Support for type destructuring

TypeScript Version: 2.1.4

Code

import { MyNamespace } from 'my-package';

// importing Class objects:
const { NavLink, NavGroup } = MyNamespace; // VALID

// if we want the types as well:
type { NavLink, NavGroup } = MyNamespace; // NOT VALID

// So we have to go manual: 
type NavLink = MyNamespace.NavLink;  // VALID
type NavGroup = MyNamespace.NavLink;  // VALID

Expected behavior: Being able to use destructuring for types same as we use for objects.

Actual behavior: Can only use destructuring for objects.

[aluanhaddad]

If this is supported, it seems like it should work for the import statement as well so that one may acquire both the type and value space meanings if desired.

import { NavLink, NavGroup } = MyNamespace; // NOT VALID

[RyanCavanaugh]

@shellscape pretty much everything TypeScript could possibly ever do was suggested at one point within the first two years of its release, which was about 10 years ago. Needless to say, in that timeframe, we have not done every possible thing, nor could/should we have. C++ is nearing 40 years old at this point and is still adding new features. You’ll need to readjust expectations around how fast a language can responsibly add features, unfortunately.