swiftlang / swiftlang/swift-experimental-string-processing

Unexpected compiler error for CharacterClass.inverted

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Description

inverted defined in CharacterClass will return CharacterClass. But the compiler is emitting an error for it.

let a0 = OneOrMore(.anyOf("a")) // ✅
let a1 = OneOrMore(.anyOf("a").inverted) // ❌(Unexpected) Member 'inverted' in 'CharacterClass' produces result of type 'RegexComponent', but context expects 'CharacterClass'
let a2 = OneOrMore(CharacterClass.anyOf("a").inverted) // ✅

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