tools: relax lint rule for regexps

.eslintrc.yaml

@@ -106,7 +106,10 @@ rules:
   key-spacing: [2, {mode: minimum}]
   keyword-spacing: 2
   linebreak-style: [2, unix]
-  max-len: [2, {code: 80, ignoreUrls: true, tabWidth: 2}]
+  max-len: [2, {code: 80,
+                ignoreRegExpLiterals: true,
+                ignoreUrls: true,
+                tabWidth: 2}]
   new-parens: 2
   no-mixed-spaces-and-tabs: 2
   no-multiple-empty-lines: [2, {max: 2, maxEOF: 0, maxBOF: 0}]

lib/_http_outgoing.js

@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ const outHeadersKey = require('internal/http').outHeadersKey;
 const CRLF = common.CRLF;
 const debug = common.debug;
 
-var RE_FIELDS = new RegExp('^(?:Connection|Transfer-Encoding|Content-Length|' +
-                           'Date|Expect|Trailer|Upgrade)$', 'i');
+var RE_FIELDS =
+  /^(?:Connection|Transfer-Encoding|Content-Length|Date|Expect|Trailer|Upgrade)$/i;
 var RE_CONN_VALUES = /(?:^|\W)close|upgrade(?:$|\W)/ig;
 var RE_TE_CHUNKED = common.chunkExpression;
 

test/parallel/test-buffer-alloc.js

@@ -927,8 +927,8 @@ Buffer.poolSize = ps;
 assert.throws(() => Buffer.allocUnsafe(10).copy(),
               /TypeError: argument should be a Buffer/);
 
-const regErrorMsg = new RegExp('First argument must be a string, Buffer, ' +
-                               'ArrayBuffer, Array, or array-like object\\.');
+const regErrorMsg =
+  /First argument must be a string, Buffer, ArrayBuffer, Array, or array-like object\./;
 
 assert.throws(() => Buffer.from(), regErrorMsg);
 assert.throws(() => Buffer.from(null), regErrorMsg);

test/parallel/test-crypto-dh.js

@@ -23,9 +23,8 @@ assert.strictEqual(secret2.toString('base64'), secret1);
 assert.strictEqual(dh1.verifyError, 0);
 assert.strictEqual(dh2.verifyError, 0);
 
-const argumentsError = new RegExp('^TypeError: First argument should be ' +
-                                  'number, string, Buffer, TypedArray, or ' +
-                                  'DataView$');
+const argumentsError =
+  /^TypeError: First argument should be number, string, Buffer, TypedArray, or DataView$/;
 
 assert.throws(() => {
   crypto.createDiffieHellman([0x1, 0x2]);
@@ -61,8 +60,7 @@ const secret3 = dh3.computeSecret(key2, 'hex', 'base64');
 assert.strictEqual(secret1, secret3);
 
 const wrongBlockLength =
-    new RegExp('^Error: error:0606506D:digital envelope' +
-    ' routines:EVP_DecryptFinal_ex:wrong final block length$');
+  /^Error: error:0606506D:digital envelope routines:EVP_DecryptFinal_ex:wrong final block length$/;
 
 // Run this one twice to make sure that the dh3 clears its error properly
 {

test/parallel/test-crypto-rsa-dsa.js

@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ const dsaKeyPem = fs.readFileSync(common.fixturesDir + '/test_dsa_privkey.pem',
 const dsaKeyPemEncrypted = fs.readFileSync(
   common.fixturesDir + '/test_dsa_privkey_encrypted.pem', 'ascii');
 
-const decryptError = new RegExp('^Error: error:06065064:digital envelope ' +
-                                'routines:EVP_DecryptFinal_ex:bad decrypt$');
+const decryptError =
+  /^Error: error:06065064:digital envelope routines:EVP_DecryptFinal_ex:bad decrypt$/;
 
 // Test RSA encryption/decryption
 {

test/parallel/test-dgram-send-address-types.js

@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ client.send(buf, port, undefined, onMessage);
 // valid address: not provided
 client.send(buf, port, onMessage);
 
-const expectedError = new RegExp('^TypeError: Invalid arguments: address ' +
-  'must be a nonempty string or falsy$');
+const expectedError =
+  /^TypeError: Invalid arguments: address must be a nonempty string or falsy$/;
 
