Unnecessary parens wrapping for switch case followed by lambda
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Description
switch foo {
| Bar => a => 1
};
Parses fine, but prints into:
switch foo {
| Bar => (a => 1)
};
cc @jordwalke ok to remove parens here?
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Start by reproducing the parser and printer behavior with the switch and lambda example shown in the issue. Trace the formatting path for switch-case expressions, then verify that the output omits the unnecessary parentheses while remaining valid Reason syntax.
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- Tech stack
- ocaml
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- compilers
- Issue type
- Bug
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