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Language TypeScript highlighting error edge case

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Assessment

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

Research direction

Reproduce the issue in a TypeScript file in VS Code with extensions disabled, using import type from './type'. Then inspect the repository's TypeScript TextMate grammar rules for import declarations. Done means type is highlighted as a variable name rather than a keyword in this case, while the surrounding import syntax remains correctly highlighted.

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Description

Effort: Difficult limitation

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

  • VS Code Version: 1.74.0
  • OS Version: macOS 13.0.1

Steps to Reproduce:

  1. Create a TS file
  2. Paste import type from './type' in it

type should be highlighted as a variable name rather than a keyword.

Dominant language
TypeScript
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