Scope of this is lost when passing a member function to setInterval

TypeScript Version: 1.8.10

When passing a member function to setInterval, the scope of 'this' is lost within the callback, though the structure of the code (given experience of any object orientated language) indicates it shouldn't be.

Example code

export class SetIntervalTest {
  private someNumber: number = 1;

  trigger() {
      setInterval(this.setIntervalCallback, 400);
  }

  private setIntervalCallback() {
      console.log(this.someNumber);
  }
}  

Expected behavior
When console.log(this.someNumber); is called, the scope of this is within the scope of the SetIntervalTest interval instance, printing '1'.

Actual behavior:
The scope of this is pulled from global scope, resulting in this.someNumber being 'undefined'. If that isn't possible, the compiler should indicate the expected behaviour is not what you're going to get.

To fix this i need to change 'setInterval(this.setIntervalCallback, 400);' to 'setInterval(() => this.setIntervalCallback(), 400);' so 'this' is correctly scoped in the callback.

Start by reproducing the example with TypeScript 1.8.10 and inspect the emitted JavaScript to separate compiler behavior from JavaScript callback semantics. The issue names no source file or test; progress requires determining whether the intended outcome is a compiler diagnostic or a language change, then adding coverage for the agreed behavior.