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originalPositionFor returns null if sourcemap does not contains the exact line.

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3/5
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35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
tooling

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Start in lib/source-map-consumer.js around line 616 and reproduce the multiline chained-call example from the issue with a sourcemap that lacks the exact line. Check how originalPositionFor handles missing mappings; done means it returns the nearest source-map position instead of null for this case.

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originalPositionFor returns null if sourcemap does not contains the exact line.
It cause the issue with typescript(ts-node) that may not create source map for all the lines,
especially when the source contains multi-line chained function call like below.

let obj:any = null;
obj
.map();

In this case, the error happens on the last line. But, sourcemap does not have information on the line. So, the following code assume the mapping does not found and return null.

https://github.com/mozilla/source-map/blob/75663e0187002920ad98ed1de21e54cb85114609/lib/source-map-consumer.js#L616

It is much better to return the nearest source map position, instead of just return null.

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