Why does the library export an object twice? | discord.js - imagine an app | Page 1

oblique minnow Aug 12, 2022, 10:28 AM

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Not sure if discord-api-types library is related to discord.js, but I am curious why they decided to export the PermissionFlagsBits twice. First time with "void 0" and only then with the object itself

exotic pilotBOT Aug 12, 2022, 10:29 AM

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heady crypt Aug 12, 2022, 10:35 AM

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Yea this isn't discord.js related at all. You're looking at the emitted JavaScript

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Just how TypeScript works

oblique minnow Aug 12, 2022, 10:37 AM

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ooh so it's compiled from typescript

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okay thanks

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i thought it was written in native JS

heady crypt Aug 12, 2022, 10:37 AM

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You can Google it
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70543122/changing-from-typescript-3-to-4-what-is-purpose-of-new-export-somename-void-0

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Changing from typescript 3 to 4, what is purpose of new export.some...

I switched from typescript 3 to 4 and there are some odd-looking changes in the output I'd like to understand.
The top of most JS output files has new inserted exports.name = void 0 code:
"use

oblique minnow Aug 12, 2022, 10:38 AM

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i googled the wrong thing so it didnt answer my question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7452341/what-does-void-0-mean

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What does `void 0` mean?

Reading through the Backbone.js source code, I saw this:

validObj[attr] = void 0;
What is void 0? What is the purpose of using it here?

heady crypt Aug 12, 2022, 10:38 AM

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I'm not really sure myself but it looks like circular import shenanigans or whatever

#Why does the library export an object twice?