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`?->print()` not working

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Description

Prettier 3.0.3

PHP Plugin 0.22.2

Input:

$unit = $unitNode?->print($context);

Output:

Error:  test.php: SyntaxError: Parse Error : syntax error, unexpected 'print' (T_PRINT) on line 549
Error:    549 |     $unit = $unitNode?->print($context);

Expected behavior:
It seems that print is the culprit. I would expect that I can call a print method the same way any other method with the conditional chaining before. This code seems to work in contrast:

$unit = $unitNode?->test($context);

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Reproduce the reported parse error with the provided PHP snippet, then compare it with the working ?->test($context) example. Trace how the formatter parses or handles print in a conditional method call; done means the input formats successfully while preserving the print method call.

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Tech stack
php
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
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3/5
Estimated time
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