Commenting causes incorrect escape character?

[erikschul]

Initial checklist

• I read the support docs
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• I agree to follow the code of conduct
• I searched issues and couldn’t find anything (or linked relevant results below)

Affected packages and versions

v1.8.1

Link to runnable example

No response

Steps to reproduce

For an .mdx file, when saving this content

{/* Lorem ipsum

## Dolor salet

*/}

it is saved as

{/\* Lorem ipsum

## Dolor salet

\*/}

Expected behavior

The \ should not be inserted?

Actual behavior

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Runtime

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Package manager

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OS

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Build and bundle tools

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[remcohaszing]

The issue title does not match up with the description. Commenting does not cause this issue. Formatting doesn’t either.

You are probably formatting the code with Prettier. Prettier does have this issue. See this playground.

[erikschul]

Thanks!

prettier/prettier#15163