From 3652682f525cd57469b3c84b5baea5270878c3c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anders Hejlsberg <andersh@microsoft.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 14:26:34 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] {} & null and {} & undefined should be never in
 non-strictNullChecks mode

---
 src/compiler/checker.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/compiler/checker.ts b/src/compiler/checker.ts
index e911d7fe7d2..1f76cbdafd1 100644
--- a/src/compiler/checker.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/checker.ts
@@ -15166,7 +15166,7 @@ namespace ts {
                 return includes & TypeFlags.IncludesWildcard ? wildcardType : anyType;
             }
             if (!strictNullChecks && includes & TypeFlags.Nullable) {
-                return includes & TypeFlags.Undefined ? undefinedType : nullType;
+                return includes & TypeFlags.IncludesEmptyObject ? neverType : includes & TypeFlags.Undefined ? undefinedType : nullType;
             }
             if (includes & TypeFlags.String && includes & (TypeFlags.StringLiteral | TypeFlags.TemplateLiteral | TypeFlags.StringMapping) ||
                 includes & TypeFlags.Number && includes & TypeFlags.NumberLiteral ||