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DEBUG: JSDoc 3.6.0 (Sat, 04 May 2019 22:43:05 GMT)
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DEBUG: Parsing source files: ["/home/adroitwhiz/Documents/jsdoctest/src/index.js"]
Parsing /home/adroitwhiz/Documents/jsdoctest/src/index.js ...
DEBUG: Finished parsing source files.
DEBUG: Adding inherited symbols, mixins, and interface implementations...
DEBUG: Adding borrowed doclets...
DEBUG: Post-processing complete.
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Error: unable to parse [ 'Array' ].<number>: Expected "!", "$", "'", "(", "*", ".", "...", "0", "?", "@", "Function", "\"", "\\", "_", "break", "case", "catch", "class", "const", "continue", "debugger", "default", "delete", "do", "else", "enum", "export", "extends", "false", "finally", "for", "function", "if", "implements", "import", "in", "instanceof", "interface", "let", "new", "null", "package", "private", "protected", "public", "return", "static", "super", "switch", "this", "throw", "true", "try", "typeof", "undefined", "var", "void", "while", "with", "yield", "{", Unicode letter number, Unicode lowercase letter, Unicode modifier letter, Unicode other letter, Unicode titlecase letter, Unicode uppercase letter, or [1-9] but "[" found.
at parseType (/home/adroitwhiz/Documents/jsdoctest/node_modules/jsdoc/lib/jsdoc/util/templateHelper.js:255:15)
at buildLink (/home/adroitwhiz/Documents/jsdoctest/node_modules/jsdoc/lib/jsdoc/util/templateHelper.js:338:22)
at exports.linkto (/home/adroitwhiz/Documents/jsdoctest/node_modules/jsdoc/lib/jsdoc/util/templateHelper.js:378:79)
at /home/adroitwhiz/Documents/jsdoctest/node_modules/jsdoc/templates/default/publish.js:119:25
at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
at buildItemTypeStrings (/home/adroitwhiz/Documents/jsdoctest/node_modules/jsdoc/templates/default/publish.js:118:25)
at /home/adroitwhiz/Documents/jsdoctest/node_modules/jsdoc/templates/default/publish.js:140:31
at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
at addNonParamAttributes (/home/adroitwhiz/Documents/jsdoctest/node_modules/jsdoc/templates/default/publish.js:139:11)
at addSignatureReturns (/home/adroitwhiz/Documents/jsdoctest/node_modules/jsdoc/templates/default/publish.js:175:23)
at /home/adroitwhiz/Documents/jsdoctest/node_modules/jsdoc/templates/default/publish.js:566:13
at each (/home/adroitwhiz/Documents/jsdoctest/node_modules/taffydb/taffy.js:87:17)
at Object.<anonymous> (/home/adroitwhiz/Documents/jsdoctest/node_modules/taffydb/taffy.js:1109:7)
at Object.API.<computed> [as each] (/home/adroitwhiz/Documents/jsdoctest/node_modules/taffydb/taffy.js:127:18)
at Object.exports.publish (/home/adroitwhiz/Documents/jsdoctest/node_modules/jsdoc/templates/default/publish.js:554:12)
at Object.module.exports.cli.generateDocs (/home/adroitwhiz/Documents/jsdoctest/node_modules/jsdoc/cli.js:441:39)
Error: unable to parse [ 'Array' ].<number>: Expected "!", "$", "'", "(", "*", ".", "...", "0", "?", "@", "Function", "\"", "\\", "_", "break", "case", "catch", "class", "const", "continue", "debugger", "default", "delete", "do", "else", "enum", "export", "extends", "false", "finally", "for", "function", "if", "implements", "import", "in", "instanceof", "interface", "let", "new", "null", "package", "private", "protected", "public", "return", "static", "super", "switch", "this", "throw", "true", "try", "typeof", "undefined", "var", "void", "while", "with", "yield", "{", Unicode letter number, Unicode lowercase letter, Unicode modifier letter, Unicode other letter, Unicode titlecase letter, Unicode uppercase letter, or [1-9] but "[" found.
at parseType (/home/adroitwhiz/Documents/jsdoctest/node_modules/jsdoc/lib/jsdoc/util/templateHelper.js:255:15)
at buildLink (/home/adroitwhiz/Documents/jsdoctest/node_modules/jsdoc/lib/jsdoc/util/templateHelper.js:338:22)
at Template.exports.linkto (/home/adroitwhiz/Documents/jsdoctest/node_modules/jsdoc/lib/jsdoc/util/templateHelper.js:378:79)
at eval (eval at _.template (/home/adroitwhiz/Documents/jsdoctest/node_modules/underscore/underscore.js:1597:16), <anonymous>:11:14)
at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
at Template.eval (eval at _.template (/home/adroitwhiz/Documents/jsdoctest/node_modules/underscore/underscore.js:1597:16), <anonymous>:9:10)
at Template.template (/home/adroitwhiz/Documents/jsdoctest/node_modules/underscore/underscore.js:1604:21)
at Template.partial (/home/adroitwhiz/Documents/jsdoctest/node_modules/jsdoc/lib/jsdoc/template.js:55:33)
at Template.eval (eval at _.template (/home/adroitwhiz/Documents/jsdoctest/node_modules/underscore/underscore.js:1597:16), <anonymous>:17:14)
at Template.template (/home/adroitwhiz/Documents/jsdoctest/node_modules/underscore/underscore.js:1604:21)
at Template.partial (/home/adroitwhiz/Documents/jsdoctest/node_modules/jsdoc/lib/jsdoc/template.js:55:33)
at eval (eval at _.template (/home/adroitwhiz/Documents/jsdoctest/node_modules/underscore/underscore.js:1597:16), <anonymous>:161:14)
at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
at Template.eval (eval at _.template (/home/adroitwhiz/Documents/jsdoctest/node_modules/underscore/underscore.js:1597:16), <anonymous>:159:13)
at Template.template (/home/adroitwhiz/Documents/jsdoctest/node_modules/underscore/underscore.js:1604:21)
at Template.partial (/home/adroitwhiz/Documents/jsdoctest/node_modules/jsdoc/lib/jsdoc/template.js:55:33)
Parsing should work.
It doesn't, as shown above.
In Node 12, bracketed type syntax like
Array<number>orObject<string>fails with a parsing error.Input code
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This occurs independent of config.
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Expected behavior
Parsing should work.
Current behavior
It doesn't, as shown above.
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