Kotlin highlights /* in string as start of multiline comment
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- Language: Kotlin
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Description
A string such as "/*" begins a multiline comment, causing everything after it to be highlighted..
Code snippet
The code being highlighted incorrectly.
class Foo {
fun bar() = SomeCtor { src ->
src.fnCall(
HttpMethod.HEAD to "/**",
HttpMethod.GET to "/root",
)
}
}
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue with the linked Prism test page and inspect the Kotlin language definition used by that page. Verify that /* inside a string remains part of the string while multiline comments outside strings still highlight correctly.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- kotlin
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100