microsoft / microsoft/TypeScript
Rename doesn't work on declaration whose name is a string literal
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Description
Follow up to https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/56052, which was fixed by https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/pull/56061. That fix means that rename from string literal values that are contextually typed by the type of the string-literal-named property do work. But renames on the actual property declaration still don't.
interface I {
"Prop 1 Foo": string
// ^-- rename here doesn't work
}
declare const fn: <K extends keyof I>(p: K) => void
fn("Prop 1 Foo")
As before, if you use constant with a literal type, renaming the literal type does work:
declare const indirect: "Prop 1 Foo"
interface I {
[indirect]: string
}
// ... same as before ...
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 by reproducing the declaration rename failure with the TypeScript example and Playground link, then compare it with the working contextual string-literal and indirect-constant cases described in the issue. Done means renaming the string-literal-named property declaration works consistently while preserving the existing working cases.
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
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100