How to type a module that returns a string when required

[catwell]

I am writing .d,tl files for an existing project (not mine). That project has a module which returns its version as a string when required, like this:

require "foo.version" -- returns "v1.2.3"

Is there any way to type this in Teal?

I tried this:

local type version = string
return version

but then if I do this:

local v: string = require("foo.version")

I get:

in local declaration: v: got type string, expected string

[icy-lava]

Late reply but - you're returning a type when you should be returning a value. So instead you can do something like return "anything" or return nil as string.

I don't know if there's a more standard way of doing this.

Could also do:

local version: string
return version

[hishamhm]

That local version: string; return version solution looks elegant for a .d.tl file!

[catwell]

Yes, I'll use that one, thanks!