microsoft / microsoft/TypeScript

Allow wrapped values to be used in place of primitives.

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Description

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.

interface Wrapped<T> {
    valueOf(): T;
}

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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

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