Oliver Hunt wrote:
I would favor ignoring lastIndex rather than throwing, but to be sure can you clarify what you mean by global regexp?
One created with the 'g' flag, either literally (/re/g) or via the constructor (new RegExp(src, 'g')).
If we're talking /.../g, then my feeling is that the /g should be ignored -- if you're wanting a regexp iterator for a string (or whatever) I would think that the API would imply that all regexps were intended to be "global".
Agreed, if we don't just throw from execAll on a global regexp ;-).
If we're talking about multiple concurrent iterators with the same regexp/string then it should definitely be ignored :D
IOW, in general, 'g' should be ignored by new APIs.
Erm. I'm not sure if that's coherent, but the TLDR is that I favor ignoring all the old side state warts (i would not have iterators update the magic $ properties, etc)
Yes, agreed. The devil is in the details. /be _______________________________________________ es-discuss mailing list es-discuss@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
