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[api-extractor] Imported function type annotation causes function to be in Variables section

Open YElyousfi opened this issue 6 months ago • 0 comments

Summary

Repro steps

Generate markdown documentation for the following

import MyFunctionType from "./somewhere.js
// MyFunctionType is alias for `() => boolean`

export const fn1: () => boolean = () => true // Function section
export const fn2: MyFunctionType = () => true // Variables section

Expected result: I expect fn2 to be in the Function section of the generated docs

Actual result: fn2 is in the Variables section

Details

Imported types seem to not be inferred as functions when annotating variables

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Question Answer
@microsoft/api-extractor version? 7.52.10
Operating system? Windows
API Extractor scenario? kind classification
Would you consider contributing a PR? No
TypeScript compiler version? 5.8.3
Node.js version (node -v)? 24.4.1

YElyousfi avatar Aug 15 '25 14:08 YElyousfi