This condition will always return 'false' since the types 'string | null' and 'number' have no overlap.deno-ts(2367)

[BlackAsLight]

Bug Report

💻 Code

const nationID = 19818
if (localStorage.getItem("id") == nationID) {
    // do something
}

🙁 Actual behavior

Typescript incorrectly complains saying that there is no overlap here between a string | null and a number. If I was using three equal symbols then I would agree with it, but I’m not because I want it to do the conversion for me. "4" == 4 returns true while "4" === 4 returns false. It is wrong for typescript to treat a double equal symbol and triple equal symbol as the same.

🙂 Expected behavior

Typescript to not not complain about something that isn’t true.

[MartinJohns]

Duplicate of #26592.

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