> var Filter = require('bad-words'),
... filter = new Filter();
undefined
> filter.clean("שלום עליכם");
produces:
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading '0')
at Filter.clean (/Users/julian/Development/library-api-v2/node_modules/.pnpm/bad-words@3.0.4/node_modules/bad-words/lib/badwords.js:58:41)
where what's happening is ultimately that the \b JS regex isn't very happy with non-ASCII boundaries.
I know this library seems essentially to be for English/ASCII but perhaps it's worth considering either producing a more explicit error or perhaps returning non-ASCII input unchanged.
Running:
produces:
where what's happening is ultimately that the
\bJS regex isn't very happy with non-ASCII boundaries.I know this library seems essentially to be for English/ASCII but perhaps it's worth considering either producing a more explicit error or perhaps returning non-ASCII input unchanged.