Describe function signature using an interface

Search Terms

function implements interface

Suggestion

Allow functions to indicate interfaces that they implement, allowing usage of a function interface.

Properties defined on an interface would not be possible unless they are defined as optional

Use Cases

When using function overloads, the return type is defined as any, this would allow the return type to be guarded and not use any. Referencing: https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/functions.html#overloads

It would also allow optional properties to be defined on a function without doing type gymnastics.

Examples

interface CoolFunction {
  (first: string, second: number): number;
  (first: number, second: string): string;
  property?: boolean;
}

// args will be of type   [string, number] | [number, string]
function coolFunction(...args) implements CoolFunction {
  if (typeof args[0] === "string") {
    // We're now reduced our type of args to [string, number]
    return args[1];
  } else {
    // args can only be [number, string]
    return args[1];
  }
}

// This property is known as it is defined on the interface
coolFunction.property = true;

Checklist

My suggestion meets these guidelines:

• This wouldn't be a breaking change in existing TypeScript/JavaScript code
• This wouldn't change the runtime behavior of existing JavaScript code
• This could be implemented without emitting different JS based on the types of the expressions
• This isn't a runtime feature (e.g. library functionality, non-ECMAScript syntax with JavaScript output, etc.)
• This feature would agree with the rest of TypeScript's Design Goals.

Inizia esaminando la sintassi implements proposta e la sezione collegata dell’handbook di TypeScript sugli overload delle funzioni. Definisci come devono comportarsi gli overload, le proprietà opzionali delle interfacce, il restringimento degli argomenti e i tipi restituiti, mantenendo il vincolo dichiarato di non apportare modifiche a runtime; l’issue non indica file di implementazione né test.