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typescript-needs-types

TypeScript please give us types.

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TypeScript please give us types.

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Observed mentions: 2023-07-07 19:36:44 UTC to 2023-09-02 20:17:34 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.

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I'd much rather have actual objects somehow. Building a whole new syntax structure for meta objects seems like a serious folly to me. And ideally types should (optionally) be available at runtime too. This whole idea here seems like such a halfway idea, solving some needs by inventing a ton of new "meta" ideas & syntax. Rather than accepting JavaScript's once string everything is an object spirit. "Typescript please give us types" showed up 2 months ago & captured the ask well. This here feels like such an overly complicated syntax-heavy half-measure versus that more pure ask. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36637221 https://github.com/akutruff/typescript-needs-types
In TypeScript Meta Type System – A Proposal

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