#Why is this telling me it's a problem when accessing static property/function from a type?

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vagrant bronze
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Sorry for the screenshot, I can't reproduce the error in TS Playground.

Why is this a problem, but if I wrap the if statement in a function and call that it's fine?

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waxen jewel
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Because functions don't contribute to control flow analysis, so code within the function doesn't affect the inferred type

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!:9998 is related-ish, there's probably some issue linked deep within that conversation that's similar to this

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