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Unstable comment around parenthesized assignment

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Since Jun 2, 2026.

area:comments area:idempotency lang:javascript
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Description

Prettier 0926c3e9c
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--parser babel

Input:

(a = c /* comment */);

Output:

a = c /* comment */;

Second Output:

a = c; /* comment */

Expected output:


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