Fix/2919 type exports manual

README.md

@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ A common case is to implement a new function. This involves the following steps:
 - Write documentation on the function in the source code comment of `myNewFunction.js`. This documentation is used to auto generate documentation on the website.
 - Write embedded documentation for the new function in `./src/expression/embeddedDocs/function/arithmetic/myNewFunction.js`. Add the new documentation to the index file `./src/expression/embeddedDocs/embeddedDocs.js`.
 - Write unit tests for the function in `./test/unit-tests/function/arithmetic/myNewFunction.test.js`.
-- Write a TypeScript definition for the new function in `./types/index.d.ts`, and write tests for it in `./types/index.ts`. Normally, two definitions need to be added: one for the static function `math.myNewFunction(...)` and one for the chained API `math.chain(...).myNewFunction(...)`.
+- Write the necessary TypeScript definitions for the new function in `./types/index.d.ts`, and write tests for it in `./test/typescript-tests/testTypes.ts`. This is described in [./types/EXPLANATION.md](./types/EXPLANATION.md).
 - Ensure the code style is ok by running `npm run lint` (run `npm run format` to fix the code style automatically).
 
 

test/typescript-tests/testTypes.ts

@@ -1987,7 +1987,7 @@ Extend functionality with import
  */
 
 declare module 'mathjs' {
-  interface MathJsStatic {
+  interface MathJsInstance {
     testFun(): number
     value: number
   }

tsconfig.json

@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
     "paths": {
       "mathjs": ["./types/index.d.ts"]
     },
-    "moduleResolution": "node",
+    "moduleResolution": "nodenext",
     "typeRoots": [],
     "types": [],
     "lib": ["ES6", "DOM"],
-    "module": "ESNEXT",
+    "module": "NodeNext",
     "noEmit": true,
     "noImplicitAny": true,
     "noImplicitThis": true,

types/EXPLANATION.md

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# Mathjs TypeScript types
+
+The code base of Mathjs is writting in JavaScript. The TypeScript definitions are maintained separately. 
+
+## Library structure
+
+The over all structure is:
+
+- The library exports the core function `create` which creates a MathJS instance and returns `MathJsInstance`.
+- Mathjs has a special function `chain`, which allows you to use the functions in a chained way, like `chain(2).add(3).done()`. The function `chain` returns an interface `MathJsChain`, which contains all mathjs functions and constants as a method. Unlike the static functions, these methods are defined with the chain instance `this` as first argument.
+- The library exports collections with factory functions of all functions and their dependencies. To create an instance of the function `add`, one can do `create(addDependencies)` for example. To import all functions, one can do `create(all)`.
+- The library also returns a static instance, which can directly be used like `import { add } from 'mathjs'`.
+
+## Defining the types of a new function
+
+Maintaining the TypeScript types is done manually. When adding a function, one has to create the following TypeScript definitions:
+
+1. Add a normal definition inside `interface MathJsInstance {...}`
+2. Add a chained definition inside `interface MathJsChain {...}`
+3. Add a static definition inside `export const {...} : MathJsInstance`
+4. Add a dependencies definition inside `export const {...} : Record<string, FactoryFunctionMap>`
+
+For exampe for the function `add`, we can have the following definitions:
+
+```ts 
+// instance
+export interface MathJsInstance extends MathJsFactory {
+  //...
+  add<T extends MathType>(x: T, y: T): T
+  //...
+}
+
+// chain
+export interface MathJsChain<TValue> {
+  //...  
+  add<T extends MathType>(this: MathJsChain<T>, y: T): MathJsChain<T>
+  //...
+}
+
+// static
+export const {
+  // ...
+  add,
+  // ...
+} : MathJsInstance
+
+
+// dependencies
+export const {
+  // ...
+  addDependencies,
+  // ...
+} : Record<string, FactoryFunctionMap>
+```