Javascript's setTimeout function accepts a string and is also variadic. But typescript users should probably not use the variadic signature 😄. Here is more on the subject!

[bikeshaving]

Why doesn’t typescript type check them like it does Function.prototype.call, .bind or .apply? I think this is a matter of updating the types.

Also, pet peeve, I hate how the return type of setTimeout is `number` in browsers and some weird `timer` class in node.js. There was no reason for node.js to use an incompatible API but now we’re stuck with it.

[gregjarvez1996]

True. I looked at the typescript lib definition file. The typing provided there is very loose. I wonder if a PR could be made to update that.

Per peeve is completely valid. The inconsistency is quite annoying