Colons in named parameters get replaced with equal signs occasioanally

While editing code, the editor sometimes brakes previously valid code below the code being edited by replacing colons in parameter lists with equal signs. The editor also adds curly braces { … } automatically when it should not (there should not be curly braces in a conditional statement inside an array definition).

Sample result (the code defines widgets inside Column.children):

I don’t know how to reproduce this exactly, but most probably you have to make some heavy editing into an initially valid code which brakes the code on purpose temporarily. Then you will see also some unexpected automatic “fixes”. In this specific case I just copy/pasted a block of new code into the middle of an existing code and started editing it. This was expected to brake the existing code temporarily, but braking the parameter lists and adding invalid curly braces is of course not correct.

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Dart extension v3.36.0

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@DanTup Ok, I’ll try to do it next time I see it. I’m working on a variety of projects and I’ve only been able to use Dart occasionally lately, but nonetheless, I’ve seen the problem a few times in the last few months.

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