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Highlighting of TypeScript method that returns a union

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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
typescript
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Reproduce the issue in a TypeScript file using the provided class and multiline union return type, with extensions disabled. Investigate the TypeScript TextMate grammar used for syntax highlighting; done means the method and its union return type are highlighted correctly without breaking surrounding code.

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Description

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes/No

  • VS Code Version: 1.92.2
  • OS Version: elementary OS 7.1, based on Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Create a new file and choose TypeScript as the language
  2. Paste the following code:
class Foo {
  foo():
    | string
    | Array<number> {
      const foo = 42;
      return [foo];
    }
}
  1. See that the highlighting is broken

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