Add missing relationship allowing a type to be assignable to a conditional when assignable to both branches

src/compiler/checker.ts

@@ -12836,6 +12836,42 @@ namespace ts {
                         }
                     }
                 }
+                else if (target.flags & TypeFlags.Conditional) {
+                    const c = target as ConditionalType;
+                    let skipFalse = false;
+                    let skipTrue = false;
+                    // Check if the conditional is always true or always false but still deferred for distribution purposes
+                    if (!isTypeAssignableTo(getPermissiveInstantiation(c.checkType), getPermissiveInstantiation(c.extendsType))) {
+                        skipTrue = true;
+                    }
+                    else if (isTypeAssignableTo(getRestrictiveInstantiation(c.checkType), getRestrictiveInstantiation(c.extendsType))) {
+                        skipFalse = true;
+                    }
+
+                    // Instantiate with a replacement mapper if the conditional is distributive, replacing the check type with a clone of itself,
+                    // this way {x: string | number, y: string | number} -> (T extends T ? { x: T, y: T } : never) appropriately _fails_ when
+                    // T = string | number (since that will end up distributing and producing `{x: string, y: string} | {x: number, y: number}`,
+                    // to which `{x: string | number, y: string | number}` isn't assignable)
+                    let distributionMapper: TypeMapper | undefined;
+                    const checkVar = getActualTypeVariable(c.root.checkType);
+                    if (c.root.isDistributive && checkVar.flags & TypeFlags.TypeParameter) {
+                        const newParam = cloneTypeParameter(checkVar);
+                        distributionMapper = createReplacementMapper(checkVar, newParam, c.mapper || identityMapper);
+                        newParam.mapper = distributionMapper;
+                    }
+
+                    // TODO: Find a nice way to include potential conditional type breakdowns in error output, if those seems good (they usually don't)
+                    let localResult: Ternary | undefined;
+                    if (skipTrue || (localResult = isRelatedTo(source, instantiateType(c.trueType, distributionMapper), /*reportErrors*/ false))) {
+                        if (!skipFalse) {
+                            localResult = (localResult || Ternary.Maybe) & isRelatedTo(source, instantiateType(c.falseType, distributionMapper), /*reportErrors*/ false);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    if (localResult) {
+                        errorInfo = saveErrorInfo;
+                        return localResult;
+                    }
+                }
 
                 if (source.flags & TypeFlags.TypeVariable) {
                     if (source.flags & TypeFlags.IndexedAccess && target.flags & TypeFlags.IndexedAccess) {

tests/baselines/reference/conditionalTypeAssignabilityWhenDeferred.errors.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+tests/cases/compiler/conditionalTypeAssignabilityWhenDeferred.ts(28,20): error TS2345: Argument of type 'string' is not assignable to parameter of type 'never'.
+tests/cases/compiler/conditionalTypeAssignabilityWhenDeferred.ts(29,21): error TS2345: Argument of type 'string' is not assignable to parameter of type 'never'.
+tests/cases/compiler/conditionalTypeAssignabilityWhenDeferred.ts(39,3): error TS2322: Type '{ x: T; y: T; }' is not assignable to type 'T extends T ? { x: T; y: T; } : never'.
+tests/cases/compiler/conditionalTypeAssignabilityWhenDeferred.ts(46,3): error TS2322: Type 'string' is not assignable to type 'Foo<T>'.
+tests/cases/compiler/conditionalTypeAssignabilityWhenDeferred.ts(63,9): error TS2322: Type '{ a: number; b: number; }' is not assignable to type '[T] extends [[infer U]] ? U : { b: number; }'.
+tests/cases/compiler/conditionalTypeAssignabilityWhenDeferred.ts(95,23): error TS2345: Argument of type '"hi"' is not assignable to parameter of type 'Unwrap<this["prop"]>'.
+tests/cases/compiler/conditionalTypeAssignabilityWhenDeferred.ts(106,3): error TS2322: Type 'Q' is not assignable to type 'InferBecauseWhyNot<Q>'.
+  Type '(arg: any) => any' is not assignable to type 'InferBecauseWhyNot<Q>'.
+tests/cases/compiler/conditionalTypeAssignabilityWhenDeferred.ts(116,3): error TS2322: Type 'Q' is not assignable to type 'InferBecauseWhyNotDistributive<Q>'.