 // invalid address: object
 assert.throws(() => {

test/parallel/test-fs-write-stream-throw-type-error.js

@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ const assert = require('assert');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 
-const numberError = new RegExp('^TypeError: "options" must be a string ' +
-                               'or an object, got number instead\\.$');
+const numberError =
+  /^TypeError: "options" must be a string or an object, got number instead\.$/;
 
-const booleanError = new RegExp('^TypeError: "options" must be a string ' +
-                                'or an object, got boolean instead\\.$');
+const booleanError =
+  /^TypeError: "options" must be a string or an object, got boolean instead\.$/;
 
 const example = path.join(common.tmpDir, 'dummy');
 

test/parallel/test-tls-env-bad-extra-ca.js

@@ -33,10 +33,9 @@ fork(__filename, opts)
     assert.strictEqual(status, 0, 'client did not succeed in connecting');
   }))
   .on('close', common.mustCall(function() {
-    assert(stderr.match(new RegExp(
-      'Warning: Ignoring extra certs from.*no-such-file-exists' +
-      '.* load failed:.*No such file or directory'
-    )), stderr);
+    assert(stderr.match(
+      /Warning: Ignoring extra certs from.*no-such-file-exists.* load failed:.*No such file or directory/
+    ), stderr);
   }))
   .stderr.setEncoding('utf8').on('data', function(str) {
     stderr += str;

test/parallel/test-tls-key-mismatch.js

@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ if (!common.hasCrypto) {
 const assert = require('assert');
 const tls = require('tls');
 const fs = require('fs');
-const errorMessageRegex = new RegExp('^Error: error:0B080074:x509 ' +
-  'certificate routines:X509_check_private_key:key values mismatch$');
+const errorMessageRegex =
+  /^Error: error:0B080074:x509 certificate routines:X509_check_private_key:key values mismatch$/;
 
 const options = {
   key: fs.readFileSync(common.fixturesDir + '/keys/agent1-key.pem'),

test/parallel/test-util-inherits.js

@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const inherits = require('util').inherits;
 const errCheck =
-  new RegExp('^TypeError: The super constructor to "inherits" must not be ' +
-                      'null or undefined$');
+  /^TypeError: The super constructor to "inherits" must not be null or undefined$/;
 
 
 // super constructor

test/parallel/test-whatwg-url-properties.js

@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ assert.strictEqual(url.searchParams, oldParams);  // [SameObject]
 // non-writable property should throw.
 // Note: this error message is subject to change in V8 updates
 assert.throws(() => url.origin = 'http://foo.bar.com:22',
-              new RegExp('TypeError: Cannot set property origin of' +
-                         ' \\[object URL\\] which has only a getter'));
+              /TypeError: Cannot set property origin of \[object URL\] which has only a getter$/);
 assert.strictEqual(url.origin, 'http://foo.bar.com:21');
 assert.strictEqual(url.toString(),
                    'http://user:[email protected]:21/aaa/zzz?l=25#test');
@@ -120,8 +119,7 @@ assert.strictEqual(url.hash, '#abcd');
 // non-writable property should throw.
 // Note: this error message is subject to change in V8 updates
 assert.throws(() => url.searchParams = '?k=88',
-              new RegExp('TypeError: Cannot set property searchParams of' +
-                         ' \\[object URL\\] which has only a getter'));
+              /^TypeError: Cannot set property searchParams of \[object URL\] which has only a getter$/);
 assert.strictEqual(url.searchParams, oldParams);
 assert.strictEqual(url.toString(),
                    'https://user2:[email protected]:23/aaa/bbb?k=99#abcd');

test/parallel/test-zlib-deflate-constructors.js

@@ -107,6 +107,5 @@ assert.throws(
 // Throws if opts.dictionary is not a Buffer
 assert.throws(
   () => { new zlib.Deflate({dictionary: 'not a buffer'}); },
-  new RegExp('^TypeError: Invalid dictionary: it should be a Buffer, ' +
-             'TypedArray, or DataView$')
+  /^TypeError: Invalid dictionary: it should be a Buffer, TypedArray, or DataView$/
 );

test/parallel/test-zlib-not-string-or-buffer.js

@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const zlib = require('zlib');
 
-const expected = new RegExp('^TypeError: "buffer" argument must be a string, ' +
-                            'Buffer, TypedArray, or DataView$');
+const expected = /^TypeError: "buffer" argument must be a string, Buffer, TypedArray, or DataView$/;
 
 assert.throws(() => { zlib.deflateSync(undefined); }, expected);
 assert.throws(() => { zlib.deflateSync(null); }, expected);