Suggestion Backlog Slog, 3/14/2016

[RyanCavanaugh]

"Be happy the 520 bridge didn't get destroyed" edition

• Implicit Enum Duplicate Values #6864 Disallow implicitly duplicated enum values
  • ❌ : Highly precedented in other C-style languages
• Suggestion: Permit an implementing class to ignore private methods of the implementee class #471 Permit an implementing class to ignore private methods of the implementee class
  • ❌ Reconsider as a type operator
• tsc chokes on switches in --example=VALUE format #6758 Allow --name=value commandline switch format
  • ❌ Suggestion from 👻 ?
• Checking for void in logical operations #7256 Disallow void in truthyness positions
  • 👍 Very good check
• In JS, importing JSON should not give an error #7071 require of .json file
  • 👍 Accepting PRs
• Disallow module keyword in new code where namespace could be used? #6808 Start a deprecation path for module
  • ❌ TSLint is the path
• Cannot 'export default' abstract, ambient class or interface #3792 Allow export default namespace foo { and other export default combos
  • 👍 Accepting PRs
• ECMAScript spread param rules causing loss of type-safety (and slower compile time?) #7347 Allow rest args in non-final positions
  • 🕙 Revisit if this pattern becomes more prevalent
• Describing an overridden but incompatible method signature in an ambient class #6094 Provide a way out for incompatible derived class method signatures
• Partial object application/"outersection" types #6895 Outersection types
  • 🕙 Revisit in context of type operators
• Constraints should be inference sites for other type parameters #7234 Constraints as inference sites
  • 👍 Accepting PRs or maybe we'll get to it