TypeScript: ECMAScript private method overloading results in syntax error #59102
Description
Version
v24.4.1
Platform
Darwin mac.lan 24.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 24.5.0: Tue Apr 22 19:54:33 PDT 2025; root:xnu-11417.121.6~2/RELEASE_ARM64_T8122 arm64
Subsystem
No response
What steps will reproduce the bug?
Node.js’ type stripping results in a syntax error when using function overloading with ECMAScript private methods.
class Foo {
#bar(baz: string): string;
#bar(baz: number): number;
#bar(baz: string | number): string | number;
#bar(baz: string | number): string | number {
return baz;
}
public bar(baz: string | number): string | number {
return this.#bar(baz);
}
}
console.log(new Foo().bar(42));This example is valid TypeScript and compiles as expected under tsc.
How often does it reproduce? Is there a required condition?
Consistently.
What is the expected behavior? Why is that the expected behavior?
I expect the example to run and output 42.
It compiles under the tsc command and the output can be executed with Node.js:
// output of:
// pnpm --package typescript dlx tsc --target es2022 index.ts
class Foo {
#bar(baz) {
return baz;
}
bar(baz) {
return this.#bar(baz);
}
}
console.log(new Foo().bar(42));What do you see instead?
/private/tmp/foo/index.ts:2
#bar(baz ) ;
^
SyntaxError: Unexpected token ';'
at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1624:18)
at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1666:20)
at Object..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1824:10)
at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1427:32)
at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1250:12)
at TracingChannel.traceSync (node:diagnostics_channel:322:14)
at wrapModuleLoad (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:235:24)
at Module.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:152:5)
at node:internal/main/run_main_module:33:47
Node.js v24.4.1
Additional information
Reported to swc-project/swc#10884.