+  Type '(arg: any) => any' is not assignable to type 'InferBecauseWhyNotDistributive<Q>'.
+
+
+==== tests/cases/compiler/conditionalTypeAssignabilityWhenDeferred.ts (8 errors) ====
+    export type FilterPropsByType<T, TT> = {
+      [K in keyof T]: T[K] extends TT ? K : never
+    }[keyof T];
+
+    function select<
+      T extends string | number,
+      TList extends object,
+      TValueProp extends FilterPropsByType<TList, T>
+    >(property: T, list: TList[], valueProp: TValueProp) {}
+
+    export function func<XX extends string>(x: XX, tipos: { value: XX }[]) {
+      select(x, tipos, "value");
+    }
+
+    declare function onlyNullablePlease<T extends null extends T ? any : never>(
+      value: T
+    ): void;
+
+    declare function onlyNullablePlease2<
+      T extends [null] extends [T] ? any : never
+    >(value: T): void;
+
+    declare var z: string | null;
+    onlyNullablePlease(z); // works as expected
+    onlyNullablePlease2(z); // works as expected
+
+    declare var y: string;
+    onlyNullablePlease(y); // error as expected
+                       ~
+!!! error TS2345: Argument of type 'string' is not assignable to parameter of type 'never'.
+    onlyNullablePlease2(y); // error as expected
+                        ~
+!!! error TS2345: Argument of type 'string' is not assignable to parameter of type 'never'.
+
+    function f<T>(t: T) {
+      var x: T | null = Math.random() > 0.5 ? null : t;
+      onlyNullablePlease(x); // should work
+      onlyNullablePlease2(x); // should work
+    }
+
+    function f2<T>(t1: { x: T; y: T }, t2: T extends T ? { x: T; y: T } : never) {
+      t1 = t2; // OK
+      t2 = t1; // should fail
+      ~~
+!!! error TS2322: Type '{ x: T; y: T; }' is not assignable to type 'T extends T ? { x: T; y: T; } : never'.
+    }
+
+    type Foo<T> = T extends true ? string : "a";
+
+    function test<T>(x: Foo<T>, s: string) {
+      x = "a"; // Currently an error, should be ok
+      x = s; // Error
+      ~
+!!! error TS2322: Type 'string' is not assignable to type 'Foo<T>'.
+    }
+
+    // #26933
+    type Distributive<T> = T extends { a: number } ? { a: number } : { b: number };
+    function testAssignabilityToConditionalType<T>() {
+      const o = { a: 1, b: 2 };
+      const x: [T] extends [string]
+        ? { y: number }
+        : { a: number; b: number } = undefined!;
+      // Simple case: OK
+      const o1: [T] extends [number] ? { a: number } : { b: number } = o;
+      // Simple case where source happens to be a conditional type: also OK
+      const x1: [T] extends [number]
+        ? ([T] extends [string] ? { y: number } : { a: number })
+        : ([T] extends [string] ? { y: number } : { b: number }) = x;
+      // Infer type parameters: no good
+      const o2: [T] extends [[infer U]] ? U : { b: number } = o;
+            ~~
+!!! error TS2322: Type '{ a: number; b: number; }' is not assignable to type '[T] extends [[infer U]] ? U : { b: number; }'.
+
+      // The next 4 are arguable - if you choose to ignore the `never` distribution case,
+      // then they're all good. The `never` case _is_ a bit of an outlier - we say distributive types
+      // look approximately like the sum of their branches, but the `never` case bucks that.
+      // There's an argument for the result of dumping `never` into a distributive conditional
+      // being not `never`, but instead the intersection of the branches - a much more precise bound
+      // on that "impossible" input.
+
+      // Distributive where T might instantiate to never: no good
+      const o3: Distributive<T> = o;
+      // Distributive where T & string might instantiate to never: also no good
+      const o4: Distributive<T & string> = o;
+      // Distributive where {a: T} cannot instantiate to never: OK
+      const o5: Distributive<{ a: T }> = o;
+      // Distributive where check type is a conditional which returns a non-never type upon instantiation with `never` but can still return never otherwise: no good
+      const o6: Distributive<[T] extends [never] ? { a: number } : never> = o;
+    }
+
+    type Wrapped<T> = { ___secret: T };
+    type Unwrap<T> = T extends Wrapped<infer U> ? U : T;
+
+    declare function set<T, K extends keyof T>(
+      obj: T,
+      key: K,
+      value: Unwrap<T[K]>
+    ): Unwrap<T[K]>;
+
+    class Foo2 {
+      prop!: Wrapped<string>;
+
+      method() {
+        set(this, "prop", "hi"); // <-- type error
+                          ~~~~
+!!! error TS2345: Argument of type '"hi"' is not assignable to parameter of type 'Unwrap<this["prop"]>'.
