CLAUDE branch

i made have screwed the pooch with this

frontend/node_modules/sucrase/dist/esm/util/elideImportEquals.js

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+import {TokenType as tt} from "../parser/tokenizer/types";
+
+
+export default function elideImportEquals(tokens) {
+  // import
+  tokens.removeInitialToken();
+  // name
+  tokens.removeToken();
+  // =
+  tokens.removeToken();
+  // name or require
+  tokens.removeToken();
+  // Handle either `import A = require('A')` or `import A = B.C.D`.
+  if (tokens.matches1(tt.parenL)) {
+    // (
+    tokens.removeToken();
+    // path string
+    tokens.removeToken();
+    // )
+    tokens.removeToken();
+  } else {
+    while (tokens.matches1(tt.dot)) {
+      // .
+      tokens.removeToken();
+      // name
+      tokens.removeToken();
+    }
+  }
+}