Re-exporting namespace declarations in ES6 ambient declaration

Right now many declaration files take this form:

declare namespace MyLib {

}

declare module 'myLib' {
  export = MyLib;
}

However, there doesn’t seem to be an equivalent for ES6 modules:

declare module 'myLib' {
  export default MyLib; // this works for exporting the default, but other exported items in MyLib are not considered to be named exports of the ES6 module
  export * from MyLib; // this is essentially what I'm trying to accomplish
}

[FlippieCoetser]

(re)exporting namespaces using existing export syntax would be helpful.

Exporting

export namespace NameSpace {
    export {foo} from './foo'
}

Allowing the above, could it help getting rid of the annoying Export declaration is not permitted in a namespace error?

Would love to logically organise a large component using namespace and still maintain the ability to expose needed members to the outside…

[e-cloud]

(Re)exporting namespaces or interfaces is really reasonable.

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current status

You can use the follow style:

a.d.ts

export = class A {
}

index.d.ts

export import A = require('./a')

However, you can’t use it in a namespace which is incompatible with scene 3

And it usage is quite limited.

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possible scene of re-exporting

For example, I may define several definiation files, assume the library name is MyLib:

a.d.ts

export function AFunc(): void

b.d.ts

export function BFunc(): void

scene 1 (re-export namespace as sub namespace)

index.d.ts (MyLib definition)

export * as LibA from './a'
export * as LibB from './b'

index.tests.ts

import * as MyLib from 'MyLib'
MyLib.LibA.AFunc()
MyLib.LibB.BFunc()

scene 2 (merge the namespaces)

index.d.ts (MyLib definition)

export * from './a'
export * from './b'

index.tests.ts

import * as MyLib from 'MyLib'
MyLib.AFunc()
MyLib.BFunc()

scene 3 (normal for node.js modules)

index.d.ts (MyLib definition)

declare namespace MyLib {
    export * as LibA from './a'
    export * as LibB from './b'
}

export = MyLib

index.tests.ts

import MyLib = require('MyLib')
MyLib.LibA.AFunc()
MyLib.LibB.BFunc()

scene 4 (like scene2 in scene3)

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