tests/cases/conformance/types/typeAliases/directDependenceBetweenTypeAliases.ts(4,6): error TS2456: Type alias 'T0' circularly references itself. tests/cases/conformance/types/typeAliases/directDependenceBetweenTypeAliases.ts(6,6): error TS2456: Type alias 'T0_2' circularly references itself. tests/cases/conformance/types/typeAliases/directDependenceBetweenTypeAliases.ts(11,6): error TS2456: Type alias 'T1' circularly references itself. tests/cases/conformance/types/typeAliases/directDependenceBetweenTypeAliases.ts(14,6): error TS2456: Type alias 'T2' circularly references itself. tests/cases/conformance/types/typeAliases/directDependenceBetweenTypeAliases.ts(16,6): error TS2456: Type alias 'T2_1' circularly references itself. tests/cases/conformance/types/typeAliases/directDependenceBetweenTypeAliases.ts(19,6): error TS2456: Type alias 'T3' circularly references itself. tests/cases/conformance/types/typeAliases/directDependenceBetweenTypeAliases.ts(22,6): error TS2456: Type alias 'T4' circularly references itself. tests/cases/conformance/types/typeAliases/directDependenceBetweenTypeAliases.ts(26,6): error TS2456: Type alias 'T5' circularly references itself. tests/cases/conformance/types/typeAliases/directDependenceBetweenTypeAliases.ts(30,6): error TS2456: Type alias 'T7' circularly references itself. ==== tests/cases/conformance/types/typeAliases/directDependenceBetweenTypeAliases.ts (9 errors) ==== // It is an error for the type specified in a type alias to depend on that type alias // A type alias directly depends on the type it aliases. type T0 = T0 ~~ !!! error TS2456: Type alias 'T0' circularly references itself. type T0_1 = T0_2 type T0_2 = T0_3 ~~~~ !!! error TS2456: Type alias 'T0_2' circularly references itself. type T0_3 = T0_1 // A type reference directly depends on the referenced type and each of the type arguments, if any. interface I {} type T1 = I ~~ !!! error TS2456: Type alias 'T1' circularly references itself. // A union type directly depends on each of the constituent types. type T2 = T2 | string ~~ !!! error TS2456: Type alias 'T2' circularly references itself. class C {} type T2_1 = T2_1[] | number ~~~~ !!! error TS2456: Type alias 'T2_1' circularly references itself. // An array type directly depends on its element type. type T3 = T3[] ~~ !!! error TS2456: Type alias 'T3' circularly references itself. // A tuple type directly depends on each of its element types. type T4 = [number, T4] ~~ !!! error TS2456: Type alias 'T4' circularly references itself. // A type query directly depends on the type of the referenced entity. var x: T5[] = [] type T5 = typeof x ~~ !!! error TS2456: Type alias 'T5' circularly references itself. class C1 {} type T6 = T7 | number type T7 = typeof yy ~~ !!! error TS2456: Type alias 'T7' circularly references itself. var yy: [string, T8[]]; type T8 = C // legal cases type T9 = () => T9 type T10 = { x: T10 } | { new(v: T10): string } type T11 = T12[] type T12 = [T13, string] type T13 = typeof zz var zz: { x: T10 }