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interface RegExpConstructor {
    /**
     * Escapes any RegExp syntax characters in the input string, returning a
     * new string that can be safely interpolated into a RegExp as a literal
     * string to match.
     * @example
     * ```ts
     * const regExp = new RegExp(RegExp.escape("foo.bar"));
     * regExp.test("foo.bar"); // true
     * regExp.test("foo!bar"); // false
     * ```
     */
    escape(string: string): string;
}