Microsoft/monaco-editor

JavaScript syntax highlighting misidentifies `get` as a reserved keyword

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#2,676 opened on Sep 29, 2021

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Within Javascript files, the word "get" is highlighted as a reserved word when it shouldn't.

Browser: Checked on Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and MS Edge

import get from 'lodash/get';
const id = get(param1, param2);

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Inspect the JavaScript grammar file used by Monaco Editor for syntax highlighting, find the tokenizer rule that marks 'get' as a reserved word, and adjust it to only highlight 'get' when used as a property accessor (e.g., `get name()`) not as a function name.
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javascript
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frontend
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JavaScriptUnderstanding of textmate grammars
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