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JsonFreeman opened this issue Aug 8, 2014 · 0 comments
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Best common type should pick the first type that is a supertype of all the others #404

JsonFreeman opened this issue Aug 8, 2014 · 0 comments
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We need to align the spec with the new implementation. Section 3.10 should say that we pick the first type that is a supertype of all the others.

Also, fold in the contextual typing rule for Best Common Type.
@mhegazy mhegazy added this to the TypeScript 1.1 milestone Aug 8, 2014
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