New --enforceReadonly compiler option to enforce read-only semantics in type relations

src/compiler/commandLineParser.ts

@@ -1012,6 +1012,15 @@ const commandOptionsWithoutBuild: CommandLineOption[] = [
         description: Diagnostics.Enforces_using_indexed_accessors_for_keys_declared_using_an_indexed_type,
         defaultValueDescription: false,
     },
+    {
+        name: "enforceReadonly",
+        type: "boolean",
+        affectsSemanticDiagnostics: true,
+        affectsBuildInfo: true,
+        category: Diagnostics.Type_Checking,
+        description: Diagnostics.Ensure_that_readonly_properties_remain_read_only_in_type_relationships,
+        defaultValueDescription: false,
+    },
 
     // Module Resolution
     {

src/compiler/diagnosticMessages.json

@@ -4344,6 +4344,14 @@
         "category": "Error",
         "code": 4126
     },
+    "Property '{0}' is 'readonly' in the source but not in the target.": {
+        "category": "Error",
+        "code": 4127
+    },
+    "'{0}' index signature is 'readonly' in the source but not in the target.": {
+        "category": "Error",
+        "code": 4128
+    },
 
     "The current host does not support the '{0}' option.": {
         "category": "Error",
@@ -6379,6 +6387,10 @@
         "category": "Message",
         "code": 6719
     },
+    "Ensure that 'readonly' properties remain read-only in type relationships.": {
+        "category": "Message",
+        "code": 6720
+    },
 
     "Default catch clause variables as 'unknown' instead of 'any'.": {
         "category": "Message",

src/compiler/types.ts

@@ -1708,7 +1708,7 @@ export interface AutoGenerateInfo {
 
 /** @internal */
 export interface GeneratedIdentifier extends Identifier {
-    readonly emitNode: EmitNode & { autoGenerate: AutoGenerateInfo; };
+    emitNode: EmitNode & { autoGenerate: AutoGenerateInfo; };
 }
 
 export interface QualifiedName extends Node, FlowContainer {
@@ -1787,7 +1787,7 @@ export interface PrivateIdentifier extends PrimaryExpression {
 
 /** @internal */
 export interface GeneratedPrivateIdentifier extends PrivateIdentifier {
-    readonly emitNode: EmitNode & { autoGenerate: AutoGenerateInfo; };
+    emitNode: EmitNode & { autoGenerate: AutoGenerateInfo; };
 }
 
 /** @internal */
@@ -7238,6 +7238,7 @@ export interface CompilerOptions {
     downlevelIteration?: boolean;
     emitBOM?: boolean;
     emitDecoratorMetadata?: boolean;
+    enforceReadonly?: boolean;
     exactOptionalPropertyTypes?: boolean;
     experimentalDecorators?: boolean;
     forceConsistentCasingInFileNames?: boolean;

src/lib/dom.generated.d.ts

@@ -1275,8 +1275,8 @@ interface PushSubscriptionOptionsInit {
 }
 
 interface QueuingStrategy<T = any> {
-    highWaterMark?: number;
-    size?: QueuingStrategySize<T>;
+    readonly highWaterMark?: number;
+    readonly size?: QueuingStrategySize<T>;
 }
 
 interface QueuingStrategyInit {
@@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ interface QueuingStrategyInit {
      *
      * Note that the provided high water mark will not be validated ahead of time. Instead, if it is negative, NaN, or not a number, the resulting ByteLengthQueuingStrategy will cause the corresponding stream constructor to throw.
      */
-    highWaterMark: number;
+    readonly highWaterMark: number;
 }
 
 interface RTCAnswerOptions extends RTCOfferAnswerOptions {
@@ -6041,9 +6041,9 @@ interface DOMException extends Error {
      */
     readonly code: number;
     /** [MDN Reference](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/DOMException/message) */
-    readonly message: string;
+    message: string;
     /** [MDN Reference](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/DOMException/name) */
-    readonly name: string;
+    name: string;
     readonly INDEX_SIZE_ERR: 1;
     readonly DOMSTRING_SIZE_ERR: 2;
     readonly HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR: 3;
@@ -18793,7 +18793,7 @@ interface ReadableStream<R = any> {
 
 declare var ReadableStream: {
     prototype: ReadableStream;
-    new(underlyingSource: UnderlyingByteSource, strategy?: { highWaterMark?: number }): ReadableStream<Uint8Array>;
+    new(underlyingSource: UnderlyingByteSource, strategy?: { readonly highWaterMark?: number }): ReadableStream<Uint8Array>;
     new<R = any>(underlyingSource: UnderlyingDefaultSource<R>, strategy?: QueuingStrategy<R>): ReadableStream<R>;
     new<R = any>(underlyingSource?: UnderlyingSource<R>, strategy?: QueuingStrategy<R>): ReadableStream<R>;
 };
@@ -19533,7 +19533,7 @@ interface SVGElementEventMap extends ElementEventMap, GlobalEventHandlersEventMa
  */
 interface SVGElement extends Element, ElementCSSInlineStyle, GlobalEventHandlers, HTMLOrSVGElement {
     /** @deprecated */
-    readonly className: any;
+    className: any;
     readonly ownerSVGElement: SVGSVGElement | null;
     readonly viewportElement: SVGElement | null;
     addEventListener<K extends keyof SVGElementEventMap>(type: K, listener: (this: SVGElement, ev: SVGElementEventMap[K]) => any, options?: boolean | AddEventListenerOptions): void;

src/lib/es2015.collection.d.ts

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ interface Map<K, V> {
 interface MapConstructor {
     new (): Map<any, any>;
     new <K, V>(entries?: readonly (readonly [K, V])[] | null): Map<K, V>;
-    readonly prototype: Map<any, any>;
+    prototype: Map<any, any>;
 }
 declare var Map: MapConstructor;
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ interface WeakMap<K extends WeakKey, V> {
 
 interface WeakMapConstructor {
     new <K extends WeakKey = WeakKey, V = any>(entries?: readonly (readonly [K, V])[] | null): WeakMap<K, V>;
-    readonly prototype: WeakMap<WeakKey, any>;
+    prototype: WeakMap<WeakKey, any>;
 }
 declare var WeakMap: WeakMapConstructor;
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ interface Set<T> {
 
 interface SetConstructor {
     new <T = any>(values?: readonly T[] | null): Set<T>;
-    readonly prototype: Set<any>;
+    prototype: Set<any>;
 }
 declare var Set: SetConstructor;
 
