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Regex matching should backtrack #77

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y21 opened this issue Jan 5, 2024 · 0 comments
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Regex matching should backtrack #77

y21 opened this issue Jan 5, 2024 · 0 comments
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A-vm V-regex vm area: regex

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y21 commented Jan 5, 2024 

console.log(/.+a/.test('bba'));

This should return true, but currently returns false, because .+ eagerly consumes the whole string.
Instead it should work its way backwards and realize that .+ should only match bb.
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