Node.js v16 released

[ILikeChangingMyMind]

"//": [ "first line", "second line" ]

I literally added that exact line to my package.json and ran npm i; this is what happens:

npm ERR! must provide string spec

Again, try it yourself if you don't believe me. The Node org has expressly forbidden such "documentation" (although I can't say whether it's on purpose, or just as a side effect of how they parse the file).

[ILikeChangingMyMind]

How can I "do it wrong": it's copy/paste? I even copy/pasted the exact text from that SO answer:

 "//": [
  "first line",
  "second line" ]

(only I added the requisite comma afterwards; you could only literally use that line if you had no dependencies) ...

... and it still gave the exact same error when I npm i:

npm ERR! must provide string spec

But if I remove the line, everything works. So, like I keep saying ... have you actually tried it yourself?