`declare global`. `:` and `=`. When to use what?

[sterile anchor]

I currently have to explicitly state self (or this) as the first arg but I do not like it so much

declare global {
  var db: {
    actor?: {
      position: () => {
        distance_to_sqr: (...any) => any
      }
      change_health: (self: typeof db.actor, by: number) => void
    }
  }
}

I feel like = lets me assign while : is just for providing a type

[tall wind]

i feel like there's 3 separate questions here

what exactly is your question?

[tall wind]

this is literally what the syntax is, yes

[sterile anchor]

that was the question

[tall wind]

this for the object is only captured in normal functions, not arrow functions

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Functions/Arrow_functions

[sterile anchor]

I know this, I had it with function too in the delcare global, this is just any and I have to manually declare its type

[tall wind]

I currently have to explicitly state self (or this) as the first arg but I do not like it so much
this is completely unrelated to : vs =

[sterile anchor]

this: {health: number}

[sterile anchor]

yeah sorry this was a different issue, I resolved it

[tall wind]

if you have an implementation, why are you using declare global to begin with?

[sterile anchor]

because it does not exist in my mod

[tall wind]

???

how are you even accessing this?

[sterile anchor]

wdym how

this.

[tall wind]

what do you mean by "this is any"

you aren't accessing it

if you don't have an implementation, you can't access it

except as a return type i guess, but you aren't using that either

[sterile anchor]

ok it makes sense

!resolved

thanks