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Item 83: Don't Consider Migration Complete Until You Enable noImplicitAny

Things to Remember

• Don't consider your TypeScript migration done until you adopt noImplicitAny. Loose type checking can mask real mistakes in type declarations.
• Fix type errors gradually before enforcing noImplicitAny. Give your team a chance to get comfortable with TypeScript before adopting stricter checks.## Code Samples

class Chart {
  indices: any;

  // ...
}

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class Chart {
  indices: number[];

  // ...
}

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getRanges() {
  for (const r of this.indices) {
    const low = r[0];
    //    ^? const low: any
    const high = r[1];
    //    ^? const high: any
    // ...
  }
}

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getRanges() {
  for (const r of this.indices) {
    const low = r[0];
    //          ~~~~ Element implicitly has an 'any' type because
    //               type 'Number' has no index signature
    const high = r[1];
    //           ~~~~ Element implicitly has an 'any' type because
    //                type 'Number' has no index signature
    // ...
  }
}

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