What edge cases are covered in the tests, especially around hyphens?

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The tests cover two important edge cases related to hyphens:

1. **PCRE compatibility** [test.js:L10-L14]: The test verifies that hyphens are escaped as `\x2d` (hexadecimal escape) rather than a simple backslash escape. This is specifically for compatibility with PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expressions).

2. **Unicode flag compatibility** [test.js:L16-L20]: The test confirms that the escaped hyphen works correctly when the Unicode flag (`u`) is used in a RegExp. This ensures the escaping strategy is compatible with Unicode patterns' stricter grammar rules.

These tests align with the implementation in [index.js:L10], where hyphens are handled specially:
```javascript
.replace(/-/g, '\x2d');
```

The README also notes this distinction: [readme.md:L25-L26] mentions that the library uses "a simple backslash escape when it's always valid, and a `\xnn` escape when the simpler form would be disallowed by Unicode patterns' stricter grammar."

The main test [test.js:L3-L7] also covers the standard RegExp special characters that are escaped with simple backslashes: `\ ^ $ * + ? . ( ) | { } [ ]`.

FOLLOW_UPS:
- Why does the hyphen need hexadecimal escaping?
- What other characters are escaped with simple backslashes?
- How does the escaping handle Unicode characters like emoji?