Flight Log / microsoft/typescript-go #892
Fix panic when compiling webpack by handling ElementAccessExpression in Node.Text() — a GitHub Copilot (GitHub) bot flight
The GitHub Copilot bot (GitHub) opened this pull request in microsoft/typescript-go on May 21, 2025; a burn — closed unmerged after human review: +114 −83, 7 files, 6 reviews.
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GitHub Copilot attempted a fix in microsoft/typescript-go for a webpack compile panic, where Node.Text() did not handle ElementAccessExpression nodes. The change touched seven files, with 114 additions and 83 deletions across six commits. Six reviews and eight review comments followed. The pull request closed unmerged after human review, a burn, with no change requests.
“No, I think the right thing here is to try to clone webpack, try building it, and find where the crash happens by removing files”
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## Issue When compiling webpack, the compiler would panic with the error: ``` panic: Unhandled case in Node.Text: *ast.ElementAccessExpression ``` This occurred because the `Node.Text()` method in `internal/ast/ast.go` didn't handle `ElementAccessExpression` nodes, which are commonly used in webpac…
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