Revert "Revert "Merge from vscode ada4bddb8edc69eea6ebaaa0e88c5f903cbd43d8 (#5529)" (#5553)" (#5562)

This reverts commit c9a4f8f664.

src/vs/base/common/strings.ts

@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ export function regExpLeadsToEndlessLoop(regexp: RegExp): boolean {
 	// We check against an empty string. If the regular expression doesn't advance
 	// (e.g. ends in an endless loop) it will match an empty string.
 	const match = regexp.exec('');
-	return !!(match && <any>regexp.lastIndex === 0);
+	return !!(match && regexp.lastIndex === 0);
 }
 
 export function regExpContainsBackreference(regexpValue: string): boolean {