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/*
 * NASHORN-637: SyntaxError: Illegal repetition near index 109" on a regexp literal accepted by other engines
 *
 * @test
 * @run
 */

// Make sure these regexps compile
print(/(?:[^[#\s\\]+|\\(?:[\S\s]|$)|\[\^?]?(?:[^\\\]]+|\\(?:[\S\s]|$))*]?)+|(\s*#[^\n\r\u2028\u2029]*\s*|\s+)([?*+]|{[0-9]+(?:,[0-9]*)?})?/g);
print(/{[0-9]+}?/g);
print(/{[0-9]+}?/g.exec("{123}"));

// Curly brace should match itself if not at the beginning of a valid quantifier
print(/{a}/.exec("{a}"));
print(/f{a}/.exec("f{a}"));
print(/f{1}/.exec("f"));
try {
    print(new RegExp("{1}").exec("{1}"));
} catch (e) {
    print(e.name);
}
try {
    print(new RegExp("f{1}{1}").exec("f"));
} catch (e) {
    print(e.name);
}