Performing encodeURIComponent or escape methods will end with a bigger string

[jalbam]

Hello,

Thank you very much for this library. It is very good.

Is there any possibility to use ., *, - or _ symbols instead of using the current (, ), etc. symbols?

This way we could use the string directly in a URL parameter (query) after performing encodeURIComponent (or escape) without being afraid that the string will become much bigger as many characters will be escaped. Currently, as it uses symbols like ( and ), they will be escaped by these two methods. The ., *, - and _ symbols are never escaped by these two methods.

Best regards,
Joan