Variables with curly braces are not highlighted correctly
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100
- Issue type
- Bug
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Activity status
- Stale
- Tech stack
- powershell
- Domain
- tooling
Research direction
Start by reproducing the PowerShell snippet in a supported editor and compare highlighting for global:PROJ_ROOT with and without curly braces. The payload names no source file or test; trace the syntax-highlighting rules and add regression coverage showing both forms receive the same highlighting.
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Description
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Steps to reproduce
The global:PROJ_ROOT should be highlighted the same on both lines, regardless of curly braces
${script:compile} = {
${global:PKG_BULD_DIR} = "$global:PROJ_ROOT\tmp\${PKG_NAME}\${PKG_PLATFORM}\${PKG_ARCH}"
${global:PKG_INST_DIR} = "${global:PROJ_ROOT}\out\${PKG_NAME}\${PKG_PLATFORM}\${PKG_ARCH}"
}
Originally from @valord577 in https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/239461
Expected behavior
The global:PROJ_ROOT should be highlighted the same on both lines, regardless of curly braces
Actual behavior
Error details
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Version
742f0b5d4b60f5930c0b47fcc1f646860521296e
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Originally from @valord577 in https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/239461
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