor, PreprocessorGroup, Processed } from './types';
+import { regex_whitespaces } from '../utils/patterns';
 
 export * from './types';
 
@@ -122,13 +123,12 @@ function processed_tag_to_code(
 	return tag_open_code.concat(content_code).concat(tag_close_code);
 }
 
-const regex_whitespace = /\s+/;
 const regex_quoted_value = /^['"](.*)['"]$/;
 
 function parse_tag_attributes(str: string) {
 	// note: won't work with attribute values containing spaces.
 	return str
-		.split(regex_whitespace)
+		.split(regex_whitespaces)
 		.filter(Boolean)
 		.reduce((attrs, attr) => {
 			const i = attr.indexOf('=');
diff --git a/src/compiler/utils/extract_svelte_ignore.ts b/src/compiler/utils/extract_svelte_ignore.ts
index 4217bb0f83..30be2893a4 100644
--- a/src/compiler/utils/extract_svelte_ignore.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/utils/extract_svelte_ignore.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 import { TemplateNode } from '../interfaces';
 import { flatten } from './flatten';
+import { regex_whitespace } from './patterns';
 
-const pattern = /^\s*svelte-ignore\s+([\s\S]+)\s*$/m;
-
-const regex_whitespace_characters = /\s/;
+const regex_svelte_ignore = /^\s*svelte-ignore\s+([\s\S]+)\s*$/m;
 
 export function extract_svelte_ignore(text: string): string[] {
-	const match = pattern.exec(text);
-	return match ? match[1].split(regex_whitespace_characters).map(x => x.trim()).filter(Boolean) : [];
+	const match = regex_svelte_ignore.exec(text);
+	return match ? match[1].split(regex_whitespace).map(x => x.trim()).filter(Boolean) : [];
 }
 
 export function extract_svelte_ignore_from_comments<Node extends { leadingComments?: Array<{value: string}> }>(node: Node): string[] {
diff --git a/src/compiler/utils/names.ts b/src/compiler/utils/names.ts
index 84b731bc01..303c6297b0 100644
--- a/src/compiler/utils/names.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/utils/names.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { isIdentifierStart, isIdentifierChar } from 'acorn';
 import full_char_code_at from './full_char_code_at';
+import { regex_starts_with_underscore, regex_ends_with_underscore } from './patterns';
 
 export const reserved = new Set([
 	'arguments',
@@ -66,8 +67,6 @@ export function is_valid(str: string): boolean {
 }
 
 const regex_non_standard_characters = /[^a-zA-Z0-9_]+/g;
-const regex_starts_with_underscore = /^_/;
-const regex_ends_with_underscore = /_$/;
 const regex_starts_with_number = /^[0-9]/;
 
 export function sanitize(name: string) {
diff --git a/src/compiler/utils/patterns.ts b/src/compiler/utils/patterns.ts
index b94df49297..2302be2edb 100644
--- a/src/compiler/utils/patterns.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/utils/patterns.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,22 @@
-export const regex_whitespace = /[ \t\r\n]/;
-export const regex_start_whitespace = /^[ \t\r\n]*/;
-export const regex_end_whitespace = /[ \t\r\n]*$/;
-export const regex_start_newline = /^\r?\n/;
+export const regex_whitespace = /\s/;
+export const regex_whitespaces = /\s+/;
+export const regex_starts_with_whitespace = /^\s/;
+export const regex_ends_with_whitespace = /\s$/;
+export const regex_only_whitespaces = /^\s+$/;
+
+export const regex_whitespace_characters = /\s/g;
+export const regex_non_whitespace_character = /\S/;
+
+export const regex_starts_with_newline = /^\r?\n/;
+export const regex_not_newline_characters = /[^\n]/g;
+
+export const regex_double_quotes = /"/g;
+
+export const regex_backslashes = /\\/g;
+
+export const regex_starts_with_underscore = /^_/;
+export const regex_ends_with_underscore = /_$/;
+
+export const regex_invalid_variable_identifier_characters = /[^a-zA-Z0-9_$]/g;
 
 export const regex_dimensions = /^(?:offset|client)(?:Width|Height)$/;
diff --git a/src/compiler/utils/trim.ts b/src/compiler/utils/trim.ts
index 63463cee1f..d64ad25d37 100644
--- a/src/compiler/utils/trim.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/utils/trim.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import { regex_start_whitespace, regex_end_whitespace } from './patterns';
+import { regex_starts_with_whitespace, regex_ends_with_whitespace } from './patterns';
 
 export function trim_start(str: string) {
-	return str.replace(regex_start_whitespace, '');
+	return str.replace(regex_starts_with_whitespace, '');
 }
 
 export function trim_end(str: string) {
-	return str.replace(regex_end_whitespace, '');
+	return str.replace(regex_ends_with_whitespace, '');
 }