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react-docgen cannot extract comments with hermes-parser

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Description

Component comment blocks as well as proptype comments cannot be extracted with react docgen when using babel hermes-parser plugin https://www.npmjs.com/package/babel-plugin-syntax-hermes-parser. This parser is essential when running an application with flow

This issue explains it a bit more https://github.com/facebook/hermes/issues/1098. Would it be possible to improve the default handlers to support this?

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Research direction

Read the linked Hermes issue and inspect react-docgen's default handlers, then reproduce extraction with babel-plugin-syntax-hermes-parser enabled. Done means component comment blocks and prop-type comments are extracted correctly in that parser configuration.

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Assessment

Tech stack
react, typescript
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
32/100

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