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invalid range error when using dasherize() #46

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@dwayne-mss

While testing an application built with Elm, I came across an error triggered by using the dasherize() method. It seems that the RegEx [_-\\s]+ used in the method is not a legitimate expression in many languages and javascript parsers written in those languages throw an exception when executing this code because the - is seen as part of an invalid range terminated by a character group.

I'm not sure of all of the use cases, but ECMAScript seems to interpret the expression as a range without an end. But it also seems that the desired behavior (as I see it) could also be achieved using the RegEx
[_\\s-]+ or even
[_\-\\s]+" so that the "-" is not interpreted as a range. But it might be the case that an open ended range is required for some cases, though a range that begins with "_" seems like it would match nearly everything.

I'm not certain, so opening an issue.

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