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Oliver Watkins
Oliver Watkins

Reputation: 13529

'const' initializer in an ambient context must be a string or numeric literal

I have a namespace in typescript that looks like this :

export declare namespace MyNamespace {
    const myFunc = (a:number) => 3;
}

My compiler complains about the function that :

TS1254: A 'const' initializer in an ambient context must be a string or numeric literal or literal enum reference

What is this error trying to tell me? I cannot have a function as a const within a namespace?

Upvotes: 13

Views: 12948

Answers (1)

Elizabeth
Elizabeth

Reputation: 111

This error may happen if you are inside a d.ts file, which only allows type declarations. Try a .ts file instead!

Here is a related question: Initializers are not allowed in ambient contexts error when installing Blueprint

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