I'm not as sure about `eval`, but absolutely `new RegExp(rx.source,
rx.flags)` should always imo reproduce a functionally equivalent regex.
On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 8:21 AM, Claude Pache <claude.pa...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Given a RegExp object `rx` and a string `f` that contains legal RegExp
> flag characters, should ideally the following expressions
>
> ```js
> RegExp(rx, f)
> eval("/" + rx.source + "/" + f)
> ```
>
> always return a functional regexp?
>
> Practical example: `rx = /\-/`, and `f === "u"` (recall that `\-` is
> invalid in u-regexps but valid in non-u-regexps).
>
> One may wish that `RegExp(/\-/, "u")` and `eval("/" + /\-/.source + "/u")`
> be both equivalent to `/-/u`.
>
> Context: That question came up while I was thinking about a possible
> precise specification for `RegExp.prototype.source`.
>
> —Claude
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