Is that possible to generate URL from routing rule?

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Let's assume I have the following rule:

Code:

$route['product/:any'] = "catalog/product_lookup";

And I want to create a link that passes the rule.
Something like this:

Code:

echo generateRoutingURL( 'catalog/product_lookup', array( 'some_product' ) );
// Output: product/some_product

Is it possible in any versions of CI?