+      }
+    }
+
+    set(new Foo2(), "prop", "hi"); // <-- typechecks
+
+    type InferBecauseWhyNot<T> = [T] extends [(p: infer P1) => any]
+      ? P1 | T
+      : never;
+
+    function f3<Q extends (arg: any) => any>(x: Q): InferBecauseWhyNot<Q> {
+      return x;
+      ~~~~~~~~~
+!!! error TS2322: Type 'Q' is not assignable to type 'InferBecauseWhyNot<Q>'.
+!!! error TS2322:   Type '(arg: any) => any' is not assignable to type 'InferBecauseWhyNot<Q>'.
+    }
+
+    type InferBecauseWhyNotDistributive<T> = T extends (p: infer P1) => any
+      ? P1 | T
+      : never;
+
+    function f4<Q extends (arg: any) => any>(
+      x: Q
+    ): InferBecauseWhyNotDistributive<Q> {
+      return x; // should fail
+      ~~~~~~~~~
+!!! error TS2322: Type 'Q' is not assignable to type 'InferBecauseWhyNotDistributive<Q>'.
+!!! error TS2322:   Type '(arg: any) => any' is not assignable to type 'InferBecauseWhyNotDistributive<Q>'.
+    }
+

tests/baselines/reference/conditionalTypeAssignabilityWhenDeferred.js

@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+//// [conditionalTypeAssignabilityWhenDeferred.ts]
+export type FilterPropsByType<T, TT> = {
+  [K in keyof T]: T[K] extends TT ? K : never
+}[keyof T];
+
+function select<
+  T extends string | number,
+  TList extends object,
+  TValueProp extends FilterPropsByType<TList, T>
+>(property: T, list: TList[], valueProp: TValueProp) {}
+
+export function func<XX extends string>(x: XX, tipos: { value: XX }[]) {
+  select(x, tipos, "value");
+}
+
+declare function onlyNullablePlease<T extends null extends T ? any : never>(
+  value: T
+): void;
+
+declare function onlyNullablePlease2<
+  T extends [null] extends [T] ? any : never
+>(value: T): void;
+
+declare var z: string | null;
+onlyNullablePlease(z); // works as expected
+onlyNullablePlease2(z); // works as expected
+
+declare var y: string;
+onlyNullablePlease(y); // error as expected
+onlyNullablePlease2(y); // error as expected
+
+function f<T>(t: T) {
+  var x: T | null = Math.random() > 0.5 ? null : t;
+  onlyNullablePlease(x); // should work
+  onlyNullablePlease2(x); // should work
+}
+
+function f2<T>(t1: { x: T; y: T }, t2: T extends T ? { x: T; y: T } : never) {
+  t1 = t2; // OK
+  t2 = t1; // should fail
+}
+
+type Foo<T> = T extends true ? string : "a";
+
+function test<T>(x: Foo<T>, s: string) {
+  x = "a"; // Currently an error, should be ok
+  x = s; // Error
+}
+
+// #26933
+type Distributive<T> = T extends { a: number } ? { a: number } : { b: number };
+function testAssignabilityToConditionalType<T>() {
+  const o = { a: 1, b: 2 };
+  const x: [T] extends [string]
+    ? { y: number }
+    : { a: number; b: number } = undefined!;
+  // Simple case: OK
+  const o1: [T] extends [number] ? { a: number } : { b: number } = o;
+  // Simple case where source happens to be a conditional type: also OK
+  const x1: [T] extends [number]
+    ? ([T] extends [string] ? { y: number } : { a: number })
+    : ([T] extends [string] ? { y: number } : { b: number }) = x;
+  // Infer type parameters: no good
+  const o2: [T] extends [[infer U]] ? U : { b: number } = o;
+
+  // The next 4 are arguable - if you choose to ignore the `never` distribution case,
+  // then they're all good. The `never` case _is_ a bit of an outlier - we say distributive types
+  // look approximately like the sum of their branches, but the `never` case bucks that.
