So I've been using VS Code for several years, and this problem has persisted among many, many versions of VS Code. I'd like to understand what's going on:
When I open and edit a package.json file in any project (and ONLY a package.json--at least, this is the only file type I've noticed it happening in), VS Code frequently fails to parse the file, citing a syntax error in a random place. Example:
The thing is, there is no syntax error. Here's another screenshot, without the error message:
Sometimes the "red squiggle" is at the beginning of the file, sometimes it's near the end. I can't seem to find a pattern there.
It looks to me like VS Code is getting a truncated version of the file, parsing it, and discovering incomplete or missing pieces.
Am I the only one having this issue? How do I discover what's going on and why?
Update: Here's another screenshot, as it's been happening again. I don't even understand what plugin is doing this--maybe it's a vscode built-in parser?
Version info: Version: 1.49.3 Commit: 2af051012b66169dde0c4dfae3f5ef48f787ff69 Date: 2020-10-02T17:54:06.165Z Electron: 9.2.1 Chrome: 83.0.4103.122 Node.js: 12.14.1 V8: 8.3.110.13-electron.0 OS: Darwin x64 18.7.0