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Possible update to syntax highlighting for `??` `??=` `?.` `?[]` operators

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
powershell
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start by locating the repository's PowerShell syntax-highlighting definitions and reviewing how operators are tokenized. Use the provided examples to check highlighting for ??, ??=, ?., and ?[]; done means these operators receive the expected syntax treatment.

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Description

Environment
  • Editor and Version (VS Code, Atom, Sublime):
  • Your primary theme: Dark
Issue Description

New feature added to PowerShell https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/10636 for null coalescing operators.
New feature added to PowerShell https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/pull/10960 for null conditional member access.

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Expected Behavior
Code Samples

$x ?? $y
$x ??= 10

${x}?.name
${x}?[0]
${x}?.MyMethod()
${x}?.name = 'myname'
${x}?['item'] = 'value'
Dominant language
PowerShell
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151
Forks
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