[bug]: RootComponents can't have // commented code in their files

[Jordaneisenburger]

Describe the bug
Leaving code comments in RootComponents/Category/category.js prevents webpack from running after a restart

To reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
0. Start watcher with yarn run watch:venia

1. Go to packages/venia-ui/lib/RootComponents/Category/category.js
2. comment out
   if (totalPagesFromData === null) { return fullPageLoadingIndicator; } with this // comment style
3. Note that it seems to compile normally without errors
4. Now restart the watcher
5. It should give you an error like below

6. Now go ahead and remove the piece of code that we've just commented. 7. Restart watcher and note it now work properly

Expected behavior
Run's without a problem when you comment code

Additional context
It seem sto happen when the code has an if() statement in the code that's been commented.
Now for the weirdest part: when you use multiline comments like /* */ the problem doesn't appear. So I think somewhere in the RootComponentsPlugin it somehow read's these comments

Please complete the following device information:

• Device [e.g. iPhone6, PC, Mac, Pixel3]:
• OS [e.g. iOS8.1, Windows 10]:
• Browser [e.g. Chrome, Safari]:
• Browser Version [e.g. 22]:
• Magento Version:
• PWA Studio Version:
• NPM version npm -v:
• Node Version node -v:

Please let us know what packages this bug is in regards to:

• venia-concept
• venia-ui
• pwa-buildpack
• peregrine
• pwa-devdocs
• upward-js
• upward-spec
• create-pwa

[brendanfalkowski]

@Jordaneisenburger I was just about to add some notes here.

We hit the same bug around April and again in September, and needed @zetlen to lend an eye to understand it. It's the directive parser for root components that trips up expecting (if I recall correctly) a single comment block only which contains the "type" information.

[awilcoxa]

Created in Jira backlog for grooming/prioritization

[awilcoxa]

Marked as P3S3 given available workaround (@zetlen)

[ericerway]

@Jordaneisenburger can you confirm if this has been fixed in 8.0.0? Let's close if needed. Thanks!

[Jordaneisenburger]

Looks like it's fixed, I'll close for now.

[spencer1573]

I can confirm that this issue is not fixed. see # 2957

[Jordaneisenburger]

The issue doesn't seem to be resolved, we're running pwa studio 12.2