microsoft / microsoft/TypeScript

Uncapitalize seems to not working within a type helper

Open
#52,102 2 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Bug Domain: Literal Types Help Wanted
Dominant language
Go
Stars
111k
Forks
14.3k
Avg merge
1d 19h
Merged PRs (30d)
117

Description

Bug Report

🔎 Search Terms

Uncapitalize

🕗 Version & Regression Information
  • This is the behavior in every version I tried, and I reviewed the FAQ for entries about Uncapitalize
⏯ Playground Link

Playground link with relevant code

💻 Code
type CamelCase1<
  S extends string,
  L extends string = Lowercase<S>,
  Res extends string = ""
> = L extends ""
  ? Uncapitalize<Res>
  : L extends `${infer H}_${infer T}`
  ? CamelCase1<never, T, `${Res}${Capitalize<H>}`>
  : CamelCase1<never, "", `${Res}${Capitalize<L>}`>;

type test1 = CamelCase2<"FOOBAR">
//   ^? type test1 = "Foobar"

type CamelCase2<
  S extends string,
  L extends string = Lowercase<S>,
  Res extends string = ""
> = L extends ""
  ? Res
  : L extends `${infer H}_${infer T}`
  ? CamelCase2<never, T, `${Res}${Capitalize<H>}`>
  : CamelCase2<never, "", `${Res}${Capitalize<L>}`>;

type test2 = Uncapitalize<CamelCase2<"FOOBAR">>
//   ^? type test2 = "foobar"
🙁 Actual behavior

First letter is uppercase

🙂 Expected behavior

First letter should be lowercase

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with the linked TypeScript Playground reproduction and compare the inferred results for CamelCase1, CamelCase2, and Uncapitalize. Investigate the type-system behavior behind intrinsic string manipulation types; the issue is done when the reproduced Uncapitalize<CamelCase2<"FOOBAR">> result is lowercase as expected.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

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
45/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.