Improve contextual types inferred from return types#61913
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Pull Request Overview
This PR improves contextual type inference by introducing a new inference priority for mapping return types.
- Added a new enum member ReturnMapper and updated the MaxValue and combination mask in InferencePriority.
- Modified the type-checker to exclude any/unknown types when using the ReturnMapper inference and passed the new flag into the inferTypes function.
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| src/compiler/types.ts | Added ReturnMapper to the InferencePriority enum and updated related bit masks. |
| src/compiler/checker.ts | Updated inference filtering to exclude any/unknown types and passed the ReturnMapper flag to inferTypes. |
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Looks like you're introducing a change to the public API surface area. If this includes breaking changes, please document them on our wiki's API Breaking Changes page. Also, please make sure @DanielRosenwasser and @RyanCavanaugh are aware of the changes, just as a heads up. |
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@typescript-bot test it |
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Hey @ahejlsberg, the results of running the DT tests are ready. Everything looks the same! |
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@ahejlsberg Here are the results of running the user tests with tsc comparing Everything looks good! |
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@ahejlsberg Here they are:
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@ahejlsberg Here are the results of running the top 400 repos with tsc comparing Something interesting changed - please have a look. Details
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This PR addresses a different situation, but its generic title reminded me of #58910 ;p |
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| NoDefault = 1 << 0, // Infer silentNeverType for no inferences (otherwise anyType or unknownType) | ||
| AnyDefault = 1 << 1, // Infer anyType (in JS files) for no inferences (otherwise unknownType) | ||
| SkippedGenericFunction = 1 << 2, // A generic function was skipped during inference | ||
| NoUnknownInference = 1 << 3, |
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Minimal repro case for the type Many<T> = T | readonly T[];
declare function pick<T extends object, U extends keyof T>(
object: T,
...props: Array<Many<U>>
): Pick<T, U>;
type ProductLandingContextT = {
title: string;
intro: string;
};
const getProductLandingContextFromRequest = async (
req: any,
): Promise<ProductLandingContextT> => {
const page = req.context.page;
const title = await page.renderProp("title", req.context, { textOnly: true });
return {
title,
...pick(page, ["intro"]),
};
}; |
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@typescript-bot pack this |
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Hey @jakebailey, I've packed this into an installable tgz. You can install it for testing by referencing it in your and then running There is also a playground for this build and an npm module you can use via |
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Implements the experiment discussed here.