Function blankRange

src/resolution/strip-comments.ts:72–76

* Replace every char in a slice with spaces, but keep newlines so line * numbers computed downstream remain valid.

(buf: string[], start: number, end: number, src: string)

 * numbers computed downstream remain valid.
 */
function blankRange(buf: string[], start: number, end: number, src: string): void {
  for (let i = start; i < end; i++) {
    buf[i] = src[i] === '\n' ? '\n' : ' ';
  }
}

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