microsoft / microsoft/TypeScript

Declaration emit for private identifiers in class expressions is wrong

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Bug Domain: Declaration Emit Help Wanted Rescheduled
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Description

Code

const O = class { #g }

Expected behavior:

declare const O = class { #private }

Actual behavior:

declare const O: {
    new (): {
        "__#1@#g": any;
    };
};

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue with the provided class-expression snippet and declaration emit, then trace how private identifiers are represented when emitting declarations for class expressions. Compare the output with the expected #private declaration; done means the emitted declaration matches the expected behavior without regressing related private-identifier cases.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
compilers
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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