Re: escaping - in /u RegExp

2015-01-20 Thread Allen Wirfs-Brock
actually it looks to be like a better place to put it is: ClassEscape[U] :: [+U] - allen On Jan 19, 2015, at 9:45 PM, Norbert Lindenberg wrote: > I think the change proposed by Allen is fine. The main point of the new > definition of IdentityEscape is to reserve \p, \X, and other escape seque

Re: escaping - in /u RegExp

2015-01-19 Thread Norbert Lindenberg
I think the change proposed by Allen is fine. The main point of the new definition of IdentityEscape is to reserve \p, \X, and other escape sequences involving ASCII letters, to which we may want to assign different interpretations in the future. Allowing \- does not conflict with this. Norbert

Re: escaping - in /u RegExp

2015-01-14 Thread Mathias Bynens
> On 13 Jan 2015, at 22:23, Allen Wirfs-Brock wrote: > > Would those of you who consider yourselves RegExp experts take a look at > https://bugs.ecmascript.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3519 Is this a bug? If so, what > is the fix? > > This construction for Identity Escape goes back to Norbert's origi

RE: escaping - in /u RegExp

2015-01-13 Thread Gary Guo
I think it s a bug, and I think your proposal is appropriate. From: al...@wirfs-brock.com Subject: escaping - in /u RegExp Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 13:23:54 -0800 To: es-discuss@mozilla.org Would those of you who consider yourselves RegExp experts take a look at https://bugs.ecmascript.org

escaping - in /u RegExp

2015-01-13 Thread Allen Wirfs-Brock
Would those of you who consider yourselves RegExp experts take a look at https://bugs.ecmascript.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3519 Is this a bug? If so, what is the fix? This construction for Identity Escape goes back to Norbert's original proposal http://norbertlindenberg.com/2012/05/ecmascript-supple