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Using the Type Checker example gives type errors with typescript 3.6.4

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
typescript
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start with the linked “Using the Type Checker” example and inspect docGenerator.ts around lines 65 and 99. Reproduce the reported errors with TypeScript 3.6.4, then update the example so it type-checks successfully and verify both diagnostics are resolved.

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Description

This example gives type errors.

docGenerator.ts:65:53 - error TS2554: Expected 1 arguments, but got 0.
documentation: ts.displayPartsToString(symbol.getDocumentationComment()),
docGenerator.ts:99:36 - error TS2345: Argument of type 'Node' is not assignable to parameter of type 'Declaration'.
Property '_declarationBrand' is missing in type 'Node' but required in type 'Declaration'.
(ts.getCombinedModifierFlags(node) & ts.ModifierFlags.Export) !== 0 ||
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