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refmt removes unremovable parentheses

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Description

We use these helpers in our tests, but refmt breaks them.
https://github.com/ocsigen/tyxml/blob/8551b673857fdc1defebe7c502ffcb920f04009e/test/tyxml_test.ml#L81-L85

Actual behavior:

  1. !:(<p />)
  2. !:<p />

Expected behaviour:

  1. !:(<p />)
  2. !:(<p />)

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Research direction

Start with test/tyxml_test.ml lines 81-85 and reproduce the refmt output for the two helper forms shown. Trace the refmt handling for these parentheses and verify that both forms remain !:(<p />) when the fix is complete.

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Tech stack
ocaml
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
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3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
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