core(minification): properly handle regex character classes

lighthouse-core/lib/minification-estimator.js

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ function computeTokenLength(content, features) {
   let isInLicenseComment = false;
   let isInString = false;
   let isInRegex = false;
+  let isInRegexCharacterClass = false;
   let stringOpenChar = null;
 
   for (let i = 0; i < content.length; i++) {
@@ -94,7 +95,13 @@ function computeTokenLength(content, features) {
         // Skip over any escaped characters
         totalTokenLength++;
         i++;
-      } else if (char === '/') {
+      } else if (char === '[') {
+        // Register that we're entering a character class so we don't leave the regex prematurely
+        isInRegexCharacterClass = true;
+      } else if (char === ']' && isInRegexCharacterClass) {
+        // Register that we're exiting the character class
+        isInRegexCharacterClass = false;
+      } else if (char === '/' && !isInRegexCharacterClass) {
         // End the string when we hit the regex close character
         isInRegex = false;
         // console.log(i, 'leaving regex', char)

lighthouse-core/test/lib/minification-estimator-test.js

@@ -180,6 +180,23 @@ describe('minification estimator', () => {
       assert.equal(computeJSTokenLength(js), 9);
     });
 
+    it('should handle regular expression character classes', () => {
+      const js = `
+        /regex [^/]\\//.test('this should be in string not comment 123456789')
+      `;
+
+      assert.equal(computeJSTokenLength(js), 69);
+      assert.equal(computeJSTokenLength(js), js.trim().length);
+    });
+
+    it('should handle escaped regular expression characters', () => {
+      const js = `
+        /regex \\[/ // this should be in comment not string 123456789
+      `;
+
+      assert.equal(computeJSTokenLength(js), 10);
+    });
+
     it('should distinguish regex from divide', () => {
       const js = `
         return 1 / 2 // hello
@@ -190,8 +207,8 @@ describe('minification estimator', () => {
 
     it('should handle large, real javscript files', () => {
       assert.equal(angularFullScript.length, 1364217);
-      // 1 - 405199 / 1364217 = estimated 70% smaller minified
-      assert.equal(computeJSTokenLength(angularFullScript), 405199);
+      // 1 - 334968 / 1364217 = estimated 75% smaller minified
+      assert.equal(computeJSTokenLength(angularFullScript), 334968);
     });
   });
 });