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How are you using Babel?

Programmatic API (babel.transform, babel.parse)

Input code

const babel = require("@babel/core");

const sourceCode = `
var
const a = 1;




`;

const result = babel.transformSync(sourceCode, {
  filename: "example.js",
  sourceMaps: true,
  parserOpts: {
    // startLine: 5,
  },
});

Configuration file name

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Configuration

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Current and expected behavior

correct message

with startLine: 5, message is

Environment

"@babel/core": "^7.26.0"

node: 20.17.0

Possible solution

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Additional context

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