public function serializeStrings(array $strings)
	{
		$info         = $this->analyzeStrings($strings);
		$alternations = array_map([$this, 'serializeString'], $info['strings']);
		if (!empty($info['chars']))
		{
			// Prepend the character class to the list of alternations
			array_unshift($alternations, $this->serializeCharacterClass($info['chars']));
		}

		$expr = implode('|', $alternations);
		if ($this->needsParentheses($info))
		{
			$expr = '(?:' . $expr . ')';
		}

		return $expr . $info['quantifier'];
	}