From 4b235eca17475ce0991a1d7047b6369925eefb4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kitson Kelly <me@kitsonkelly.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2021 10:05:48 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: check if sysFormatDiagnosticsHost is defined (#44344)

* fix: check if sysFormatDiagnosticsHost is defined

* improve types
---
 src/compiler/watch.ts | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/compiler/watch.ts b/src/compiler/watch.ts
index 90346bbd726..78dc1413447 100644
--- a/src/compiler/watch.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/watch.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 /*@internal*/
 namespace ts {
-    const sysFormatDiagnosticsHost: FormatDiagnosticsHost = sys ? {
+    const sysFormatDiagnosticsHost: FormatDiagnosticsHost | undefined = sys ? {
         getCurrentDirectory: () => sys.getCurrentDirectory(),
         getNewLine: () => sys.newLine,
         getCanonicalFileName: createGetCanonicalFileName(sys.useCaseSensitiveFileNames)
-    } : undefined!; // TODO: GH#18217
+    } : undefined;
 
     /**
      * Create a function that reports error by writing to the system and handles the formating of the diagnostic
      */
     export function createDiagnosticReporter(system: System, pretty?: boolean): DiagnosticReporter {
-        const host: FormatDiagnosticsHost = system === sys ? sysFormatDiagnosticsHost : {
+        const host: FormatDiagnosticsHost = system === sys && sysFormatDiagnosticsHost ? sysFormatDiagnosticsHost : {
             getCurrentDirectory: () => system.getCurrentDirectory(),
             getNewLine: () => system.newLine,
             getCanonicalFileName: createGetCanonicalFileName(system.useCaseSensitiveFileNames),