microsoft / microsoft/TypeScript
Create Annex B lib target
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Description
Annex B is the 🚽 of JavaScript with such features like a broken escape method and the blink method for strings. We shouldn't offer broken functions by default, and (almost) no one wants to see fontcolor in their string completion list, but it is "standard", so we should have a separate lib target (in the same category as e.g. dom) for annex-b that squirrels away the Annex B declarations so people can still opt in if they want to.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by inspecting the existing lib targets, especially dom, and the Annex B declarations described in the issue. Define what belongs in a separate annex-b target and verify that the declarations are excluded by default while remaining available when explicitly selected.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, typescript
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100