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No color on default template argument

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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

Reproduce the provided JSDoc example in a supported editor, then inspect the repository's TypeScript TextMate grammar files for handling of the @template default argument. Done means the marked default-argument range receives the expected syntax highlighting; verify the result with the example shown in the issue.

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Description

The default argument for template is not highlighted correctly even though it is correct syntax and it's recognized by the typescript language server

/**
 * @template Value
 * @template [Output=Value]
 **///       ^ from here on
class A {}

/** @typedef {A<Number>} Custom */
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TypeScript
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