TypeScript unable to infer types properly between interfaces and overloaded methods.

Bug Report

In all versions of TS I can find, there's no way to mark certain call patterns of a method as deprecated while maintaining inference with certain interfaces. If an interface is split out into different overloads so certain overloads can be deprecated, then it breaks inference in some cases.

🔎 Search Terms

I'm not sure what to search for here. Interfaces?

🕗 Version & Regression Information

• All versions

⏯ Playground Link

Playground link with relevant code

💻 Code

interface Observer<T> {
    next(value: T): void;
    error(error: any): void;
    complete(): void;
}

interface Unsubscribable {
    unsubscribe(): void;
}

interface Subscribable<T> {
    subscribe(observer?: Partial<Observer<T>>): Unsubscribable;
}

class Observable<T> implements Subscribable<T> {
    /////////////////////////////////////////
    // Valid call pattern
    /////////////////////////////////////////
    subscribe(observerOrNext?: Partial<Observer<T>> | ((value: T) => void)): Unsubscribable;


    //////////////////////////////////////////
    // Deprecated call patterns
    //////////////////////////////////////////
    /**
     * @deprecated This call pattern is going away
     */
    subscribe(next: null | undefined, error: null | undefined, complete: () => void): Unsubscribable;
    /**
     * @deprecated This call pattern is going away
     */
    subscribe(next: null | undefined, error: (error: any) => void, complete?: () => void): Unsubscribable;
    /**
     * @deprecated This call pattern is going away
     */
    subscribe(next: (value: T) => void, error: null | undefined, complete: () => void): Unsubscribable;
    /**
     * @deprecated This call pattern is going away
     */
    subscribe(next?: (value: T) => void, error?: (error: any) => void, complete?: () => void): Unsubscribable;


    ////////////////////////////////////////////
    // Impl
    ////////////////////////////////////////////
    subscribe(...args: any[]): Unsubscribable {
        return {
            unsubscribe() {}
        };
    }
}


function somethingThatTakesSubscribable<T>(arg: Subscribable<T>): T {
    return null!;
}

/////////////////////////////////////
// Our failed expectation here
// (it's unknown)
/////////////////////////////////////
const result = somethingThatTakesSubscribable(new Observable<number>()); // $ExpectType number

🙁 Actual behavior

result is unknown above.

🙂 Expected behavior

result would be number.

Bắt đầu với TypeScript Playground được liên kết và tái hiện kết quả suy luận cho Observable được truyền vào somethingThatTakesSubscribable. Điều tra cách các overload được tách riêng, bao gồm cả các signature đã lỗi thời, được so sánh với Subscribable. Hoàn thành khi cùng một ví dụ suy luận result là number thay vì unknown, với coverage cho pattern overload được báo cáo.