From ac4d7cda0ac6ba3460ffcdac87a49199fc5c509c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Himanshu Dinkar <111561592+yours7himanshu@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2024 21:29:19 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] updated the docs with difference between the whitespace and
 /s

---
 .gitignore                             | 1 +
 docs/style-guides/javascript/README.md | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4fdc97c09bfd..8fa914cdec5a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ Desktop.ini
 # Node.js #
 ###########
 /node_modules/
+node_modules
 lib/node_modules/**/node_modules/
 docs/**/node_modules/
 pids
diff --git a/docs/style-guides/javascript/README.md b/docs/style-guides/javascript/README.md
index b69f1121b6a4..c9cde04f9d53 100644
--- a/docs/style-guides/javascript/README.md
+++ b/docs/style-guides/javascript/README.md
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ Hopefully, most of the conventions outlined below will help enable you to do so.
 
 -   Even if you must use spaces, **never** mix tabs and spaces. This is formatting hell, as a simple find-and-replace is useless in the face of such chaos.
 
+- For developers using the `@stdlib/regexp/whitespace` utility, note that it treats the NEL Unicode character (`\u0085`) as whitespace, unlike ECMAScript's `\s`. This may cause discrepancies in whitespace-sensitive code.
+
 ##### Enforcement
 
 This project contains an [`.editorconfig`][editorconfig] file to be used in conjunction with IDE and/or browser plugins.