microsoft / microsoft/TypeScript
Duplicate function declarations in generated `.d.ts` for non-module JS files with `allowJs` + `declaration`
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Description
### 🔎 Search Terms
allowJs declaration duplicate, allowJs declaration emit multiple files global function, declaration emit global scope merged symbol resolveAnonymousTypeMembers, script file declaration emit duplicates
### 🕗 Version & Regression Information
This is the behavior in every version I tried, including 6.0.3 (also tested typescript@next)
Playground Link: requires multi-file setup with tsconfig.json.
I used stackblitz instead.
### ⏯ Playground Link
https://stackblitz.com/edit/node-emxsybj1?file=tsconfig.json
### 💻 Code
**tsconfig.json**
```json
{
"compilerOptions": {
"allowJs": true,
"declaration": true,
"emitDeclarationOnly": true
},
"include": ["*.js"]
}
```
**a.js**
```js
/** @filename: a.js */
function func(x) {
return x + 1;
}
```
**b.js**
```js
/** @filename: b.js */
function func(x) {
return x + 2;
}
```
### 🙁 Actual behavior
**a.d.ts** and **b.d.ts** each contain the function declaration twice (once from each file).
**a.d.ts**
```ts
/** @filename: a.js */
declare function func(x: any): any;
declare function func(x: any): any;
```
**b.d.ts**
```ts
declare function func(x: any): any;
/** @filename: b.js */
declare function func(x: any): any;
```
### 🙂 Expected behavior
Each **.d.ts** should only contain the declaration from its own source file or error (not sure).
### Additional information about the issue
related issues:
- #27011
- #49200
**EDIT1:** updated _Expected behavior_
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by running tsc with the reported tsconfig.json and the two-file a.js/b.js reproduction, then trace declaration emit for global symbols and the resolveAnonymousTypeMembers path mentioned in the search terms. Compare the output with issues #27011 and #49200. Done means each generated .d.ts contains only its own declaration, or the compiler reports a clear error if that behavior is invalid.
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
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100