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JSdoc comments are 100% JS while TS types are not. This means you will be able to run ESLint without a TS compiler while still having types for people who want

by hajile 4y ago

JSdoc comments are 100% JS while TS types are not. This means you will be able to run ESLint without a TS compiler while still having types for people who want them. It's also more future-proof for if/when JS adopts a type system that may or may not be compatible with TS. This sounds like everyone wins except the people who are overly-dogmatic about TS.

EduardoBautista 4y ago
If ESLint were rewritten in TS, you would still be able to run it without the TS compiler, since it would already be compiled into regular JS when published to NPM.
- hajile 4y ago
  Why should you be forced to deliver via NPM? What about Deno or people using it in web-only contexts? If they use ES-compliant modules, a build step isn't even required. Once again, it's not that they don't have types, but the TS fanboys are now complaining that it's "not the right types".
  - arrakeen 4y ago
    > What about Deno or people using it in web-only contexts? i was under the assumption that deno natively supported typescript, no?