(🐞) No color on operator in "Unsupported right operand type" error message
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Description
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"" | ""

The operator here should be given highlighting, otherwise it looks like a word in the sentence.
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Research direction
Reproduce the reported examples, 1 in 1 and "" | "", and inspect the diagnostic rendering path for the “Unsupported right operand type” message. Confirm that the operator receives syntax highlighting like the surrounding diagnostic text, and verify both examples after the change.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100