Can't paste a comment (#) after a pipe (|) and a newline #18022
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Description
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Steps to reproduce
Paste the following 3 lines into PowerShell (same for Windows PowerShell and VS Code):
1..3 |
# I do 't expect an error here
ForEach-Object { $_ }Expected behavior
No errors, the commented line (# ...) to be neglected.
Similar to putting the comment directly after the pipe character:
1..3 | # I don 't expect an error here
ForEach-Object { $_ }Actual behavior
Error
Error details
>> # I don 't expect an error here
ParserError:
Line |
1 | 1..3 |
| ~
| An empty pipe element is not allowed.Environment data
Name Value
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PSVersion 7.2.6
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId 7.2.6
OS Microsoft Windows 10.0.22000
Platform Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0Visuals
