diff --git a/src/lib/annotations/annotations.html b/src/lib/annotations/annotations.html
index 0f2f678d65..f661e1cccb 100644
--- a/src/lib/annotations/annotations.html
+++ b/src/lib/annotations/annotations.html
@@ -90,29 +90,20 @@
     },
 
     _bindingRegex: (function() {
-      var IDENT = '([\\w\\s-_.:$]+)';
-      // The following lookahead group (?= ... ) and backreference \\4, etc.
-      // for repeating identifier characters prevent catastrophic
-      // backtracking when the argument which contains the identifier itself
-      // is repeated. This approximates possessive/atomic groups which are
-      // otherwise unsupported in Javascript. Unfortunately this means each
-      // usage of identifier must be separated to index the backreference
-      // correctly.
-      //                v..............v  v
-      var PROPERTY = '(?:(?=' + IDENT + ')\\4)';
-      var METHOD = '(?:(?=' + IDENT + ')\\5)';
-      var ARG_IDENT = '(?:(?=' + IDENT + ')\\6)';
-      var NUMBER = '(?:' + '[0-9]+' + ')';
-      var SQUOTE_STRING = '(?:' + '\'(?:[^\'\\\\]|\\\\\'|\\\\,)*\'' + ')';
-      var DQUOTE_STRING = '(?:' + '"(?:[^"\\\\]|\\\\"|\\\\,)*"' + ')';
+      var IDENT  = '(?:' + '[a-zA-Z_$][a-zA-Z0-9_.:$-]*'  + '\\s*' + ')';
+      var NUMBER = '(?:' + '[-+]?[0-9]*\\.?[0-9]+(?:[eE][-+]?[0-9]+)?'  + '\\s*' + ')';
+      var SQUOTE_STRING = '(?:' + '\'(?:[^\'\\\\]|\\\\.)*\''  + '\\s*' + ')';
+      var DQUOTE_STRING = '(?:' + '"(?:[^"\\\\]|\\\\.)*"'  + '\\s*' + ')';
       var STRING = '(?:' + SQUOTE_STRING + '|' + DQUOTE_STRING + ')';
-      var ARGUMENT = '(?:' + ARG_IDENT + '|' + NUMBER + '|' +  STRING + ')';
-      var ARGUMENT_LIST = '(?:(?:' + ARGUMENT + ',?' + ')*)';
-      var COMPUTED_FUNCTION = '(?:' + METHOD + '\\(' + ARGUMENT_LIST + '\\)' + ')';
-      var BINDING = '(' + PROPERTY + '|' + COMPUTED_FUNCTION + ')';  // Group 3
-      var OPEN_BRACKET = '(\\[\\[|{{)';  // Group 1
+      var ARGUMENT = '(?:' + IDENT + '|' + NUMBER + '|' +  STRING + ')';
+      var ARGUMENTS = '(?:' + ARGUMENT + '(?:,\\s*' + ARGUMENT + ')*' + ')';
+      var ARGUMENT_LIST = '(?:' + '\\(\\s*' +
+                                    '(?:' + ARGUMENTS + '?' + ')' +
+                                  '\\)\\s*' + ')';
+      var BINDING = '(' + IDENT + ARGUMENT_LIST + '?' + ')'; // Group 3
+      var OPEN_BRACKET = '(\\[\\[|{{)'  + '\\s*';
       var CLOSE_BRACKET = '(?:]]|}})';
-      var NEGATE = '(!?)'; // Group 2
+      var NEGATE = '(?:(!)\\s*)?'; // Group 2
       var EXPRESSION = OPEN_BRACKET + NEGATE + BINDING + CLOSE_BRACKET;
       return new RegExp(EXPRESSION, "g");
     })(),