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Flag usage of >< etc when -gt, -lt, etc should be used

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
csharp, powershell, vscode
Domain
devtools, tooling

Research direction

Start by reviewing issue #1900 and the PSScriptAnalyzer analyzer entry points that inspect PowerShell conditional expressions; the payload does not name a specific file or test. Determine how a diagnostic should distinguish these operators in conditionals, then add coverage showing the intended warning or hint and verify the analyzer reports it without flagging valid syntax.

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Summary

I would like the Visual Studio Code editor to flag usage of >< !=, etc as possibly incorrect if used in a conditional.
I go back and forth between languages and I inadvertently use C#/TypeScript syntax in conditionals and then it takes a while to find my error. An error/warning/hint that I am probably using the incorrect syntax would be great.

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