Test code: ``` js function re_test (pattern, string) { var r = new RegExp (pattern); print ("'" + pattern + "' ~ '" + string + "' => '" + (new RegExp (pattern)).exec(string) + "'"); } re_test ("[\\u0020]", "u"); re_test ("[\\u0020]", " "); re_test ("[\\u0020]", "x"); re_test ("[\\x20]", "u"); re_test ("[\\x20]", " "); re_test ("[\\x20]", "x"); ``` Output: ``` '[\u0020]' ~ 'u' => 'u' '[\u0020]' ~ ' ' => ' ' '[\u0020]' ~ 'x' => 'null' '[\x20]' ~ 'u' => 'null' '[\x20]' ~ ' ' => ' ' '[\x20]' ~ 'x' => 'x' ``` The first and last results are incorrect. This could either be fixed in #961 or handled separately (in which case a regtest could be added to the test suite as well, based on the above).