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Assigning a function with more parameters in TypeScript

TypeScriptType CompatibilityFunction Compatibilityintermediate

What this snippet does

Functions requiring more parameters cannot be assigned to types expecting fewer, as the extra parameter would be undefined at runtime.

Expected output

Compile Error: Type '(a: number, b: number) => void' is not assignable to type '(a: number) => void'.

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