# HG changeset patch
# User aronacher
# Date 1218925835 0
# Node ID abe62ab2a889984817c4c35cde97d2c003469934
# Parent  209a1ec1ee383c4aad500fadc2b6276523936544
JavaScript lexer is now handling escapes in regular expression literals properly.  This closes #138.

diff --git a/babel/messages/jslexer.py b/babel/messages/jslexer.py
--- a/babel/messages/jslexer.py
+++ b/babel/messages/jslexer.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
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 division_re = re.compile(r'/=?')
-regex_re = re.compile(r'/.+?/[a-zA-Z]*(?s)')
+regex_re = re.compile(r'/(?:[^/\\]*(?:\\.[^/\\]*)*)/[a-zA-Z]*(?s)')
 line_re = re.compile(r'(\r\n|\n|\r)')
 line_join_re = re.compile(r'\\' + line_re.pattern)
 uni_escape_re = re.compile(r'[a-fA-F0-9]{1,4}')