microsoft / microsoft/vscode-powerquery
String with backslash+double-quote sequence is not parsed by syntax highligher correctly
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- TypeScript
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Description
A string literal with the sequence backslash+double-quote gets interpreted by the syntax highlighter as a single double quote rather than treating the backslash literally, but the M language treats the backslash literally.
This breaks syntax highlighting for all code after the quote, and interprets the rest of the code as a string literal.
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Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Reproduce the backslash-plus-double-quote case in the Power Query syntax highlighter, then locate the highlighting implementation and its test coverage; done means the backslash is treated literally and code after the quote remains highlighted correctly.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100