bogus error "Parenthesized expression cannot be empty" #60007
Description
Version
v22.8.0
Platform
Linux samual-nixos 6.12.48 #1-NixOS SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Sep 19 14:35:52 UTC 2025 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Subsystem
Modules: TypeScript
What steps will reproduce the bug?
const foo = (): (void) => {}Run node script.ts
How often does it reproduce? Is there a required condition?
always
What is the expected behavior? Why is that the expected behavior?
this is perfectly valid type-strippable typescript so would expect : (void) is stripped away as expected and the script is interpreted as
const foo = () => {}What do you see instead?
❯ node script.ts
node:internal/modules/run_main:107
triggerUncaughtException(
^
file:///home/[… SNIP …]/script.ts:1
const foo = (): (void) => {}
^^
SyntaxError [ERR_INVALID_TYPESCRIPT_SYNTAX]: Parenthesized expression cannot be empty
at parseTypeScript (node:internal/modules/typescript:72:36)
at processTypeScriptCode (node:internal/modules/typescript:146:42)
at stripTypeScriptModuleTypes (node:internal/modules/typescript:209:22)
at ModuleLoader.<anonymous> (node:internal/modules/esm/translators:645:16)
at #translate (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:575:20)
at afterLoad (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:625:29)
at ModuleLoader.loadAndTranslate (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:630:12)
at #createModuleJob (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:654:36)
at #getJobFromResolveResult (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:354:34)
at ModuleLoader.getModuleJobForImport (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:319:41) {
code: 'ERR_INVALID_TYPESCRIPT_SYNTAX'
}
Node.js v24.8.0
Additional information
No response