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I know providing a fully baked compiler API isn’t high on their list (think babel). I couldn’t find any information from the Typescript team regarding anything
by no_wizard 6y ago
I know providing a fully baked compiler API isn’t high on their list (think babel). I couldn’t find any information from the Typescript team regarding anything you’ve stated about 3rd party build systems and the compiler being provided only for convenience.
Do you have anything you can point to from the team about this?
- 205g0 6y agoIt's right in their wiki, "non-goal" number 4 in their TS Design Goals which is also referenced again in some issues: [a non-goal] Provide an end-to-end build pipeline. Instead, make the system extensible so that external tools can use the compiler for more complex build workflows. https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/TypeScript-Design-Goals#non-goals https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/wiki/TypeScript-Desi...
- no_wizard 6y agoI think I interpreted this differently than the parent poster