hughsk / hughsk/flat

Return type of flatten/unflatten

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Description

How Do i get the result type being properly typed?? Instead I get unknown as a result of flatter/unflatten

unflatten(values);

function unflatten<{
    "locationDetails. id": string;
    "locationDetails. name": string;
    "locationDetails. storeFormat": {
        label: string;
        value: string;
    } | null;
    ... 40 more ...;
}, unknown>(     target: {},     options?: UnflattenOptions): unknown

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No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by locating the TypeScript declaration for flatten/unflatten shown in the report; done means unflatten returns a properly inferred result type instead of unknown.

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Tech stack
javascript, typescript
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developer-experience
Issue type
Bug
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3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
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Needs clarification
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