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Does JSDoc === TSDoc from a type checking perspective?

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Hey all!

I've been a happy user of JSDoc to power type checking with TypeScript in JS files.

https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/jsdoc-supported-types.html

I'm curious to understand what the relationship of TSDoc is / could be to powering the type checking. Will TSDoc just work™️ in the same way JSDoc does?

Forgive me if this is a silly question, I'm new to TSDoc and I haven't seen anything in the current docs / issues that discusses this.

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Start with the linked TypeScript JSDoc supported-types documentation, then review the TSDoc documentation and related issues for the relationship between TSDoc and type checking. Document whether TSDoc comments work for TypeScript's JavaScript type checking, and explain any differences or limitations.

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Tech stack
typescript
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
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5/5
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Over a week
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Needs clarification
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