Missing import in generated declaration file

[vilicvane]

Bug Report

🔎 Search Terms

emitted generated declaration file .d.ts, cannot find name, symbol, TS2304

🕗 Version & Regression Information

Reproduces with TypeScript <=4.6 ~ 4.8.0-dev

Minimum repro: https://github.com/vilic/bug-repros/tree/typescript-generated-declaration-missing-import

🙁 Actual behavior

Emitted declaration file contains symbols not imported.

export declare const timestamp: {
    [timestampSymbol]: true;
//   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cannot find name 'timestampSymbol'.
};

🙂 Expected behavior

Emits valid declaration file.

Might be related to the way I work around TS4023: instead of {[uniqueSymbol]: ...} I use {[TKey in typeof uniqueSymbol]: ...}.

[DanielRosenwasser]

Might be related to the way I work around TS4023: instead of {[uniqueSymbol]: ...} I use {[TKey in typeof uniqueSymbol]: ...}.

Is there a reason for this? Are you using it in a union type?

[vilicvane]

@DanielRosenwasser You may try to change that part in the repro I provided into the {[uniqueSymbol]: ...} way, and it will result in TS4023. And I didn't find other ways to workaround that, including explicitly import * as x from or import {uniqueSymbol} from.

The real world case is here: https://github.com/vilic/x-value/blob/454824e43825628324a210586011d6cdb4ecbb36/src/library/type/refined-type.ts#L165

[vilicvane]

It seems that using Record<typeof someSymbol, SomeType> can avoid this problem.