exports in JS (#27394)
The ad-hoc name resolution rule for `exports` forgets to check the
requested meaning. When `getTypeReferenceType` calls`
resolveTypeReferenceName` with `Type` only in order to give an error
when the program uses a value like a type, it is incorrectly able to
resolve `exports` instead of producing an error. Then this incorrect
symbol gets treated like an alias, which it isn't, causing the assert.
The fix, for now, is to make resolution of `exports` check the requested
meaning so that it only resolves when `Value` is requested. This makes
the above code an error ("Cannot use the namespace 'exports' as a
type."), but I think this is fine for a bug fix. We can decide later if
`exports` should behave like other expandos and be a legal type
reference.
Note that the name actually does resolve correctly, so JS users will get
the desired completions. They'll just have an error to suppress if they
have checkJs on.
TypeScript
TypeScript is a language for application-scale JavaScript. TypeScript adds optional types to JavaScript that support tools for large-scale JavaScript applications for any browser, for any host, on any OS. TypeScript compiles to readable, standards-based JavaScript. Try it out at the playground, and stay up to date via our blog and Twitter account.
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Building
In order to build the TypeScript compiler, ensure that you have Git and Node.js installed.
Clone a copy of the repo:
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cd TypeScript
Install Jake tools and dev dependencies:
npm install -g jake
npm install
Use one of the following to build and test:
jake local # Build the compiler into built/local
jake clean # Delete the built compiler
jake LKG # Replace the last known good with the built one.
# Bootstrapping step to be executed when the built compiler reaches a stable state.
jake tests # Build the test infrastructure using the built compiler.
jake runtests # Run tests using the built compiler and test infrastructure.
# You can override the host or specify a test for this command.
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parameters 'host=', 'tests=[regex], reporter=[list|spec|json|<more>]'.
jake baseline-accept # This replaces the baseline test results with the results obtained from jake runtests.
jake lint # Runs tslint on the TypeScript source.
jake help # List the above commands.
Usage
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