reasonml / reasonml/reason

ocamldoc (**/**) comment reformats badly

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KIND: BUG OCaml->Reason Printer
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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

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