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alexander-akait · 2026-11-07T13:18:45Z

Summary

util.globToRegExp built a RegExp from its output only to find out whether it compiles. It then returned the string, and every caller compiles it again: webpack's sideEffects globs, and watchpack's own ignored option. So each glob was compiled twice.

The check is now a single pass over the source: brackets, parentheses, escapes and class ranges, the only constructs translate can emit. It reads ranges as a non-unicode RegExp does. That covers \d/\s/\w sets, \b, control escapes, legacy octal, \x, \u and a lone \c. When the check fails, the same literal fallback is used as before.

	Before	After
`RegExp` objects built per call	1	0
1.6M calls over 8 common and invalid globs	3.1–3.5 s	0.49–0.69 s

The output is byte-identical to main for every glob checked: about 9.4 million globs over four alphabets. These are every glob of up to 5–6 characters from each alphabet, plus random longer ones. The alphabets cover brackets, braces, escapes, octal, \x, \u, \c, ranges and non-ASCII.

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New case in test/globToRegExp.test.js, "should read escapes and ranges in a class as a regexp does". Each escape kind and range rule appears once valid, matched through the class, and once invalid, matched literally. npm run lint passes, as does test/globToRegExp.test.js.

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Bug Fixes
- Improved handling of glob patterns containing character classes and escape sequences, including hexadecimal, Unicode, control, octal, and shorthand escapes.
- Malformed patterns, such as reversed ranges or unclosed character classes, are handled as literal text.
Performance
- Pattern validation is approximately five times faster.

The source was compiled only to find out whether it compiles, and every caller compiles it again. A linear check of the brackets, parentheses, escapes and class ranges translate can emit gives the same answer.

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The change replaces RegExp construction as the validity check with a source validator that handles escapes, parentheses, and character classes. Invalid translated sources use literal-mode translation. Tests cover character-class escapes and ranges, including malformed cases. The changeset describes the change as about five times faster.

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at detectJestVersion (/.eslint-tmp/node_modules/eslint-plugin-jest/lib/rules/utils/detectJestVersion.js:22:9)
at create (/.eslint-tmp/node_modules/eslint-plugin-jest/lib/rules/no-deprecated-functions.js:31:107)
at Object.create (/.eslint-tmp/node_modules/@typescript-eslint/utils/dist/eslint-utils/RuleCreator.js:39:20)
at createRuleListeners (/.eslint-tmp/node_modules/eslint/lib/linter/linter.js:1019:15)
at /.eslint-tmp/node_modules/eslint/lib/linter/linter.js:1151:7
at Array.forEach ()
at runRules (/.eslint-tmp/node_modules/eslint/lib/linter/linter.js:1085:31)
at #flatVerifyWithoutProcessors (/.eslint-tmp/node_modules/eslint/lib/linter/linter.js:2115:4)
at Linter._verifyWithFlatConfigArrayAndWithoutProcessors (/.eslint-tmp/node_modules/eslint/lib/linter/linter.js:2203:43)
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perf: check globToRegExp output without building a RegExp

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The source was compiled only to find out whether it compiles, and every caller compiles it again. A linear check of the brackets, parentheses, escapes and class ranges translate can emit gives the same answer.

alexander-akait merged commit 9f64c79 into main Nov 7, 2026
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