javascript is not picky about line endings. Following code looks fine but causes trouble.
1: function func() {
2: return
3: {4: greet: "Hello World"
5: }; 6: } 7: console.log(func().greet);Line number 7 prints, undefined. This is because return statement at line number 2 has line ending. Now if you use the first code snipped in typescript, you can avoid this error. Typescript marks the usage of greet in line number 7 as an error.
1: Error 1 Expected var, class, interface, or module …\TypeScript1\TypeScript1\app.ts 7 13 app.ts
May be they can do better with the error message.
This problem can be fixed by moving opening curly brace at line 3 to line 2.
1: function func() {
2: return {
3: greet: "Hello World"
4: }; 5: } 6: console.log(func().greet);Now the error goes away, and also you will get intellisense for the string property “greet” after func(). in line 6.
