[2-quell-the-fracus] [Bug Fix] - Ensure that users hand typing tex into Numeric Inputs on Desktop do not cause an infinite loop. #2175
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Summary:
This ticket is part of the Numeric Input project.
Numeric Input has different experiences on Desktop versus Mobile:
This diverged experience resulted in the possibility to hit an infinite loop on Desktop if the user tries to hand type
\frac
or\dfrac
TeX commands , as the parser was unable to locate the next symbols to parse. This has likely been a bug since inception, but has become far more noticeable as we're now parsing answers on the fly to provide AI support. As a result, the answers are constantly being evaluated and would hit the infinite loop as soon as the user started typing the expressions.Issue: LEMS-198
Test plan: