TSLint warns against using the var keyword in TypeScript, so I have been using import when importing modules. However, when I do this for local modules, it gives me an error when I tried to use the module.
In a file routes/main.ts I have:
import express = require("express");
let router = express.Router();
router.get("/", (req, res, next) => { ... });
module.exports = router;
In app.ts I have:
/// <reference path="../../typings/main.d.ts" />
import express = require("express");
...
import routes = require("./routes/main");
let app = express();
app.use(routes); // The type error is here.
...
Using import routes causes the following type error when I use it with app.use(routes);:
app.ts(36,13): error TS2345: Argument of type 'typeof ".../source/server...'
is not assignable to parameter of type 'RegExp'.
To fix this I can cast it to a particular type:
app.use(<express.Router>routes);
But there are places where type casting is not as clean. I can switch to using the var keyword when I import the module:
var routes = require("./routes/main");
let app = express();
app.use(routes); // No errors.
But is there a way to satisfy both the compiler and tslint? Or should I not use the "no-var-requires": true setting in tslint when using the CommonJS module style?
