perf: optimize RegExp usage in JS (#19364)

Towards https://github.com/denoland/deno/issues/19330

Shows about 1% improvement in the HTTP benchmark.

6 files changed, 19 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/ext/fetch/20_headers.js b/ext/fetch/20_headers.js
index 89b9e1a2b..6d934a7c1 100644
--- a/ext/fetch/20_headers.js
+++ b/ext/fetch/20_headers.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const {
   ArrayPrototypeFilter,
   ObjectEntries,
   ObjectHasOwn,
-  RegExpPrototypeTest,
+  RegExpPrototypeExec,
   SafeArrayIterator,
   SafeRegExp,
   Symbol,
@@ -102,10 +102,10 @@ function appendHeader(headers, name, value) {
   value = normalizeHeaderValue(value);
 
   // 2.
-  if (!RegExpPrototypeTest(HTTP_TOKEN_CODE_POINT_RE, name)) {
+  if (RegExpPrototypeExec(HTTP_TOKEN_CODE_POINT_RE, name) === null) {
     throw new TypeError("Header name is not valid.");
   }
-  if (RegExpPrototypeTest(ILLEGAL_VALUE_CHARS, value)) {
+  if (RegExpPrototypeExec(ILLEGAL_VALUE_CHARS, value) !== null) {
     throw new TypeError("Header value is not valid.");
   }
 
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ class Headers {
     webidl.requiredArguments(arguments.length, 1, prefix);
     name = webidl.converters["ByteString"](name, prefix, "Argument 1");
 
-    if (!RegExpPrototypeTest(HTTP_TOKEN_CODE_POINT_RE, name)) {
+    if (RegExpPrototypeExec(HTTP_TOKEN_CODE_POINT_RE, name) === null) {
       throw new TypeError("Header name is not valid.");
     }
     if (this[_guard] == "immutable") {
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ class Headers {
     webidl.requiredArguments(arguments.length, 1, prefix);
     name = webidl.converters["ByteString"](name, prefix, "Argument 1");
 
-    if (!RegExpPrototypeTest(HTTP_TOKEN_CODE_POINT_RE, name)) {
+    if (RegExpPrototypeExec(HTTP_TOKEN_CODE_POINT_RE, name) === null) {
       throw new TypeError("Header name is not valid.");
     }
 
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ class Headers {
     webidl.requiredArguments(arguments.length, 1, prefix);
     name = webidl.converters["ByteString"](name, prefix, "Argument 1");
 
-    if (!RegExpPrototypeTest(HTTP_TOKEN_CODE_POINT_RE, name)) {
+    if (RegExpPrototypeExec(HTTP_TOKEN_CODE_POINT_RE, name) === null) {
       throw new TypeError("Header name is not valid.");
     }
 
@@ -351,10 +351,10 @@ class Headers {
     value = normalizeHeaderValue(value);
 
     // 2.
-    if (!RegExpPrototypeTest(HTTP_TOKEN_CODE_POINT_RE, name)) {
+    if (RegExpPrototypeExec(HTTP_TOKEN_CODE_POINT_RE, name) === null) {
       throw new TypeError("Header name is not valid.");
     }
-    if (RegExpPrototypeTest(ILLEGAL_VALUE_CHARS, value)) {
+    if (RegExpPrototypeExec(ILLEGAL_VALUE_CHARS, value) !== null) {
       throw new TypeError("Header value is not valid.");
     }
 
diff --git a/ext/fetch/23_request.js b/ext/fetch/23_request.js
index 4c46ebe75..daf77a834 100644
--- a/ext/fetch/23_request.js
+++ b/ext/fetch/23_request.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const {
   ArrayPrototypeSplice,
   ObjectKeys,
   ObjectPrototypeIsPrototypeOf,
-  RegExpPrototypeTest,
+  RegExpPrototypeExec,
   StringPrototypeStartsWith,
   Symbol,
   SymbolFor,
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ function validateAndNormalizeMethod(m) {
   }
 
