Regex empty vs wilcard

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Setup

const testData = []
for (let i = 0; i < 100000; i++) {
	testData.push(`TestData-${i}`)
}

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empty
const r = new RegExp()

for (let i = 0; i < testData.length; i++) {
	r.test(testData[i])
}
ready
wildcard
const r = new RegExp("^.*?$")

for (let i = 0; i < testData.length; i++) {
	r.test(testData[i])
}
ready

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