| 18:38 | <bakkot> | ljharb: random q, what's the status of https://github.com/tc39/proposal-regex-escaping? |
| 18:38 | <bakkot> | I ask because I wanted it today and remembered there was a proposal for it |
| 18:39 | <bakkot> | michael had the thing about wanting the result to work in character classes also, which I think is straightforward enough, cf https://github.com/tc39/proposal-regex-escaping/issues/48#issuecomment-769450691 |
| 19:13 | <ljharb> | bakkot: i mean, basically nothing's changed. there continues to be an overwhelming need in the ecosystem for a naive RegExp.escape, and virtually zero appetite outside the committee for a template tag, nor any shared concern about the potential hazards of escaping pieces of regexes |
| 19:13 | <ljharb> | so at some point we need to come back to the committee with a presentation that will convince those who offered pushback before |
| 19:20 | <bakkot> | the only concerns I recall were a.) mark wants a template tag and b.) michael wants it the result to work in character classes |
| 19:20 | <bakkot> | I suspect Mark can be convinced and Michael's concern is easy to address/meet |
| 19:21 | <bakkot> | I'd offer to help but I have too many things going on |
| 19:21 | <bakkot> | will make a note though |
| 19:21 | <bakkot> | might be something to bring up with Mark in the hallway track next meeting |
| 20:13 | <ljharb> | yeah that sounds like a good idea |