🔎 Search Terms

Mapped type
unknown

🕗 Version & Regression Information

• This changed between versions 4.7.4 and 4.8.4

⏯ Playground Link

https://www.typescriptlang.org/play?ts=5.4.0-dev.20231206#code/CYUwxgNghgTiAEYD2A7AzgF3gVwFw5QGsUkB3FAbgCgqMBPABwQEF4BeeAbwG0BpeAJYp4KEADcQMALr4oKOgF8qAemXx1APQD8NVfABySeAFEYMJDCrJ0WKPhTYIEeAB8CoAGZCQwV1wXsONR66vDaumqm5pbWmPAARvaOzm7YKJ7evm6sHNjBaqHhQA

💻 Code

declare const u: unknown;

type A = {[K in never]: any}
//   ^?

// No Error
const a: null | undefined | {} = u;
//    ^?

// Error
const b: null | undefined | A = u;
//    ^?

🙁 Actual behavior

The types a and b appear to be the same, but only the assignment to b causes an error.

🙂 Expected behavior

I'm not sure which is better, I think it's either no error or both errors.

Additional information about the issue

Both were errors in version 4.7.4