What is the `external:AST` type?

[sakgoyal]

the jsdoc comments have

@param {?external:AST} node

around. what does this mean? Where can I find the AST type?
I am trying to write a .ts version of esquery but im having trouble figuring out where the following exist:

• external:AST
• PlainObject

You can see my progress here:
https://github.com/sakgoyal/esquery/tree/esm

[sakgoyal]

Also, what is the [?type] syntax?
I made the assumption that ? means nullable here since [] already means optional

[brettz9]

external: is the pre-TypeScript way of JSDoc to refer to an external source (pointed to by an @external tag).

You can see in the @types/esquery package, that the proper AST should be import('estree').Node.

PlainObject was a way to indicate an arbitrary object. It needs to be elaborated (as does SelectorMatcher).

As per https://jsdoc.app/tags-type , ?type is type or null (though undefined may also be relevant here I think).

Before doing more work, however, I'd confirm that @michaelficarra would accept a TypeScript PR.

[sakgoyal]

so does this mean I should do this in my code?

import type { Node as AST } from "estree";

I dont quite understand what you are trying to tell me. Same with the "elaborate". I dont quite understand what this means either.

[brettz9]

so does this mean I should do this in my code?

import type { Node as AST } from "estree";

I think that should work. I normally use JSDoc for TypeScript rather than pure TS, but that looks right.

I dont quite understand what you are trying to tell me. Same with the "elaborate". I dont quite understand what this means either.

It means you will need more type info than we provided. Look at the @types/esquery package (or just use that).