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Type '`x.y.${Name}`' does not satisfy the constraint '`${string}.${Name}`'.(2344)
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Description
### 🔎 Search Terms
Template Literal Types, assignability, generics
### 🕗 Version & Regression Information
- Between versions 4.3.5 and 4.2.3 more cases like this started being supported ( `x.${Name}` became assignable to `${string}.${Name}` for example), however the `x.y.${Name}` case has not bees assignable in any version since template support was added up to and including current nightly ( 5.9.0-dev.20250702 )
### ⏯ Playground Link
https://www.typescriptlang.org/play/?ts=5.9.0-dev.20250702#code/PQKhCgAIUhhB7AtgBwJYBsCmkAurHYCGAzsZgE464AWhVAgpKsZCcagOYB2hARlrniQAFJgAeOTFwAmxAJSQAQgDooMACpCArmQA0kdinQBPSNMwAzVFyK5jyTAC41kAAY572APoBjaph8Aa0gAXkhyTABHLVQI+lJOHn5MTQAedX0AUTEHH0lpAD4Ablc1YHBxZHhKOwdwqJi4hO4+LDSvRnFJGRZFfUUC0NxyLUwi8HAPOoB3asDiAGVrHxTPBZ9yVGQcABYvAGZUgDlCAkguqVkDHE2uDkGwiOjYzHj2FuS0qEgf1zFlAAkAG8TgQAL6uXTfX7A4g3awcMGAkGnTAQ8DFCZTbAWQgYYjHVHnCSXFhw273IZPRqvZpJNrwVLQtz-YzI0FoyHM1yw+F3JHAjnozGTTyQLjwLgAcSkFFQPgA6nMWI8Gi83olWilGdzWcoAF5cn4woHkhFIw0YopAA
### 💻 Code
```ts
/**
* Compile time assert that A is assignable to (extends) B.
* To use, simply define a type:
* `type _check = requireAssignableTo;`
*/
export type requireAssignableTo<_A extends B, B> = true;
type worksSinceTypeScript4_3 = requireAssignableTo<
`x.${Name}`,
`${string}.${Name}`
>;
type fails = requireAssignableTo<
// Type '`x.y.${Name}`' does not satisfy the constraint '`${string}.${Name}`'.(2344)
`x.y.${Name}`,
`${string}.${Name}`
>;
type nonGenericWorks = requireAssignableTo<
`x.y.z`,
`${string}.z`
>;
```
### 🙁 Actual behavior
A compile error:
> Type '`x.y.${Name}`' does not satisfy the constraint '`${string}.${Name}`'.(2344)
### 🙂 Expected behavior
No compile error. The `.${Name}` portion of the type matches exactly, so this can be reduced to checking if `"x.y"` is assignable to `string` should be allowed.
### Additional information about the issue
I understand that in general not all cases like that are practical to support: perfect assignability checking of template strings is likely infeasible but I decided to report this case as I think this one suggest an algorithm that would be practical to implement and efficient: running a greedy algorithm to remove common constant substrings from the beginning and end of the string, including generic values, might be a viable approach, and would improve handling of this case.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Reproduce the reported generic template-literal assignability case in the linked TypeScript Playground, comparing it with the working `x.${Name}` and non-generic examples. Investigate the compiler's template-literal assignability checking and verify that the `x.y.${Name}` assertion compiles without regressing the existing 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
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100