Narrowing from truthy unknown to object #37507
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src/compiler/checker.ts
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| if (assumeTrue && type.flags & TypeFlags.Unknown && literal.text === "object") { | ||
| // The pattern x && typeof x === 'object', where x is of type unknown, narrows x to type object. |
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Would be nice to note here that you don't need to check both directions because the typeof x === "object" && x is narrowed as two separate steps. I don't think that would be obvious to a casual reader.
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| function containsTruthyCheck(source: Node, target: Node) { |
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A comment here that this specifically deals the binary operator precedence. would also be useful. The implementation looks good here, but this function is named something much more general than it actually is and that's going to be confusing in the future.
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With this PR, given a variable
xof typeunknown, the patternx && typeof x === 'object'narrowsxtoobject. Previously we'd narrow toobject | nullbecause a truthiness check applied tounknownis stillunknown(andunknownincludesnull).Note that this is a targeted fix for a relatively common pattern. In an ideal world we'd be able to accurately represent types that are known to be truthy, but we currently don't have that ability.
Fixes #36870.