1 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/clang/lib/Format/UnwrappedLineParser.cpp b/clang/lib/Format/UnwrappedLineParser.cpp
index 6dd922e4f26..b8608dcac9c 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Format/UnwrappedLineParser.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Format/UnwrappedLineParser.cpp
@@ -379,13 +379,16 @@ void UnwrappedLineParser::calculateBraceTypes(bool ExpectClassBody) {
     switch (Tok->Tok.getKind()) {
     case tok::l_brace:
       if (Style.Language == FormatStyle::LK_JavaScript && PrevTok) {
-        if (PrevTok->is(tok::colon))
-          // A colon indicates this code is in a type, or a braced list
-          // following a label in an object literal ({a: {b: 1}}). The code
-          // below could be confused by semicolons between the individual
-          // members in a type member list, which would normally trigger
-          // BK_Block. In both cases, this must be parsed as an inline braced
-          // init.
+        if (PrevTok->isOneOf(tok::colon, tok::less))
+          // A ':' indicates this code is in a type, or a braced list
+          // following a label in an object literal ({a: {b: 1}}).
+          // A '<' could be an object used in a comparison, but that is nonsense
+          // code (can never return true), so more likely it is a generic type
+          // argument (`X<{a: string; b: number}>`).
+          // The code below could be confused by semicolons between the
+          // individual members in a type member list, which would normally
+          // trigger BK_Block. In both cases, this must be parsed as an inline
+          // braced init.
           Tok->BlockKind = BK_BracedInit;
         else if (PrevTok->is(tok::r_paren))
           // `) { }` can only occur in function or method declarations in JS.