microsoft / microsoft/TypeScript-TmLanguage
JavaScript Syntax Highlighter Broke
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- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 471
- Forks
- 149
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Description
Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes/No
- VS Code Version: 1.59.1
- OS Version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19043
Steps to Reproduce:
- Make a JavaScript File
- type in:
for (const req of /require *\\( *["'\](.+?)["'`] *\)/.exec(fileCode).slice(1)) {}` - some things in the brakets will be highlighted incorrectly
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Research direction
Reproduce the incorrect highlighting in VS Code 1.59.1 using the JavaScript regex shown in the issue, then inspect the TypeScript TextMate grammar files in this repository. Done means the relevant parts inside the regular expression are highlighted correctly without breaking the surrounding JavaScript syntax.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, typescript
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100