microsoft / microsoft/TypeScript
'super.prop' in static method should be allowed to access static properties of base class
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Description
Bug Report
🔎 Search Terms
super property access static
🕗 Version & Regression Information
- This is the behavior in every version I tried, and I reviewed the FAQ for entries about "super"
⏯ Playground Link
Playground link with relevant code
💻 Code
// @target: ES5
class Base {
static method() {}
static prop = 1;
static get accessor() { return 1 }
}
class Derived extends Base {
static fn() {
super.method; // allowed, as expected
super.accessor; // not allowed, not expected
super.prop; // not allowed, not expected
}
}
🙁 Actual behavior
super.accessor and super.prop are marked as error. That makes sense in instance methods, but not in static methods, because static properties are not on the prototype.
Related: #42214
🙂 Expected behavior
No error.
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Research direction
Start with the linked TypeScript Playground and reproduce the static class example using the ES5 target. Trace the checker entry point for super property access, then verify that super.prop and super.accessor in the static method produce no errors while the existing super.method case remains valid.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100