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fix(checker): don't emit typeof for private-named static methods - #64170

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Fixes #61545

Declaration emit produces unparseable output when an inferred type refers to a static #name method:

class Foo {
    static #bar() { }

    static bar() {
        return Foo.#bar;
    }
}
declare class Foo {
    #private;
    static bar(): typeof Foo.<0xFE>#1@#bar;  // TS1003: Identifier expected
}

shouldWriteTypeOfFunctionSymbol only checked that the symbol is a static method and that it's accessible from the enclosing declaration, and a #name member is accessible inside its own class body. So the node builder wrote typeof using the symbol's mangled internal name. Spelled correctly it still wouldn't resolve, since # members are erased to #private; in declarations.

A #name member has no entity name it could be referenced by, so this excludes private-named symbols and lets static methods take the structural fallback that instance #name methods already take:

declare class Foo {
    #private;
    static bar(): () => void;
}

Same bug in Strada, where the name surfaces as typeof Foo.__#1@#bar.

Declaration emit produced `typeof C.<mangled name>` for a static `#name`
method, because shouldWriteTypeOfFunctionSymbol only checked that the
symbol was a static method and that it was accessible from the class
body. A private-named symbol carries its internal mangled name, which is
not valid syntax, so the resulting .d.ts failed to parse.

A `#name` member has no entity name it can be referenced by, so fall
back to a structural type, matching what instance `#name` methods
already do.

Fixes microsoft#61545
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🟢 Approval recommended

The focused fix correctly avoids unrepresentable private-name type queries and has comprehensive regression coverage.

Pull request overview

Prevents declaration emit from generating invalid typeof references to static #private methods.

Changes:

  • Excludes private-identifier symbols from static method type queries.
  • Adds coverage for basic, generic, recursive, property, and instance cases.
File summaries
File Description
tsc/internal/checker/nodebuilderimpl.go Uses structural fallback for static private methods.
tsc/testdata/tests/cases/conformance/classes/members/privateNames/privateNameStaticMethodDeclarationEmit.ts Adds regression cases.
tsc/testdata/baselines/reference/conformance/privateNameStaticMethodDeclarationEmit.js Verifies valid declaration output.
tsc/testdata/baselines/reference/conformance/privateNameStaticMethodDeclarationEmit.types Records inferred types.
tsc/testdata/baselines/reference/conformance/privateNameStaticMethodDeclarationEmit.symbols Records symbol resolution.
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I found more examples that break in similar ways:

static "quoted-name"() {}
static getQuotedName() {
    return Foo["quoted-name"];
}

static ["computed-name"]() {}
static getComputedName() {
    return Foo["computed-name"];
}

static 1() {}
static getNumericName() {
    return Foo[1];
}

I think IsIdentifierText would work to fix all of these. Probably the test should be renamed too.

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`IsIdentifierText` covers quoted, computed and numeric static method
names in addition to `#name`. All of them produce an entity name that
cannot be written, so declaration emit generated unparseable output:

    static getQuoted(): typeof Foo.quoted-name;
    static getNumeric(): typeof Foo.1;

Late-bound names are unaffected, `isLateBindableIndexSignature` already
excludes them from the check.

Rename the test accordingly and move it next to the other declaration
emit tests.
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I found more examples that break in similar ways:

static "quoted-name"() {}
static getQuotedName() {
    return Foo["quoted-name"];
}

static ["computed-name"]() {}
static getComputedName() {
    return Foo["computed-name"];
}

static 1() {}
static getNumericName() {
    return Foo[1];
}

I think IsIdentifierText would work to fix all of these. Probably the test should be renamed too.

IsIdentifierText covers all three, and subsumes the private-name case as well. Renamed test to declarationEmitStaticMethodNonIdentifierNames and moved to tests/cases/compiler. It now covers #name, quoted, computed and numeric names, plus identifier-named statics for contrast.

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🟢 Approval recommended

The focused fix produces valid structural fallbacks and includes comprehensive regression coverage.

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