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Formatting .where and .foreach methods is incorrect
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Description
When using the methods .where and .foreach in VS Code there's an incorrect indentation of the closing brackets and a space is added after the method.
Expected behavior
@().foreach({
})
Actual behavior
@().foreach( {
})

Environment data
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 5.1.14409.1018
PSEdition Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion 10.0.14409.1018
CLRVersion 4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion 3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
> (Get-Module -ListAvailable PSScriptAnalyzer).Version | ForEach-Object { $_.ToString() }
1.17.1
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Research direction
No source file or test is named in the report. Reproduce the .where and .foreach formatting examples in VS Code with PSScriptAnalyzer 1.17.1, then locate the formatter path responsible for spacing and closing-bracket indentation. Done means the output matches the expected examples without regressions.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- powershell
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100