Cannot export class descending from eventemitter3

[ndarilek]

I'm trying to accomplish this but am told:

src/index.ts(3,35): error TS4020: Extends clause of exported class 'Test' has or is using private name 'EventEmitter'.

I'm new to Typescript, so in an attempt to do the right thing I went out and read a bunch of docs. My understanding was that I needed to somehow export EventEmitter so the module has everything it needs available publicly. So I tried every export form I could think of, but nothing worked.

I did even more research and discovered DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped#7439. This is exactly what I'm experiencing, along with a second test repo which seems to indicate that this problem goes away with an older declaration. This all leaves me wondering, as a new Typescript user, where the issue lies.

Later I found #6307, asked for guidance there, and was told to file another issue. So, here it is. :) Is this an issue in the official eventemitter3 declaration that they need to fix, or is it a TS bug? I'll note that everything seems to work as long as I don't export the class that descends from EventEmitter, so if there was a problem with the declaration then I'd expect that to surface regardless of whether I exported the subclass.

Thanks. Using Typescript 1.8.9.

[RyanCavanaugh]

Can you include the self-contained repro as well? Thanks!

[ndarilek]

It's the first link I posted in the issue. Is that not what you're looking for? Just clone it down and run `npm install && tsc`.

[mhegazy]

looks like it is fixed in latest. can you give typescript@next a try.

[ndarilek]

Yup, works for me. Thanks!

[mhegazy]

thanks for verifying.