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Type inference for async generators
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Description
Suggestion
It would be amazing if typescript could infer types from async generators.
The following is valid javascript, thus, I think, it should be valid typescript and type of x should be inferred.
Today it fails with Parameter 'x' implicitly has 'any' type.
async function forever(x) {
for await (const unused of x) {
void unused;
}
}
async function* test() {
for (;;) {
await something();
yield;
}
}
forever(test());
🔍 Search Terms
async generator, async iterator, type inference, infer types
✅ Viability 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, new syntax sugar for JS, etc.)
- This feature would agree with the rest of TypeScript's Design Goals.
⭐ Suggestion
Treat type of x as "any async iterator would do" thus including any async generator function.
📃 Motivating Example
My own use... forever/background (async) processes/
💻 Use Cases
Today, I need to type this explicitly, which is unnecessarily verbose.
In the long run, it would allow composing async functions same as type inference helps composing plain functions today.
I get it that type inference for async iterables/iterators/generators opens a huge can of worms, like:
- type narrowing, like #36687 or in this vein
- yield expression return type #36967
- generator yielded type #32523
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the reported async generator example and verify the current implicit-any diagnostic for forever(test()). No files, tests, or entry points are named; review the related concerns in #36687, #36967, and #32523. Done requires a settled scope and expected inference behavior for async iterators and generators.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, typescript
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100