Multiline eslint-disable comments with leading asterisks fail to disable rules

• ESLint Version: 4.11.0
• Node Version: 9.1.0
• npm Version: 5.5.1

Configuration

{
    "parserOptions": {
        "ecmaVersion": 5,
        "sourceType": "script",
        "ecmaFeatures": {}
    },
    "rules": {
        "eqeqeq": 2,
        "semi": 2
    },
    "env": {}
}

Currently the only way to put disable directives on separate lines is to omit any leading asterisks *.

// THIS WORKS AS EXPECTED
/* eslint-disable
   eqeqeq,
   semi
*/
1 == true
/* eslint-enable */

//  DOES NOT WORK WITH LEADING ASTERISKS
/* eslint-disable
 * eqeqeq,
 * semi
 */
1 == true
/* eslint-enable */

It is a common pattern to separate multiple lines in comments with leading asterisks. My editor places these automatically when I press return. There is one consideration: making sure this style is compatible with any documentation parsers such as JSDoc, but this should be fine as long as those parsers use the double asterisk pattern /** at the start of the comment block.

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[not-an-aardvark]

I think this would require TSC consensus since it’s a core change.

[ilyavolodin]

TSC Summary: Currently ESLint directives don’t support multi-line comments with leading asterisks. TSC Question: Proposal is to allow this behavior.