@@ -55,14 +55,16 @@ added: v22.6.0
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5656> Stability: 1.1 - Active development
5757
58- The flag [ ` --no-experimental-strip-types ` ] [ ] prevents Node.js from running TypeScript
59- files. By default Node.js will execute only files that contain no
60- TypeScript features that require transformation, such as enums.
61- Node.js will replace inline type annotations with whitespace,
58+ By default Node.js will execute TypeScript files that contains only
59+ erasable TypeScript syntax.
60+ Node.js will replace TypeScript syntax with whitespace,
6261and no type checking is performed.
63- To enable the transformation of such features
64- use the flag [ ` --experimental-transform-types ` ] [ ] .
65- TypeScript features that depend on settings within ` tsconfig.json ` ,
62+ To enable the transformation of non erasable TypeScript syntax, which requires JavaScript code generation,
63+ such as ` enum ` declarations, parameter properties use the flag [ ` --experimental-transform-types ` ] [ ] .
64+ To disable this feature, use the flag [ ` --no-experimental-strip-types ` ] [ ] .
65+
66+ Node.js ignores ` tsconfig.json ` files and therefore
67+ features that depend on settings within ` tsconfig.json ` ,
6668such as paths or converting newer JavaScript syntax to older standards, are
6769intentionally unsupported. To get full TypeScript support, see [ Full TypeScript support] [ ] .
6870
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ By intentionally not supporting syntaxes that require JavaScript code
7173generation, and by replacing inline types with whitespace, Node.js can run
7274TypeScript code without the need for source maps.
7375
74- Type stripping works with most versions of TypeScript
76+ Type stripping is compatible with most versions of TypeScript
7577but we recommend version 5.7 or newer with the following ` tsconfig.json ` settings:
7678
7779``` json
@@ -139,7 +141,7 @@ This will result in [`ERR_UNSUPPORTED_TYPESCRIPT_SYNTAX`][] error:
139141
140142``` ts
141143// This namespace is exporting a value
142- namespace A {
144+ namespace A {
143145 export let x = 1
144146}
145147```
@@ -204,9 +206,9 @@ with `#`.
204206[ CommonJS ] : modules.md
205207[ ES Modules ] : esm.md
206208[ Full TypeScript support ] : #full-typescript-support
207- [ `ERR_UNSUPPORTED_TYPESCRIPT_SYNTAX` ] : errors.md#err_unsupported_typescript_syntax
208209[ `--experimental-transform-types` ] : cli.md#--experimental-transform-types
209210[ `--no-experimental-strip-types` ] : cli.md#--no-experimental-strip-types
211+ [ `ERR_UNSUPPORTED_TYPESCRIPT_SYNTAX` ] : errors.md#err_unsupported_typescript_syntax
210212[ `tsconfig` "paths" ] : https://www.typescriptlang.org/tsconfig/#paths
211213[ `tsx` ] : https://tsx.is/
212214[ `verbatimModuleSyntax` ] : https://www.typescriptlang.org/tsconfig/#verbatimModuleSyntax
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