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Acorn at version 7.0.0

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
compilers

Research direction

Start with the acorn dependency declaration shown in the issue and review how acorn-node constrains its parser dependencies. Check the existing package behavior against syntax supported by Acorn 8, then update the dependency if compatibility is confirmed. Done means acorn-node installs the newer Acorn version and supports the requested JavaScript syntax.

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Description

When I installed the latest acorn-node (2.0.1), I get acorn 7.4.1 with it:

{
  "name": "acorn-node",
  "description": "the acorn javascript parser, preloaded with plugins for syntax parity with recent node versions",
  "version": "2.0.1",
  "author": "Renée Kooi <[email protected]>",
  "bugs": {
    "url": "https://github.com/browserify/acorn-node/issues"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "acorn": "^7.0.0",
    "acorn-walk": "^7.0.0",
    "xtend": "^4.0.2"
  },

Any change of updating the dependencies? Acorn 8 supports JS syntax that would be useful.

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