no-invalid-regexp
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recommended
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Disallows specifying invalid regular expressions in RegExp constructors.
Specifying an invalid regular expression literal will result in a SyntaxError at compile time, however specifying an invalid regular expression string in the RegExp constructor will only be discovered at runtime.
Invalid:
const invalidRegExp = new RegExp(")");
Valid:
const goodRegExp = new RegExp(".");