Josh Goldberg • 12/7/2018

TypeScript Contribution Diary: Identifiers after Numeric Literals

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This article details a developer's contribution to the TypeScript compiler, specifically addressing a long-standing issue (#4702) where identifiers cannot follow numeric literals without a space, per ECMAScript spec. It explains the problem, relevant terminology, and the process of navigating the TypeScript source code (parser.ts, scanner.ts) to implement a fix.

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