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  # NAME
  
  ECMA262Regex - provide support for ECMA262 regex notation
  
  # SYNOPSIS
  
  ```
  use ECMA262Regex;
  
  say ECMA262Regex.validate('\e');     # False;
  say ECMA262Regex.validate('^fo+\n'); # True
  
  # Translate regex into a Raku one (string form)
  say ECMA262Regex.as-raku('^fo+\n');  # '^fo+\n'
  say ECMA262Regex.as-raku('[^ab-d]'); # '<-[ab..d]>'
  
  # Compile textual ECMA262 regex into a Raku Regex object
  my $regex = ECMA262Regex.compile('^fo+\n');
  
  say "foo\n"  ~~ $regex; # Success
  say " foo\n" ~~ $regex; # Failure
  
  ```
  
  # DESCRIPTION
  
  This module parses [ECMA262 regex syntax](https://262.ecma-international.org) and can also translate it to a Raku regexes, and compile it to a `Regex` object.
  
  # AUTHORS
  
  * Jonathan Worthington
  * Alexander Kiryuhin
  
  Source can be located at: <https://github.com/raku-community-modules/ECMA262Regex> . Comments and Pull Requests are welcome.
  
  # COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
  
  Copyright 2018 - 2023 Edument AB
  
  Copyright 2024 The Raku Community
  
  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the Artistic License 2.0.
  