TS:1379 An import alias cannot reference a declaration that was exported using 'export type'
#54,855 opened on Jul 1, 2023
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Description
Bug Report
🔎 Search Terms
TS1379 An import alias cannot reference a declaration that was exported using 'export type'
🕗 Version & Regression Information
This has always been the behavior as far as I can tell (edit: tested on all versions listed in playground back to >3.7.5 (changed to export type {...} statement when needed))
⏯ Playground Link
Multi file: repro but I will show in playground.
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💻 Code
When annotated with type it errors
When not annotated with type it doesn't error:
🙁 Actual behavior
Exports of types annotated with type error while those not annotated as types do not error even though TS understand it is still a type.
🙂 Expected behavior
Honestly I don't know which of these behaviors is correct - this behavior could be completely intentional as well - intuitively I think these should match and I prefer the behavior with no errors but it is unclear to me if this is an emit issue? I'm sorry if this behavior is on purpose and I have wasted your time. Really appreciate the work!