microsoft / microsoft/TypeScript
Allow wrapped values to be used in place of primitives.
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Description
``` ts
class NumberWrapper {
constructor(private value: number) {}
valueOf(): number { return this.value; }
}
var x = new NumberWrapper(1);
// The right-hand side of an arithmetic operation
// must be of type 'any', 'number' or an enum type.
console.log(2 + x);
```
It would be nice if an arithmetic operation could allow using the wrapped number because it's `valueOf()` method returns the expected primitive type.
This can be generalized to: if type `T` is expected, then a value that implements the following interface can be used.
``` ts
interface Wrapped {
valueOf(): T;
}
```
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 reproducing the arithmetic example in the issue and tracing TypeScript's arithmetic operand type-checking path; the payload names no source file, test, or entry point. Done means wrapped values with a valueOf() method returning the expected primitive type are accepted in the relevant arithmetic operations, with behavior covered by tests.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100