+  // There's an argument for the result of dumping `never` into a distributive conditional
+  // being not `never`, but instead the intersection of the branches - a much more precise bound
+  // on that "impossible" input.
+
+  // Distributive where T might instantiate to never: no good
+  const o3: Distributive<T> = o;
+  // Distributive where T & string might instantiate to never: also no good
+  const o4: Distributive<T & string> = o;
+  // Distributive where {a: T} cannot instantiate to never: OK
+  const o5: Distributive<{ a: T }> = o;
+  // Distributive where check type is a conditional which returns a non-never type upon instantiation with `never` but can still return never otherwise: no good
+  const o6: Distributive<[T] extends [never] ? { a: number } : never> = o;
+}
+
+type Wrapped<T> = { ___secret: T };
+type Unwrap<T> = T extends Wrapped<infer U> ? U : T;
+
+declare function set<T, K extends keyof T>(
+  obj: T,
+  key: K,
+  value: Unwrap<T[K]>
+): Unwrap<T[K]>;
+
+class Foo2 {
+  prop!: Wrapped<string>;
+
+  method() {
+    set(this, "prop", "hi"); // <-- type error
+  }
+}
+
+set(new Foo2(), "prop", "hi"); // <-- typechecks
+
+type InferBecauseWhyNot<T> = [T] extends [(p: infer P1) => any]
+  ? P1 | T
+  : never;
+
+function f3<Q extends (arg: any) => any>(x: Q): InferBecauseWhyNot<Q> {
+  return x;
+}
+
+type InferBecauseWhyNotDistributive<T> = T extends (p: infer P1) => any
+  ? P1 | T
+  : never;
+
+function f4<Q extends (arg: any) => any>(
+  x: Q
+): InferBecauseWhyNotDistributive<Q> {
+  return x; // should fail
+}
+
+
+//// [conditionalTypeAssignabilityWhenDeferred.js]
+"use strict";
+exports.__esModule = true;
+function select(property, list, valueProp) { }
+function func(x, tipos) {
+    select(x, tipos, "value");
+}
+exports.func = func;
+onlyNullablePlease(z); // works as expected
+onlyNullablePlease2(z); // works as expected
+onlyNullablePlease(y); // error as expected
+onlyNullablePlease2(y); // error as expected
+function f(t) {
+    var x = Math.random() > 0.5 ? null : t;
+    onlyNullablePlease(x); // should work
+    onlyNullablePlease2(x); // should work
+}
+function f2(t1, t2) {
+    t1 = t2; // OK
+    t2 = t1; // should fail
+}
+function test(x, s) {
+    x = "a"; // Currently an error, should be ok
+    x = s; // Error
+}
+function testAssignabilityToConditionalType() {
+    var o = { a: 1, b: 2 };
+    var x = undefined;
+    // Simple case: OK
+    var o1 = o;
+    // Simple case where source happens to be a conditional type: also OK
+    var x1 = x;
+    // Infer type parameters: no good
+    var o2 = o;
+    // The next 4 are arguable - if you choose to ignore the `never` distribution case,
+    // then they're all good. The `never` case _is_ a bit of an outlier - we say distributive types
+    // look approximately like the sum of their branches, but the `never` case bucks that.
+    // There's an argument for the result of dumping `never` into a distributive conditional
+    // being not `never`, but instead the intersection of the branches - a much more precise bound
+    // on that "impossible" input.
+    // Distributive where T might instantiate to never: no good
+    var o3 = o;
+    // Distributive where T & string might instantiate to never: also no good
+    var o4 = o;
+    // Distributive where {a: T} cannot instantiate to never: OK
+    var o5 = o;
+    // Distributive where check type is a conditional which returns a non-never type upon instantiation with `never` but can still return never otherwise: no good
+    var o6 = o;
+}
+var Foo2 = /** @class */ (function () {
+    function Foo2() {
+    }
+    Foo2.prototype.method = function () {
+        set(this, "prop", "hi"); // <-- type error
+    };
+    return Foo2;
+}());
+set(new Foo2(), "prop", "hi"); // <-- typechecks
+function f3(x) {
+    return x;
+}
+function f4(x) {
+    return x; // should fail
+}