Cannot use symbol as "index" for plain object property access

[mhofman]

Bug Report

{ [prop]() { } }[prop] fails with Type 'symbol' cannot be used as an index type. aka ts(2538) if prop: string | symbol. It works fine if prop is either string or symbol.

🔎 Search Terms

union type cannot be used as an index type

Found 2 somewhat relevant issues and a pull request, but they don't seem to directly apply. Please close if duplicate:

• Index signatures for symbols and template literal strings #44512
• Quick fix for 'unions can't be used in index signatures, use a mapped object type instead' #24220
• Type 'string' cannot be used to index type 'T' when indexing a generic function parameter #47357

🕗 Version & Regression Information

• This is the behavior in every version I tried, and I reviewed the FAQ for entries about union and index types

⏯ Playground Link

Playground link with relevant code

💻 Code

declare function assert(condition: any, msg?: string): asserts condition;

function wrap(x: any) {
    return new Proxy(x, {
        get(_target, p, receiver) {
            return {
                [p](...args: any[]) {
                    assert(this === receiver);
                    return Reflect.apply(x[p], x, args);
                },
            }[p]
        },
        has() {
            return true;
        }
    });
}

declare const prop: string | symbol;

const shortHandFn = { [prop]() { } }[prop];

🙁 Actual behavior

Type 'symbol' cannot be used as an index type.

🙂 Expected behavior

No type error since both symbol and string are allowed index types.

[icecream17]

^{ts(2538) ts2538}
Also ran into this

https://www.typescriptlang.org/play?target=99#code/GYVwdgxgLglg9mABAWwIYGsCmAxc15gDqMUAFgHKrKaIAUYVmAXIgAoBOcADpu1AJ4BpTPwCUiAN4AoRLMTtMUEOyTS56xAG0G1ALota4gLwA+ROAAmmYDDCYLMuQF9tjXVKdSgA

function makeFunctionWithName (name: PropertyKey) {
    return {
        [name]: () => undefined
    }[name]
}

[n-rowe]

I'm still getting this error, is there any workarounds?
I'm using Vue and the inject/provide syntax uses symbols for accessing stored values.

https://www.typescriptlang.org/play/?target=99#code/JYOwLgpgTgZghgYwgAgJIgFYQWYB7EAaQgE8AeAFQD5kIAPSEAEwGdkBlEgWwCM8AbZAG8AvgCgEBFmGQAHKHgBuwJhDYBeYcnFiYAVxA58IOQuWrKVABQBrUgC40mbLgLFy1ADTJFcfnohHCgBKYTFkCNMlFTUAbTsSAF1kTV9-CDEdfUNXE1AsHEtbBycC3PdLYKCwyOQoCDA9KBN5aNUWeNJEzKA

interface InjectionKey<T> extends Symbol {}
const provides = { }

function provide<T>(key: InjectionKey<T>, value: T) {
    provides[key] = value
}

function inject<T>(key: InjectionKey<T>): T {
    return provides[key]
}

[rain84]

@mhofman

I hope, this solution will help

const shortHandFn = ({ [prop]() {} } as T)[prop];

// biome-ignore lint:
type Fn = (...args: any[]) => any;
type T = {
  [k in string | symbol]: Fn;
};