ArkRegex: A drop in replacement for new RegExp() with types

Re:ArkRegex: A drop in replacement for new RegExp() with types by wredcoll on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @12:29PM (#45735002)

Sure, now make it work without having to type "\\w"

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Re:ArkRegex: A drop in replacement for new RegExp() with types by ssalbdivad on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @01:01PM (#45735508)

Yes, there are limits on what string literals can precisely represent, but we've tried to be pragmatic about trade offs around clarity, concision and performance.

Subexpressions like `\\w` or `[a-Z]` would just be inferred as `${string}`, but that doesn't mean the inference won't be useful. For example:

expression: regex("^\\w+@\\w+\\.\\w+$") type: Regex<`${string}@${string}.${string}`>

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Re:ArkRegex: A drop in replacement for new RegExp() with types by wredcoll on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @03:32PM (#45737841)

Can't you use tagged literals to do something similar?

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Re:ArkRegex: A drop in replacement for new RegExp() with types by ssalbdivad on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @05:08PM (#45739216)

Not sure exactly what you mean by "something similar".

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Re:ArkRegex: A drop in replacement for new RegExp() with types by wredcoll on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @08:21PM (#45741105)

The issue is not being able to type actual regexes: /\w+[a-z]$/ becomes something different when enclosed in double quotes.

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