813249 - Regular expressions with [a-\\s] (and possibly others) throw exceptions

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Core :: JavaScript Engine, defect)

Description

[Anton Kovalyov (:anton)]

Code:

 var re = new RegExp("[a-\\s"); // (or \\d, \\w,..)

Expected result:

 A regular expression object with `/[a-\s]/` as its value.

Actual result:

 Exception: invalid range in character class.

Other platforms:

 * Chrome: OK.
 * Safari: OK.
 * Opera: OK.
 * IE: not verified.

Comment 1

[Till Schneidereit [:till]]

This works now, perhaps since the move to irregexp, perhaps because of other changes.