allowing more flexible whitespace-started regexes. You have to wrap 'em in parens or assign to 'em, but it's better than nothing.

test/test_regexps.coffee

@@ -20,4 +20,9 @@ obj = {
 }
 id = 2
 
+ok ' '.match(/ /)[0] is ' '
+
+regexp = / /
+ok ' '.match regexp
+
 ok (obj.width()/id - obj.height()/id) is -5