bug#40760: 27.0.50; An indentation problem with const and chaining in js-mode

[Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl>]

On 2020-04-22, at 11:05, Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> wrote:

> When declaring a const variable which is assigned a value of a long,
> chained expression, the default indentation is wrong (compared to a let
> declaration):
>
> let a = /regex/
>     .test('regex hello');
>
> const a = /regex/
>       .test('regex hello');
>
> I would expect (and prefer) this:
>
> let a = /regex/
>     .test('regex hello');
>
> const a = /regex/
>     .test('regex hello');
>     
> (checked on emacs -Q)

This is the temporary solution I employed:

(setq js--declaration-keyword-re "\\<\\(let\\|var\\)\\>")

I would suggest turning this variable into a user option.

Best,

PS. Please CC me in any replies, I am not subscribed to bug-gnu-emacs.

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Marcin Borkowski
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