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`export { _void as void }` leads to exporting duplicate identifiers
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Description
### 🔎 Search Terms
`export void` `export reserved` `export null`
### 🕗 Version & Regression Information
- Reproducible since typescript v4. In older releases, it doesn't export anything. I also tried the latest dev release (5.9.0-dev.20250716)
- This is the behavior in every version I tried, and I reviewed the FAQ for entries about `exports`
### ⏯ Playground Link
[Playground (important: lang:javascript)](https://www.typescriptlang.org/play/?target=99&jsx=0&filetype=js#code/FAUwHgDg9gTgLgAgMZQHYGdEH0BuUCWAJggLwIDeAvsKJLIuQrgcQIboJ5EKUI1A)
### 💻 Code
Using the following `tsconfig.json`:
```json
{
"compilerOptions": {
"target": "esnext",
"lib": ["esnext"],
"module": "esnext",
"allowJs": true,
"checkJs": true,
"declaration": true,
"declarationMap": true,
"outDir": "./dist",
"emitDeclarationOnly": true,
"strict": true,
"noImplicitAny": true,
"moduleResolution": "bundler"
}
}
```
I compile declaration files for this code `${project}/schema.js` (only happens when compiling javascript):
```ts
const _null = {}
const $void = {}
export { _null as null, $void as void }
```
### 🙁 Actual behavior
The produced declaration file `schema.d.ts` is erroneous. It has duplicate identifiers:
```ts
declare const _null: {};
declare const $void: {};
export { _null as null, _null as null, $void as void, _void as void };
```
### 🙂 Expected behavior
No duplicate identifiers:
```ts
declare const _null: {};
declare const $void: {};
export { _null as null, $void as void };
```
### Additional information about the issue
For any reserved keyword, `tsc` always exports `_{reserved} as {reserved}`, whenever `{reserved}` is exported. Even though the variable `_{reserved}` does not exist.
It is only reproducible when compiling javascript.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with the provided tsconfig.json and schema.js reproduction, then inspect JavaScript declaration-only emit for the export list. Compare the generated schema.d.ts with the expected export statements; done means reserved-keyword exports appear once and no nonexistent identifiers are emitted.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, typescript
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100