ocamldoc (**/**) comment reformats badly
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KIND: BUG
OCaml->Reason
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Description
(**/**) in OCaml will refmt to /**/**/ in Reason, causing a syntax error.
EDIT: Submitted too soon
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Research direction
Start by reproducing how (**/**) is transformed by refmt into Reason syntax and inspect the formatter path responsible for comments. Done means the resulting Reason output is syntactically valid instead of becoming /**/**/; the issue does not name a file or test to run.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- ocaml
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100