javascript - Using spread syntax and new Set() with typescript

Question

I am using following code to get unique numbers:

let uniques = [ ...new Set([1, 2, 3, 1, 1]) ]; // [1, 2, 3]

However, typescript report following error: Type 'Set' is not an array type. I am not typescript ninja, could someone tell me what is wrong here?

Answer 1

Update: With Typescript 2.3, you can now add "downlevelIteration": true to your tsconfig, and this will work while targeting ES5.

The downside of downlevelIteration is that TS will have to inject quite a bit of boilerplate when transpiling. The single line from the question transpiles with 21 lines of added boilerplate: (as of Typescript 2.6.1)

var __read = (this && this.__read) || function (o, n) {
    var m = typeof Symbol === "function" && o[Symbol.iterator];
    if (!m) return o;
    var i = m.call(o), r, ar = [], e;
    try {
        while ((n === void 0 || n-- > 0) && !(r = i.next()).done) ar.push(r.value);
    }
    catch (error) { e = { error: error }; }
    finally {
        try {
            if (r && !r.done && (m = i["return"])) m.call(i);
        }
        finally { if (e) throw e.error; }
    }
    return ar;
};
var __spread = (this && this.__spread) || function () {
    for (var ar = [], i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) ar = ar.concat(__read(arguments[i]));
    return ar;
};
var uniques = __spread(new Set([1, 2, 3, 1, 1]));
console.log(uniques);