TS: Errors with typescript version 4.9.4

[koahmad]

TS: Errors with typescript version 4.9.4

[erikbrinkman]

Traditionally I've had issues with npm's handling of prerelease versions, but after some digging I may have just been paranoid. There is now a 1.0.0-ts4 version that should be typescript@4 compatible.

I'm going to close this out, but if you experience any issues, don't hesitate to reopen or open a new issue!

[erikbrinkman]

Thanks so much! I only left it in rc for a week, so this makes it seem like I should have kept ia bit longer.

It seems like the only issue as far as I can tell is with const type parameters. This leaves me in an uncertain state. I could just remove that syntax, but if I don't keep typescript on version 4, there's no way I can guarantee that I'm releasing v4 compatible declaration files.

I don't really want to keep it on v4, and I think the const type parameters improve the signature significantly. If there were some deadline, I could maybe see staying on v4 for a while, but it's not clear how long that should last.

One idea that somewhat solves both of these, is I could fork a typescript 4 compatible version, and release it as 0.12.0. This would technically be unstable, but since 1.0 is out, it would allow a version for anyone needing typescript 4.

If you're willing to play around the ts4 branch should work for you. The question is really whether I potentially break some 1.0 code by releasing this as 1.1, or release it as 0.12. Do you have thoughts?

[koahmad]

I fear releasing a 0.12 version might lead to issues with those who are still on 0.11 thinking 0.12 is a just a minor upgrade. (from what I gather, 1.0.0 has some breaking API changes). Forking the ts4 version is fine with me, maybe an alternative is you can release a 1.0.0-ts4?