Exponentiation operator shown as error when used.

[TheV360]

Nature of issue?

• Found a bug
• Existing feature enhancement
• New feature request

Details about the bug:

When I try to use the exponentiation operator, it says it's an error.

• Web browser and version: Firefox 62.0.3
• Operating System: Windows 10
• Steps to reproduce this: write any line of code with the exponentiation operator.

function setup() {
  createCanvas(2 ** 8, 2 ** 7);
}

function draw() {
  background(220);
}

[catarak]

Thanks for reporting! This has to do with the JSHint configuration in the Editor component. Basically, JSHint doesn't currently support ES7, which includes the "**" operator, but this will be included in the next release. I've been trying to find a way that it would show the error, but I can't figure that out.

[LakshSingla]

This seems to be working now, although the CodeMirror shows a linting error. Should a separate issue be created for it ?

[catarak]

a new version of JSHint has been released, see https://github.com/jshint/jshint/releases. this issue should be pretty easy to fix now—just updating JSHint in the web editor!