microsoft/TypeScript

stricter definition of Object.keys; why not?

abetaev opened this issue · 2 comments

abetaev commented

why instead

TypeScript/lib/lib.es5.d.ts

Line 261 in d8e830d

keys(o: object): string[];

not to have

keys<T = Record<string, unknown>>(o: T): (keyof T)[];

?
are there any issues with that?

jcalz commented

If by "issues" you mean "GitHub issues", yes there are plenty: #13254, #26901, #28284, #28899, #30228, #30314, #30749, #31087, #32321, #34498, #35145, #37495, #44706, etc. 😜

See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55012174/why-doesnt-object-keys-return-a-keyof-type-in-typescript

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abetaev commented

my bad, didn't look through closed ones.
thanks for the explanation.

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