From 71fa26aecb9f18dd3573a3a864a22d41e0493fe4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Orta Therox <orta.therox@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2019 12:56:16 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Adds a debug command to the scanner

---
 src/compiler/scanner.ts | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/compiler/scanner.ts b/src/compiler/scanner.ts
index eccce228d34..a0fb832e81f 100644
--- a/src/compiler/scanner.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/scanner.ts
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ namespace ts {
 
         setText(text, start, length);
 
-        return {
+        const scanner: Scanner = {
             getStartPos: () => startPos,
             getTextPos: () => pos,
             getToken: () => token,
@@ -912,6 +912,17 @@ namespace ts {
             scanRange,
         };
 
+        if (Debug.isDebugging) {
+            Object.defineProperty(scanner, "__debugShowCurrentPositionInText", {
+                get: () => {
+                    const text = scanner.getText();
+                    return text.slice(0, scanner.getStartPos()) + "║" + text.slice(scanner.getStartPos());
+                },
+            });
+        }
+
+        return scanner;
+
         function error(message: DiagnosticMessage): void;
         function error(message: DiagnosticMessage, errPos: number, length: number): void;
         function error(message: DiagnosticMessage, errPos: number = pos, length?: number): void {