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<regex>: R"([\d-e])" should be rejected #4995

@Alcaro

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@Alcaro

Describe the bug

The regex [\d-e] (character class containing the range \d to e) is accepted (treated as \d, and the literal characters - and e), contrary to the ECMA-262 spec (\d isn't a single character, so it can't be used like that)

Command-line test case

#include <regex>

int main()
{
    try {
        std::regex r("[\\d-e]");
        puts("it's legal");
    } catch (std::exception& e) {
        puts(e.what());
    }
    try {
        std::regex r("[b-a]");
        puts("it's legal");
    } catch (std::exception& e) {
        puts(e.what());
    }
}

https://godbolt.org/z/oMvEr5YTs

Expected behavior

Both should be illegal (currently, only the latter is rejected)

STL version

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Additional context

Feel free to close this one as wontfix, if you feel it's ossified into a vendor extension. As long as it's a conscious choice, I'm fine with whichever outcome.

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