Can't constrain a generic parameter to have string keys?

Bug Report

Search Terms: Type 'X' cannot be used to index type 'Y', constrain generic parameter to have string keys

• This is the behavior in every version I tried

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This type is meant to map another type's values to arrays of {message: V} but also allow {message:unknown} for other string keys.

type Example<M> =
  { [K in keyof M]?: {message: M[K]}[] } &
  { [key in string]: {message: unknown}[] };

For example, the intent is that Example<{ foo: string }> should become

{
  foo: {message: string}[];
  [key: string]: {message: unknown}[];
}

And this works: we know that "foo" and other strings are valid keys.

const obj: Example<{foo: string}> = {};
obj["foo"] = [{message: "hi"}];
obj["bar"] = [{message: "x"}];

But trying to use Example with a generic parameter gives errors. Even if we don't know M["foo"], we should know that keyof M is string.

// attempt to constrain M's keys to be strings
function test<M extends {[key in string]: unknown}>() {
  const obj: Example<M> = {};
  obj["foo"] = [];  // error: Type '"foo"' cannot be used to index type 'Example<M>'.
  obj["bar"] = [];  // error: Type '"foo"' cannot be used to index type 'Example<M>'.
}
// should fail, but doesn't -- we've tried to constrain M to have string keys
test<{ 4: string }>();

🙁 Actual behavior

Example<M> cannot be indexed using string when M is a generic parameter.

🙂 Expected behavior

It should always be possible to index with string, since the definition of Example includes { [key in string]: ... }.

Comienza con la reproducción enlazada en TypeScript Playground y compara el caso concreto Example<{ foo: string }> con el caso genérico test<M extends { [key in string]: unknown }>(). Investiga el comportamiento del acceso indexado genérico y de las restricciones de claves; se considera terminado cuando la indexación con string funciona para el Example genérico, mientras que se rechaza una instanciación con una clave numérica.