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Webpack Build Errors: An accessor cannot be declared in an ambient context

See original GitHub issue

Expected Behavior

Project builds with webpack through Vue UI.

Current Behavior

It does not, it throws errors.

Steps to Reproduce

Start a webpack/Vue Project
Add this library
Try to build

(Not sure if this is reproducible that way?)

Enviornment

TypeScript 3.5.3

 error  in [RedactedPath]/ClientApp/node_modules/ste-core/dist/dispatching.d.ts

ERROR in [RedactedPath]/ClientApp/node_modules/ste-core/dist/dispatching.d.ts
19:9 An accessor cannot be declared in an ambient context.
    17 |      * @memberOf DispatcherBase
    18 |      */
  > 19 |     get count(): number;
       |         ^
    20 |     /**
    21 |      * Subscribe to the event dispatcher.
    22 |      * @param fn The event handler that is called when the event is dispatched.

 error  in [RedactedPath]/ClientApp/node_modules/ste-core/dist/dispatching.d.ts

ERROR in [RedactedPath]/ClientApp/node_modules/ste-core/dist/dispatching.d.ts
119:9 An accessor cannot be declared in an ambient context.
    117 |      * @memberOf DispatcherWrapper
    118 |      */
  > 119 |     get count(): number;
        |         ^
    120 |     /**
    121 |      * Subscribe to the event dispatcher.
    122 |      * @param fn The event handler that is called when the event is dispatched.

 error  in [RedactedPath]/ClientApp/node_modules/ste-events/dist/events.d.ts

ERROR in [RedactedPath]/ClientApp/node_modules/ste-events/dist/events.d.ts
74:19 An accessor cannot be declared in an ambient context.
    72 |      * Gets the list with all the event dispatchers.
    73 |      */
  > 74 |     protected get events(): EventList<TSender, TArgs>;
       |                   ^
    75 |     /**
    76 |      * Subscribes to the event with the specified name.
    77 |      * @param name The name of the event.

 error  in [RedactedPath]/ClientApp/node_modules/ste-signals/dist/signals.d.ts

ERROR in [RedactedPath]/ClientApp/node_modules/ste-signals/dist/signals.d.ts
45:19 An accessor cannot be declared in an ambient context.
    43 | export declare abstract class SignalHandlingBase implements ISignalHandling {
    44 |     private _events;
  > 45 |     protected get events(): SignalList;
       |                   ^
    46 |     /**
    47 |      * Subscribes once to the event with the specified name.
    48 |      * @param name The name of the event.

 error  in [RedactedPath]/ClientApp/node_modules/ste-simple-events/dist/simple-events.d.ts

ERROR in [RedactedPath]/ClientApp/node_modules/ste-simple-events/dist/simple-events.d.ts
69:19 An accessor cannot be declared in an ambient context.
    67 | export declare abstract class SimpleEventHandlingBase<TArgs> implements ISimpleEventHandling<TArgs> {
    68 |     private _events;
  > 69 |     protected get events(): SimpleEventList<TArgs>;
       |                   ^
    70 |     /**
    71 |      * Subscribes to the event with the specified name.
    72 |      * @param name The name of the event.

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 4 years ago
Comments:11 (5 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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douglasg14bcommented, Jan 30, 2020

Upgrading TypeScript resolved this issue.

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douglasg14bcommented, Jan 30, 2020

Updating TypeScript to see if that resolves this. If it does, this library should make it clear that TS 3.6+ is a requirement.

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