How to compare two regexps?

Question

Why do

console.log(/a/ == /a/);

and

var regexp1 = /a/;
var regexp2 = /a/;
console.log(regexp1 == regexp2);

bo

Answer 1

Just a guess - but doesn't JavaScript create a RegExp object for your regex, and therefore because you have created two different objects (even though they have the same "value") they're actually different?