Perl Syntax Highlighting breaks with //= on any new line

[aeschli]

From @TalhaObaid on January 23, 2018 3:30

• VSCode Version: Code 1.19.2 (490ef761b76b3f3b3832eff7a588aac891e5fe80, 2018-01-10T15:49:04.682Z)
• OS Version: Darwin x64 16.7.0
• Extensions:

Extension	Author (truncated)	Version
vscode-docker	Pet	0.0.23
perltidy	sfo	1.2.1

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Steps to Reproduce:

1. Create/open a file with Perl code in editor, having .pm/.pl extension.
2. Write //= (); on a new line in the middle of the code.
3. The rest of the code below will turn leaving the identifiers only

Reproduces without extensions: Yes

Copied from original issue: microsoft/vscode#42008

[klyubavsky]

To bring more light on this issue
It will be broken for every slash / on the new line with leading spaces
That is, all this options will break highlighting:

• /
• /foo
• <\s>/foo
• <\t>/foo

[chrstphrchvz]

@TalhaObaid Does using m// instead of // workaround this issue?

[simcop2387]

No, using m// would not address this issue as //= is a different operator. // is the defined-or operator in perl, distinct from /foo/ or m//.