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/**
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* @name Backspace escape in regular expression
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* @description Using '\b' to escape the backspace character in a regular expression is confusing
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* since it could be mistaken for a word boundary assertion.
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* @kind problem
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* @problem.severity recommendation
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* @id js/regex/backspace-escape
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* @tags maintainability
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* readability
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* regular-expressions
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* @precision medium
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*/
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import javascript
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from RegExpCharEscape rece
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where
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rece.toString() = "\\b" and
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rece.isPartOfRegExpLiteral()
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select rece, "Backspace escape in regular expression."
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