review: refactor: PrinterHelper can be extended to support direct writing #2196
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The changes in PrinterHelper are needed for sniper mode, which needs low level access to the print buffer and some printer helper state.
The TokenWriter#writeSpace is needed for sniper mode too. The direct call of PrinterHelper (as written in old comment) would kill the concept of Sniper mode.