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[MemberExpression] Missing parenthesis for object expressions and method calls

See original GitHub issue

({}.a().b());
({}).a().b();

outputs

{}.a().b();
{}.a().b();

which is invalid

https://jlongster.github.io/prettier/#{"content"%3A"({}.a().b())%3B%5Cn(%7B%7D).a().b()%3B%5Cn%22%2C%22options%22%3A%7B%22printWidth%22%3A80%2C%22tabWidth%22%3A2%2C%22singleQuote%22%3Afalse%2C%22trailingComma%22%3Afalse%2C%22bracketSpacing%22%3Atrue%7D%7D

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Created 7 years ago
Comments:5 (5 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

2reactions

yamafaktorycommented, Jan 16, 2017

@vjeux I will create a PR for the second case in few minutes!

0reactions

jlongstercommented, Jan 16, 2017

Ah, I thought the member lookup would disambiguate it. I’ve dealt with that behavior behavior before but thought it was clear here. Gotcha, makes sense!

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