[BUGFIX BETA] Make the *type* for SafeString public

packages/@ember/-internals/glimmer/lib/utils/string.ts

@@ -2,15 +2,17 @@
 @module @ember/template
 */
 
-export class SafeString {
-  public string: string;
+import type { SafeString as GlimmerSafeString } from '@glimmer/runtime';
+
+export class SafeString implements GlimmerSafeString {
+  private __string: string;
 
   constructor(string: string) {
-    this.string = string;
+    this.__string = string;
   }
 
   toString(): string {
-    return `${this.string}`;
+    return `${this.__string}`;
   }
 
   toHTML(): string {
@@ -35,10 +37,11 @@ function escapeChar(chr: keyof typeof escape) {
   return escape[chr];
 }
 
-export function escapeExpression(string: any): string {
+export function escapeExpression(string: unknown): string {
+  let s: string;
   if (typeof string !== 'string') {
     // don't escape SafeStrings, since they're already safe
-    if (string && string.toHTML) {
+    if (isHTMLSafe(string)) {
       return string.toHTML();
     } else if (string === null || string === undefined) {
       return '';
@@ -49,13 +52,23 @@ export function escapeExpression(string: any): string {
     // Force a string conversion as this will be done by the append regardless and
     // the regex test will do this transparently behind the scenes, causing issues if
     // an object's to string has escaped characters in it.
-    string = String(string);
+    s = String(string);
+  } else {
+    s = string;
   }
 
-  if (!possible.test(string)) {
-    return string;
+  if (!possible.test(s)) {
+    return s;
   }
-  return string.replace(badChars, escapeChar);
+
+  // SAFETY: this is technically a lie, but it's a true lie as long as the
+  // invariant it depends on is upheld: `escapeChar` will always return a string
+  // as long as its input is one of the characters in `escape`, and it will only
+  // be called if it matches one of the characters in the `badChar` regex, which
+  // is hand-maintained to match the set escaped. (It would be nice if TS could
+  // "see" into the regex to see how this works, but that'd be quite a lot of
+  // extra fanciness.)
+  return s.replace(badChars, escapeChar as (s: string) => string);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -82,6 +95,7 @@ export function escapeExpression(string: any): string {
 
   @method htmlSafe
   @for @ember/template
+  @param str {String} The string to treat as trusted.
   @static
   @return {SafeString} A string that will not be HTML escaped by Handlebars.
   @public
@@ -114,6 +128,8 @@ export function htmlSafe(str: string): SafeString {
   @return {Boolean} `true` if the string was decorated with `htmlSafe`, `false` otherwise.
   @public
 */
-export function isHTMLSafe(str: any | null | undefined): str is SafeString {
-  return str !== null && typeof str === 'object' && typeof str.toHTML === 'function';
+export function isHTMLSafe(str: unknown): str is SafeString {
+  return (
+    str !== null && typeof str === 'object' && 'toHTML' in str && typeof str.toHTML === 'function'
+  );
 }

packages/@ember/template/index.ts

@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-export { htmlSafe, isHTMLSafe } from '@ember/-internals/glimmer';
+// NOTE: this intentionally *only* exports the *type* `SafeString`, not its
+// value, since it should not be constructed by users.
+export { htmlSafe, isHTMLSafe, type SafeString } from '@ember/-internals/glimmer';