How to declare and initialize a Dictionary in Typescript

Question

Why is this code not working as intended?

interface IPerson {
   firstName: string;
   lastName: string;
}

var persons: { [id: string]: IPerson; } = {
   "p1": { firstName: "F1", lastName: "L1" },
   "p2": { firstName: "F2" }
};

Answer 1

Apparently this doesn't work when passing the initial data at declaration. I guess this is a bug in TypeScript, so you should raise one at the project site.

You can make use of the typed dictionary by splitting your example up in declaration and initialization, like:

var persons: { [id: string] : IPerson; } = {};
persons["p1"] = { firstName: "F1", lastName: "L1" };
persons["p2"] = { firstName: "F2" }; // will result in an error