Sticky RegExp 'y' and RegExp#test delegation #732
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This PR implements the sticky flag for Regular Expressions and
RegExp#test
delegation toRegExp#exec
. It is based on the stale PR from @nicolo-ribaudo (many thanks!!) #492.Changes include:
Co-authored-by
info in commit)es.string.split
RegExp#test
delegation toRegExp#exec
Tested in a multitude of browser versions using BrowserStack starting from the minimum supported versions of
core-js
.My goal was to make https:/projectfluent/fluent.js work in IE11, which I've successfully verified! (also don't forget to use a different markup parser for those trying the same: https://gist.github.com/cvle/67b69517b7d3e83f5de9ccace270415c).