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Absence of color when using "in" keyword in terinary operators (JS)

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Domain
tooling

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Reproduce the report in VS Code with extensions disabled using the shown JavaScript ternary expression, and compare its token colors with the version without in _typeIs. Done means variables and the string receive the expected syntax highlighting in the Dark+ theme; the issue does not name a grammar file or test to start from.

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Description

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Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Enter the following code:
    hello = type in _typeIs ? type : 'any'
    
  2. Notice the absence of color in some tokens (variables and string)
    Screen Shot 2021-04-05 at 11 04 54 AM

However, when removing in _typeIs, we get:

Screen Shot 2021-04-05 at 11 06 52 AM

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes
Theme: Dark+ (default dark)

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TypeScript
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