microsoft / microsoft/TypeScript

Support formatting JSDoc comments

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Description

Formatting:

/**
      *    @param  { Object }    bar 
                */
function foo(bar) { }

Should result in:

/**
 * @param {Object} bar 
 */
function foo(bar) { }

Reported originally in https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/11456

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue's TypeScript example and comparing the current formatter output with the expected JSDoc formatting. Done means indentation, spacing around the @param type and name, and the closing delimiter match the expected output without changing the function.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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