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depends, is `string` assigned a value elsewhere?
What would you expect a type system to do with this: const person: {name: string} = {};
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Nope. The code there is all that's present.
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Error out because the empty obect is missing the name property definition.
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You would think
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first instinct is yes, but in a system where - types are nullable - properties which can be undefined can also not exist ...this would be valid I will continue using TS and `"strict": true` so I don't have to live in this world
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Error unless the type system does automatic promotion to optional types.
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Which probably it shouldn't :D
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I voted for error but now I'm really curious to hear reasoning why not erroring could be consistent!
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optional type ?
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As opposed to const person: {|name: string|} = {}; ?
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