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0 pointsEE84M3i1y ago0 comments

> ts/js is were ts is just js with types. You can comment out the types and it just runs.

Is this true in the general case? I thought there were typescript features that didn't have direct JavaScript alternatives, for example enums.

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Enums and namespaces are the only runtime features of TypeScript.

So, yes, you can't just strip types, but it's close.

EE84M3iOP1y ago

Is there a comprehensive list of such incompatibilities documented somewhere?

Not that I'm aware of.

Decorators would be another example. (Though they have always been marked experimental.)

And of course JSX, but that's not a TypeScript invention.

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