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[JavaScript] optional chaining operator breaks highlight

See original GitHub issue

I see it’s added to the next CodeMirror but what about 5.xx?

Currently, using ?. will break highlighting in seemingly unpredictable ways as seen in the official demo when adding ?.test after context in line 13:

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Created 3 years ago
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marijnhcommented, May 1, 2020

Ah, don’t mind me, I had implemented (and was testing) a .? operator, instead of a ?. one. Attached patch should help.

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tophfcommented, May 1, 2020

Retried now with hard refresh in three different browsers as well as tried the master branch locally => still seeing the bug. I’m talking about CodeMirror 5.xx, not the next big thing.

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