   // Regular path
-  if (!RegExpPrototypeTest(HTTP_TOKEN_CODE_POINT_RE, m)) {
+  if (RegExpPrototypeExec(HTTP_TOKEN_CODE_POINT_RE, m) === null) {
     throw new TypeError("Method is not valid.");
   }
   const upperCase = byteUpperCase(m);
diff --git a/ext/fetch/23_response.js b/ext/fetch/23_response.js
index 52ebc91fe..dc4e75434 100644
--- a/ext/fetch/23_response.js
+++ b/ext/fetch/23_response.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const {
   ObjectDefineProperties,
   ObjectPrototypeIsPrototypeOf,
   RangeError,
-  RegExpPrototypeTest,
+  RegExpPrototypeExec,
   SafeArrayIterator,
   SafeRegExp,
   Symbol,
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ function initializeAResponse(response, init, bodyWithType) {
   // 2.
   if (
     init.statusText &&
-    !RegExpPrototypeTest(REASON_PHRASE_RE, init.statusText)
+    RegExpPrototypeExec(REASON_PHRASE_RE, init.statusText) === null
   ) {
     throw new TypeError("Status text is not valid.");
   }
diff --git a/ext/web/01_mimesniff.js b/ext/web/01_mimesniff.js
index ad89f33cd..7d402e080 100644
--- a/ext/web/01_mimesniff.js
+++ b/ext/web/01_mimesniff.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const {
   MapPrototypeHas,
   MapPrototypeSet,
   RegExpPrototypeTest,
+  RegExpPrototypeExec,
   SafeMap,
   SafeMapIterator,
   StringPrototypeReplaceAll,
@@ -197,7 +198,7 @@ function serializeMimeType(mimeType) {
   for (const param of new SafeMapIterator(mimeType.parameters)) {
     serialization += `;${param[0]}=`;
     let value = param[1];
-    if (!RegExpPrototypeTest(HTTP_TOKEN_CODE_POINT_RE, value)) {
+    if (RegExpPrototypeExec(HTTP_TOKEN_CODE_POINT_RE, value) === null) {
       value = StringPrototypeReplaceAll(value, "\\", "\\\\");
       value = StringPrototypeReplaceAll(value, '"', '\\"');
       value = `"${value}"`;
diff --git a/ext/webidl/00_webidl.js b/ext/webidl/00_webidl.js
index dfaa774e2..ca1c7c606 100644
--- a/ext/webidl/00_webidl.js
+++ b/ext/webidl/00_webidl.js
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ const {
   ReflectHas,
   ReflectOwnKeys,
   RegExpPrototypeTest,
+  RegExpPrototypeExec,
   SafeRegExp,
   SafeSet,
   SetPrototypeEntries,
@@ -406,7 +407,7 @@ converters.DOMString = function (V, prefix, context, opts = {}) {
 const IS_BYTE_STRING = new SafeRegExp(/^[\x00-\xFF]*$/);
 converters.ByteString = (V, prefix, context, opts) => {
   const x = converters.DOMString(V, prefix, context, opts);
-  if (!RegExpPrototypeTest(IS_BYTE_STRING, x)) {
+  if (RegExpPrototypeExec(IS_BYTE_STRING, x) === null) {
     throw makeException(
       TypeError,
       "is not a valid ByteString",
diff --git a/ext/websocket/01_websocket.js b/ext/websocket/01_websocket.js
index f7dd516ff..c4c686b9c 100644
--- a/ext/websocket/01_websocket.js
+++ b/ext/websocket/01_websocket.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ const {
   ObjectDefineProperties,
   ObjectPrototypeIsPrototypeOf,
   PromisePrototypeThen,
-  RegExpPrototypeTest,
+  RegExpPrototypeExec,
   SafeSet,
   SetPrototypeGetSize,
   // TODO(lucacasonato): add SharedArrayBuffer to primordials
@@ -256,7 +256,8 @@ class WebSocket extends EventTarget {
     if (
       ArrayPrototypeSome(
         protocols,
-        (protocol) => !RegExpPrototypeTest(HTTP_TOKEN_CODE_POINT_RE, protocol),
+        (protocol) =>
+          RegExpPrototypeExec(HTTP_TOKEN_CODE_POINT_RE, protocol) === null,
       )
     ) {
       throw new DOMException(