microsoft / microsoft/TypeScript
Suggest interpolated `number`, `string` and `bigint` types in TypeScript template literals
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Description
Currently, if you create a variable of an interpolated string type using either number, string or bigint inside you'll get no suggestion for it:
I think it would be more helpful to provide suggestions for those types of strings, having no apparent reason not to. Especially considering the type annotation could be a generic type, in which case you'd have to hover over the variable in order to be aware of the possible values.
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Research direction
Reproduce the interpolated string type example described in issue #57545 and inspect how TypeScript produces suggestions for template literals containing number, string, bigint, or a generic type. Done means those interpolated types receive useful suggestions without requiring the user to hover over the variable.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100