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Assigning values to a never variable in TypeScript

TypeScriptType System Limitsany vs unknown vs neveradvanced

What this snippet does

No value can be assigned to 'never' because it represents an impossible state or function that never returns.

Expected output

Compile Error: Type 'number' is not assignable to type 'never'.

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