Ensure types are declared first in exports field

[eps1lon]

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/cc @hiebj

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[hiebj]

I heard this mentioned in a throwaway comment in a thread somewhere when I was researching this issue, but the comment provided no sources and I could not find a specific reference in TypeScript documentation that states it as a requirement or explains why it is necessary.

That being said the change should be harmless so if this is the way it's supposed to be you should do it!

[eps1lon]

but the comment provided no sources and I could not find a specific reference in TypeScript documentation that states it as a requirement or explains why it is necessary.

It's a bit hidden under https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/esm-node.html#packagejson-exports-imports-and-self-referencing:

The "types" condition should always come first in "exports".

It doesn't provide the "why" but I'm fine just taking their word for it.

[hiebj]

The publint link explains it and provides a link to Typescript docs, that's very helpful, although the TS docs themselves only mention it in an aside with no rationale!

Publint says it is because it is order based so you want the types to resolve first. I don't get this exactly since it worked just fine (on my machine 😅) the other way. But I am also fine just taking their word for it, I did not test with many different versions of TypeScript.