microsoft / microsoft/TypeScript
JS typedef merged with default export class behaves strangely
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Description
TypeScript Version: 3.4.0-dev.201xxxxx
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Code
class Cls {
x = 12;
static y = "ok"
}
export default Cls;
/**
* @typedef {string | number} default
*/
with checkJs and allowJs on reports no errors, however on usage:
import Def from "./file.js"
type Q = Def;
console.log(Def);
the quick info is pretty comprehensive:

however the type usage is equal to string | number (okay, maybe that's reasonable, how are a typedef and a class even merging anyway), however there's an error on the value usage:
'Def' only refers to a type, but is being used as a value here
Expected behavior:
An error on the attempted merge (a class and a type alias should be overlapping in symbol flags domains) and for the value usage to resolve to the class, probably.
Actual behavior:
The incongruent behavior described above.
cc @sandersn
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