*d.ts module export format: default or '='

Hi all,

Just wondering if there’s a compelling reason as to why all of the modules in *.d.ts export in this format?

declare module "esri/Map" {
    import Map = __esri.Map;
    export = Map;
}

I would have thought since every module only exports a single object, using a default export would be better.

declare module "esri/Map" {
    import Map = __esri.Map;
    export default Map;
}

Certainly makes importing easier - well in my case it does anyway, which involves systemjs/ngc/rollup for dev and prod builds of an Angular 2 app.

I realise dojo exports the same way, but is it really necessary? Would prefer to use the official typings instead of editing after importing.

Perhaps it’s possible to have multiple official typings per api?

Thanks, Nick

[dasa]

Closing this since it sounds like just using allowSyntheticDefaultImports is all you need. https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/What's-new-in-TypeScript#support-for-default-import-interop-with-systemjs

[nickcam]

Just found out the current typings will work in my case when setting the following compilerOption.

"allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true

Still think the question is valid, but certainly no point in having multiple typings files with such a simple workaround for these tools/cases. thanks.