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Bloomberg feedback for 5.7
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Description
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Comment
We evaluated the 5.7 release and it seems to be a low impact release for us. We only found one issue, which we reported:
| # | Change | Affects | Release notes | Packages affected | Reported As |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Index signature added to classes that inherit an any typed class | Declaration Emit | Not Announced | <1% | #60383 |
| 2 | Minor changes to declaration text | Declaration Emit | Not Announced | <1% |
Minor changes to declaration text
These seem to be related to isolated declaration emit alignment with external tools. The changes were in a limited number of places and did not impact the correctness of the declarations (some string delimiters changed, some types got preserved as typeof x instead being inlined, some recursive types got expanded one level deeper).
Examples:
- get sourceFn(): SourceFnArgs<TParams>['sourceFn'];
+ get sourceFn(): SourceFnArgs<TParams>["sourceFn"];
+ readonly Source: any;
- readonly Source: typeof LazySource.default;
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
No source files or tests are named. Start by comparing TypeScript 5.7 declaration-emit output with the examples and review issue #60383; done requires determining whether the reported declaration changes are unintended and resolving the release-feedback findings.
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
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100