microsoft / microsoft/TypeScript
`using` transform throws when a for body binding shadows the for head binding
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Description
### 🔎 Search Terms
explicit resource management, using, await using, loop initializer, Symbol.dispose, Symbol.asyncDispose, iteration, shadows
### 🕗 Version & Regression Information
- This changed between versions ______ and _______
- This changed in commit or PR _______
- This is the behavior in every version I tried, and I reviewed the FAQ for entries about https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/FAQ#common-bugs-that-arent-bugs
- I was unable to test this on prior versions because _______
### ⏯ Playground Link
https://www.typescriptlang.org/play/?ts=5.9.0-dev.20250516#code/MYGwhgzhAEBiD29oG8C+BYAUAM3gJ2gAoBXCASwDsBzaXJebaAbQF0BKFLaaYeCiAC61E0ALzQKAUwDucRITYBuLKiA
### 💻 Code
```ts
class Foo {}
for (using foo of []) {
const foo = new Foo();
}
```
### 🙁 Actual behavior
The transformed output throws "redeclaration of const foo "
### 🙂 Expected behavior
The transformed output should not throw.
### Additional information about the issue
Babel is also affected by this issue: https://github.com/babel/babel/issues/17318. We plan to wrap the for body within a new block when it contains shadowed binding.
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