microsoft / microsoft/pxt-microbit

Description

See https://makecode.microbit.org/S18718-68890-43430-77018

This works (prints 5 inbetween printing 1 and 2):

This silently fails (code doesn't run at all, no error messages):

But adding type makes it work

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3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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