Vala scanner goes into loop and may crash with certain code
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Description
### What Happened?
Inserted some code in the form:
```
try {
---
---
} catch () {
---
---
}
```
into a Vala file. On opening the symbol outline it remained blank and inspecting the terminal output indicated it had gone into a loop. Repeated Terminal warning: `vala_scanner_read_token: assertion 'self != NULL' failed`
Editing the file with "autosave" on resulted in random crashes which back traced to the outline plugin.
### Steps to Reproduce
1. Edit some code containing lines in the form mentioned above with the outline plugin on
### Expected Behavior
The outline plugin should handle invalid Vala code without crashing or going into a loop.
### OS Version
7.x (Horus)
### Software Version
Latest release (I have run all updates)
### Log Output
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### Hardware Info
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