Tilde in generated module names

[tomitrescak]

This is more of question than issue. When you generate the .d.ts file you use a lot of tildes in the mosule names, e.g. ~redux-thunk/redux-thunk or even ~redux-thunk~redux/redux

I tried to find the documentation what those tildes represent but I failed. To be hones they are a bit unnerving, when I cannot understand which modules it represents.

For example, which module is actually covered by ~redux-thunk~redux/redux ?

[blakeembrey]

It's namespacing for dependencies. Not sure what you're asking by "covered", but that path means it's redux-thunk -> redux/redux.d.ts wrapped in a module declaration.

[tomitrescak]

And why is that necessary? Doesn't redux.d.ts define its own dependencies, while redux-thunk as well? It seems that I have several redux typings versions spread across my typings files. Sorry about dumb questions.

[blakeembrey]

You can probably find more detailed answers elsewhere (E.g. #72) but in short - it's the naive NPM v2 solution. Different typings could have slightly differing versions, to flatten it results in all the shortcomings that come with using TSD. Instead, it's easy to implement a naive NPM v2-style algorithm that everyone can use. If someone wants to invest in a v3-style algorithm (E.g. de-duping) that would be amazing, but it's a huge investment and really not that much of a payoff.

[tomitrescak]

Thanks Blake!