Weird regex-based filter in EasyList

[gorhill]

Spotted this filter in EasyList:

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! Block http and https popups
/http*.:\/\/.*/$popup,third-party,domain=35.188.59.75|adf.ly|daclips.in|...

It's a weird regex, and given the comment, should it instead be:

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/^https?:\/\//$popup,third-party,domain=35.188.59.75|adf.ly|daclips.in|...

?

Edit 1: Found one more like this: /http*.:\/\/.*[?|=|&|%|#|+].*/$popup,domain=femefun.com should be /^https?:\/\/.*[?|=|&|%|#|+].*/$popup,domain=femefun.com?

Edit 2: Just search for /http*.:

[smed79]

I requested the change when the filter has been added the first time (one year ago)
https://github.com/easylist/easylist/co ... 57e6ffR168

[fanboy]

was just removed.

https://github.com/easylist/easylist/co ... 42613ae602