jquery / jquery/esprima

[feature] esprima cannot parse bigint

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Description

esprima cannot parse bigint, such as
let a = 10n
Will it provide support?

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Research direction

No file or test is named in the issue. Start by locating Esprima's parser entry point and existing tests for numeric literals, then verify that let a = 10n parses successfully and produces the expected AST.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
compilers
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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