Adjust Type guard behavior in iterators · Issue #29916 · microsoft/TypeScript (original) (raw)

TypeScript Version: 3.2.2

Search Terms: Conditional Types, Type Guards, iterators, loop, callback functions

Suggestion:
When having values that are of union type and conditions result in telling the Typescript Type Guards to adjust the type, in basic Javascript iterator functions this adjusted type is reset to its initial type.

Code Example:

const myFunc = () => {
  let myVal: string | undefined;
  if (!myVal) return;
  myVal; // Type = string
  new Array(2).forEach(x => myVal); // Type = string | undefined
}

Expected behavior:
The type of myVal in the last line should only be of type string.
This would be nice for all iterators (e.g. for, while, map, …)

Actual behavior:
The type of myVal is string | undefined

Playground Link:
https://www.typescriptlang.org/play/#src=const%20myFunc%20%3D%20()%20%3D%3E%20%7B%0D%0A%20%20%20%20let%20myVal%3A%20string%20%7C%20undefined%3B%0D%0A%20%20%20%20if%20(!myVal)%20return%3B%0D%0A%20%20%20%20myVal%3B%20%2F%2F%20Typ%20%3D%20string%0D%0A%20%20%20%20new%20Array(2).forEach(x%20%3D%3E%20myVal)%3B%20%2F%2F%20Typ%20%3D%20string%20%7C%20undefined%0D%0A%7D

Info:
I don't know why, but the playground does not show the correct typing, please test in your code.

Checklist:
My suggestion meets these guidelines: