Can't import typescriptServices under node moduleResolution

[Gaelan]

Exported external package typings file '[app-root]/node_modules/typescript/lib/typescriptServices.d.ts' is not a module. Please contact the package author to update the package definition.

I'm not sure how we should handle this.

[basarat]

Temporary workaround I've been using:

• ntypescript exports to global anyways ... so just /// <reference path="../../node_modules/ntypescript/bin/ntypescript.d.ts"/> it manually (works with exclude too) and then have a single var/require call to get the runtime semantics to match compile time inference (global)

Would love to see a proper fix / discussion 🌹

[mhegazy]

you should not import typescriptServices.js, this is a file you would include in a webpage for instance. use typescript.js if you want to import it. simply use import * as ts from "typescript" and no need for the /// <reference

[mhegazy]

Would love to see a proper fix / discussion

@basarat i am not sure i understand the issue here.. can you elaborate?

[Gaelan]

@basarat I used this:

/// <reference path='../node_modules/typescript/lib/typescriptServices' />
var TypeScript = require('typescript/lib/typescriptServices') as typeof ts

This lets me use plain TS.

[mhegazy]

@Gaelan so why is not import * as TypeScript from 'typescript'); working for you?

[Gaelan]

@mhegazy Weird timing. I started a reply to @basarat's comment, you commented, then I clicked Comment.

[basarat]

you should not import typescriptServices.js, this is a file you would include in a webpage for instance. use typescript.js if you want to import it. simply use import * as ts from "typescript" and no need for the /// <reference

Got it 👍 . NTypeScript needs an update. require('typescript') works fine.

[basarat]

For reference : I had a single def file that exported both a module name + global. But I guess I will need to split them into two def files (like typescript does).