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Fix setTimeout/setInterval/setImmediate functions

See original GitHub issue

Fix too lax typings.

TypeScript Version: master

Expected behavior:

declare function setTimeout(handler: (...args: any[]) => void, timeout?: number, ...args: any[]): number;

Actual behavior:

declare function setTimeout(handler: (...args: any[]) => void, timeout: number): number;
declare function setTimeout(handler: any, timeout?: any, ...args: any[]): number;

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Created 6 years ago
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Comments:5 (3 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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aluanhaddadcommented, Nov 2, 2017

Be aware, that if you pass a string it is equivalent to eval.

Douglas Crockford warned of this.

Perhaps this second declaration could go into @RyanCavanaugh’s proposed Annex B 😉

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xaviergxfcommented, Sep 1, 2021

Hi, no news about this?

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