fix(replace)!: do not escape delimiters

packages/replace/README.md

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ In addition to the properties and values specified for replacement, users may al
 ### `delimiters`
 
 Type: `Array[String, String]`<br>
-Default: `['\b', '\b(?!\.)']`
+Default: `['\\b', '\\b(?!\\.)']`
 
 Specifies the boundaries around which strings will be replaced. By default, delimiters are [word boundaries](https://www.regular-expressions.info/wordboundaries.html) and also prevent replacements of instances with nested access. See [Word Boundaries](#word-boundaries) below for more information.
 For example, if you pass `typeof window` in `values` to-be-replaced, then you could expect the following scenarios:
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ For example, if you pass `typeof window` in `values` to-be-replaced, then you co
 - `typeof window.document` **will not** be replaced due to `(?!\.)` boundary
 - `typeof windowSmth` **will not** be replaced due to a `\b` boundary
 
+Delimiters will be used to build a `Regexp`. To match special characters (any of `.*+?^${}()|[]\`), be sure to [escape](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Regular_Expressions#escaping) them.
+
 ### `objectGuards`
 
 Type: `Boolean`<br>

packages/replace/src/index.js

@@ -68,18 +68,16 @@ function expandTypeofReplacements(replacements) {
 
 export default function replace(options = {}) {
   const filter = createFilter(options.include, options.exclude);
-  const { delimiters, preventAssignment, objectGuards } = options;
+  const { delimiters = ['\\b', '\\b(?!\\.)'], preventAssignment, objectGuards } = options;
   const replacements = getReplacements(options);
   if (objectGuards) expandTypeofReplacements(replacements);
   const functionValues = mapToFunctions(replacements);
   const keys = Object.keys(functionValues).sort(longest).map(escape);
   const lookahead = preventAssignment ? '(?!\\s*=[^=])' : '';
-  const pattern = delimiters
-    ? new RegExp(
-        `${escape(delimiters[0])}(${keys.join('|')})${escape(delimiters[1])}${lookahead}`,
-        'g'
-      )
-    : new RegExp(`\\b(${keys.join('|')})\\b(?!\\.)${lookahead}`, 'g');
+  const pattern = new RegExp(
+    `${delimiters[0]}(${keys.join('|')})${delimiters[1]}${lookahead}`,
+    'g'
+  );
 
   return {
     name: 'replace',

packages/replace/test/fixtures/form/special-delimiters/_config.js

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module.exports = {
+  description: 'allows delimiters with special characters',
+  options: {
+    special: 'replaced',
+    delimiters: ['\\b', '\\b']
+  }
+};

packages/replace/test/fixtures/form/special-delimiters/input.js

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+console.log(`
+  special
+  (special)
+  specially
+  especial
+  special.doSomething()
+`);

packages/replace/test/fixtures/form/special-delimiters/output.js

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+console.log(`
+  replaced
+  (replaced)
+  specially
+  especial
+  replaced.doSomething()
+`);

packages/replace/test/snapshots/form.js.md

@@ -74,3 +74,15 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://avajs.dev).
     `const one = 1; // eslint-disable-line␊
     ␊
     console.log(one);`
+
+## special-delimiters: allows delimiters with special characters
+
+> Snapshot 1
+
+    `console.log(`␊
+      replaced␊
+      (replaced)␊
+      specially␊
+      especial␊
+      replaced.doSomething()␊
+    `);`