I want to use type refinements from function. How to create type guard function (TypeScript) in flow?
I TypeScript example:
function isString(arg: Showable): arg is string {
return typeof arg === 'string';
}
II Flow
/* @flow */
type Showable = number | string;
// ok
function barOk (arg: Showable) {
return typeof arg === 'string' ? arg.length : (arg + 1);
}
// type guard function
function isString(arg: Showable) {
return typeof arg === 'string';
}
// Error
function barError (arg: Showable) {
return isString(arg) ? arg.length : (arg + 1);
// ^ Cannot get `arg.length` because property `length` is missing in `Number`
}
Change your isString
function to the following:
function isString(arg: Showable): boolean %checks {
return typeof arg === 'string';
}