From ae386a9c32c75564e73fd3c3e221126ba2c84341 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anders Hejlsberg <andersh@microsoft.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2017 11:07:23 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Remove {} from intersection types that already contain object
 types

---
 src/compiler/checker.ts | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/compiler/checker.ts b/src/compiler/checker.ts
index d9852e78c3f..0d07d6a7498 100644
--- a/src/compiler/checker.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/checker.ts
@@ -6906,6 +6906,8 @@ namespace ts {
             containsString?: boolean;
             containsNumber?: boolean;
             containsStringOrNumberLiteral?: boolean;
+            containsObjectType?: boolean;
+            containsEmptyObject?: boolean;
             unionIndex?: number;
         }
 
@@ -7101,7 +7103,13 @@ namespace ts {
             else if (type.flags & TypeFlags.Any) {
                 typeSet.containsAny = true;
             }
+            else if (getObjectFlags(type) & ObjectFlags.Anonymous && isEmptyObjectType(type)) {
+                typeSet.containsEmptyObject = true;
+            }
             else if (!(type.flags & TypeFlags.Never) && (strictNullChecks || !(type.flags & TypeFlags.Nullable)) && !contains(typeSet, type)) {
+                if (type.flags & TypeFlags.Object) {
+                    typeSet.containsObjectType = true;
+                }
                 if (type.flags & TypeFlags.Union && typeSet.unionIndex === undefined) {
                     typeSet.unionIndex = typeSet.length;
                 }
@@ -7139,6 +7147,9 @@ namespace ts {
             if (typeSet.containsAny) {
                 return anyType;
             }
+            if (typeSet.containsEmptyObject && !typeSet.containsObjectType) {
+                typeSet.push(emptyObjectType);
+            }
             if (typeSet.length === 1) {
                 return typeSet[0];
             }
@@ -8309,6 +8320,18 @@ namespace ts {
             }
         }
 
+        function isEmptyResolvedType(t: ResolvedType) {
+            return t.properties.length === 0 &&
+                t.callSignatures.length === 0 &&
+                t.constructSignatures.length === 0 &&
+                !t.stringIndexInfo &&
+                !t.numberIndexInfo;
+        }
+
+        function isEmptyObjectType(type: Type) {
+            return type.flags & TypeFlags.Object && isEmptyResolvedType(resolveStructuredTypeMembers(<ObjectType>type));
+        }
+
         function isEnumTypeRelatedTo(source: EnumType, target: EnumType, errorReporter?: ErrorReporter) {
             if (source === target) {
                 return true;
@@ -8644,18 +8667,6 @@ namespace ts {
                 return false;
             }
 
-            function isEmptyResolvedType(t: ResolvedType) {
-                return t.properties.length === 0 &&
-                    t.callSignatures.length === 0 &&
-                    t.constructSignatures.length === 0 &&
-                    !t.stringIndexInfo &&
-                    !t.numberIndexInfo;
-            }
-
-            function isEmptyObjectType(type: Type) {
-                return type.flags & TypeFlags.Object && isEmptyResolvedType(resolveStructuredTypeMembers(<ObjectType>type));
-            }
-
             function hasExcessProperties(source: FreshObjectLiteralType, target: Type, reportErrors: boolean): boolean {
                 if (maybeTypeOfKind(target, TypeFlags.Object) && !(getObjectFlags(target) & ObjectFlags.ObjectLiteralPatternWithComputedProperties)) {
                     const isComparingJsxAttributes = !!(source.flags & TypeFlags.JsxAttributes);