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Broken inference between type placeholders with non-string constraints in template literal types Β #57807

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πŸ”Ž Search Terms

inference types texts template literal types generic constraint string

πŸ•— Version & Regression Information

  • This is the behavior in every version I tried

⏯ Playground Link

https://www.typescriptlang.org/play?ts=5.5.0-dev.20240316&ssl=17&ssc=24&pln=1&pc=1#code/JYOwLgpgTgZghgYwgAgHIFk4AdkG8BQyyAjAFzIBEAghQNyHIBM5FAQnQwMwsDCHRAFhYARDgF98+ACYQEAGzhQUCAPYgAzmGQBzcgB4AKsggAPSCCnqSyAD5NbyTgD4AFCfIADACS4DYjwCUyAC8TmiYWADaBgC69PhgAJ5YKADixCHIhsZmEBZWGXaMDs5unj5+gSFhGNjRcfiqGlraZMjpmdq0yAD0PcgqANaSSSntxcFZRqbmltZFJQ4Cru7I3r7+QaHhdbH0TZo6zOOd3X3GUFAqUCPJaZyZ2TN5c4VMK+UbVdu1UXuNakO2m47Qeky6vX6Q3wQA

πŸ’» Code

interface NMap {
  1: "A";
  2: "B";
  3: "C";
  4: "D";
}

declare const g: <T extends 1 | 2 | 3>(x: `${T}`) => NMap[T];

type G1 = <T extends 1 | 2 | 3>(x: `${T}`) => NMap[T];
const g1: G1 = g; // should be ok

type G2 = <T extends 1 | 2 | 3 | 4>(x: `${T}`) => NMap[T];
const g2: G2 = g; // should error

type G3 = <T extends 1 | 2>(x: `${T}`) => NMap[T];
const g3: G3 = g; // should be ok

πŸ™ Actual behavior

All of those assignments fail

πŸ™‚ Expected behavior

Only the second assignment should fail

Additional information about the issue

Originally reported by @gabritto here: #56659 (comment)

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