Typescript does not accept `"string name"` aliases

[landonxjames]

🔎 Search Terms

export alias string names
import alias string names
string alias for imports/exports

🕗 Version & Regression Information

• This is the behavior in every version I tried, and I reviewed the FAQ for entries about string names as import/export aliases

⏯ Playground Link

https://www.typescriptlang.org/play?module=1&ssl=3&ssc=17&pln=3&pc=20#code/MYewdgzgLgBAZiEMC8MCMBuAUFgpgDwAcQAnWAbwSQEMIYAiAI2pPoF9sg

💻 Code

const foo = 1;

export {foo as "bar"};

🙁 Actual behavior

This fails to compile because of the as "bar" in the export statement.

🙂 Expected behavior

This should compile and allow string name aliases.

Additional information about the issue

String name import/export aliases should be allowed by the ts compiler. They are valid javascript (see the syntax section of the MDN page in exports).

[fatcerberus]

Duplicate of #40594

[fatcerberus]

PR to implement support for this is here #49297 but seems to be stalled.

[landonxjames]

Ahh thank you for the pointer! Closing in favor of the existing issue.