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[Typescript] Broken arrow function signature highlighting

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
42/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
typescript
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start by reproducing the TypeScript snippet in VS Code with extensions disabled, then inspect the repository’s TypeScript TextMate grammar files for the multiline tuple return-type rule. Done means arrow-function signatures with multiline labeled tuple return types highlight like equivalent function declarations without regressing the provided example.

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Description

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes

  • VS Code Version: 1.66.2
  • OS Version: Linux 5.17.5-arch1-1

Syntax highlighting breaks on arrow functions with return type being multiline tuple, works fine on function declarations.

Steps to Reproduce:

const foo = ({ a, b }: any): [
    el1: number,
    el2: string,
] => {
    a
    b
    return [1, '2']
}

Expected highlight:
Screenshot from 2022-05-05 13-52-26

Actual highlight:
Screenshot from 2022-05-05 13-52-53

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TypeScript
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