microsoft / microsoft/TypeScript
Incorrect emitted declaration for unique symbol re-assignment
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Description
### 🔎 Search Terms
"TS1332", "unique symbol readonly", "function readonly property"
### 🕗 Version & Regression Information
N/A.
### ⏯ Playground Link
https://www.typescriptlang.org/play/?ts=6.0.0-dev.20250819#code/MYewdgzgLgBAtgTwMoLgIxAGxgXhi9LACgHICNMIA6RcrEgSgG4AoF0SWOy3GAbxYwh8ZKgosAvjACGEGB2isWAMwCuYYFACW4EQDF1mnWCIN+EtogMbt4GqMLY83arTFYlAegBULJAFF-GAADKgARKgAVJGCYSIBBACEqOIAJIKSAeQA1IIBhTLCggAUAJUKAVTz-JAAuNgATAFNgTGkAJyaYMGk4JogAB2lgLqtDWzB+QWEANw6RblqYdS0AR1UuiHdMVgsWAHVUgEk81JgjpBh4gDkYf1Ly0pgiaIBGAGZ3gCYl+Jg59paaRoTBdADuAAsQBAulAEAMulo5NIYCQVutNtsSDA4Qj4KpoDA0F0FFAGCxvJ42E0AB4DEDtWB8MY2YwWIA
### 💻 Code
```ts
const mySymbol = Symbol('Symbols.mySymbol');
const Symbols = {
mySymbol
} as const;
function myFunction() {}
myFunction.mySymbol = Symbols.mySymbol;
/*
SEE `.D.TS` TAB. THE ABOVE CODE PRODUCES:
declare namespace myFunction {
var mySymbol: unique symbol;
}
WHICH IS AN ERROR (TS1332: A variable whose type is a 'unique symbol' type must be const)
*/
export {myFunction}
```
### 🙁 Actual behavior
Compiler produces:
```ts
declare namespace myFunction {
var mySymbol: unique symbol;
}
```
### 🙂 Expected behavior
Should be:
```ts
declare namespace myFunction {
const mySymbol: unique symbol;
}
```
### Additional information about the issue
Behaves differently when not in a module (remove `export {myFunction}` in the Playground)
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Research direction
Start with the linked Playground reproduction and inspect declaration emission for the assigned property on an exported function, comparing module and non-module behavior. The fix is done when the emitted declaration uses `const mySymbol: unique symbol` rather than `var`, while preserving the reported output in the other case.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100