@@ -124,6 +124,6 @@ interface WeakSet<T extends WeakKey> {
 
 interface WeakSetConstructor {
     new <T extends WeakKey = WeakKey>(values?: readonly T[] | null): WeakSet<T>;
-    readonly prototype: WeakSet<WeakKey>;
+    prototype: WeakSet<WeakKey>;
 }
 declare var WeakSet: WeakSetConstructor;

src/lib/es2015.generator.d.ts

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ interface GeneratorFunction {
     /**
      * A reference to the prototype.
      */
-    readonly prototype: Generator;
+    prototype: Generator;
 }
 
 interface GeneratorFunctionConstructor {
@@ -55,5 +55,5 @@ interface GeneratorFunctionConstructor {
     /**
      * A reference to the prototype.
      */
-    readonly prototype: GeneratorFunction;
+    prototype: GeneratorFunction;
 }

src/lib/es2015.promise.d.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ interface PromiseConstructor {
     /**
      * A reference to the prototype.
      */
-    readonly prototype: Promise<any>;
+    prototype: Promise<any>;
 
     /**
      * Creates a new Promise.

src/lib/es2015.symbol.d.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ interface SymbolConstructor {
     /**
      * A reference to the prototype.
      */
-    readonly prototype: Symbol;
+    prototype: Symbol;
 
     /**
      * Returns a new unique Symbol value.

src/lib/es2017.object.d.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ interface ObjectConstructor {
      * Returns an array of values of the enumerable properties of an object
      * @param o Object that contains the properties and methods. This can be an object that you created or an existing Document Object Model (DOM) object.
      */
-    values<T>(o: { [s: string]: T; } | ArrayLike<T>): T[];
+    values<T>(o: { readonly [s: string]: T; } | ArrayLike<T>): T[];
 
     /**
      * Returns an array of values of the enumerable properties of an object
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ interface ObjectConstructor {
      * Returns an array of key/values of the enumerable properties of an object
      * @param o Object that contains the properties and methods. This can be an object that you created or an existing Document Object Model (DOM) object.
      */
-    entries<T>(o: { [s: string]: T; } | ArrayLike<T>): [string, T][];
+    entries<T>(o: { readonly [s: string]: T; } | ArrayLike<T>): [string, T][];
 
     /**
      * Returns an array of key/values of the enumerable properties of an object

src/lib/es2017.sharedmemory.d.ts

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ interface SharedArrayBuffer {
 }
 
 interface SharedArrayBufferConstructor {
-    readonly prototype: SharedArrayBuffer;
+    prototype: SharedArrayBuffer;
     new (byteLength: number): SharedArrayBuffer;
 }
 declare var SharedArrayBuffer: SharedArrayBufferConstructor;

src/lib/es2018.asyncgenerator.d.ts

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ interface AsyncGeneratorFunction {
     /**
      * A reference to the prototype.
      */
-    readonly prototype: AsyncGenerator;
+    prototype: AsyncGenerator;
 }
 
 interface AsyncGeneratorFunctionConstructor {
@@ -55,5 +55,5 @@ interface AsyncGeneratorFunctionConstructor {
     /**
      * A reference to the prototype.
      */
-    readonly prototype: AsyncGeneratorFunction;
+    prototype: AsyncGeneratorFunction;
 }

src/lib/es2018.intl.d.ts

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ declare namespace Intl {
     interface PluralRulesConstructor {
         new (locales?: string | readonly string[], options?: PluralRulesOptions): PluralRules;
         (locales?: string | readonly string[], options?: PluralRulesOptions): PluralRules;
-        supportedLocalesOf(locales: string | readonly string[], options?: { localeMatcher?: "lookup" | "best fit"; }): string[];
+        supportedLocalesOf(locales: string | readonly string[], options?: { readonly localeMatcher?: "lookup" | "best fit"; }): string[];
     }
 
     const PluralRules: PluralRulesConstructor;

src/lib/es2020.bigint.d.ts

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ interface BigInt {
 
 interface BigIntConstructor {
     (value: bigint | boolean | number | string): bigint;
-    readonly prototype: BigInt;
+    prototype: BigInt;
 
     /**
      * Interprets the low bits of a BigInt as a 2's-complement signed integer.
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ interface BigInt64Array {
 }
 
 interface BigInt64ArrayConstructor {
-    readonly prototype: BigInt64Array;
+    prototype: BigInt64Array;
     new (length?: number): BigInt64Array;
     new (array: Iterable<bigint>): BigInt64Array;
     new (buffer: ArrayBufferLike, byteOffset?: number, length?: number): BigInt64Array;
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ interface BigUint64Array {
 }
 
 interface BigUint64ArrayConstructor {
-    readonly prototype: BigUint64Array;
+    prototype: BigUint64Array;
     new (length?: number): BigUint64Array;
     new (array: Iterable<bigint>): BigUint64Array;
     new (buffer: ArrayBufferLike, byteOffset?: number, length?: number): BigUint64Array;

src/lib/es2020.intl.d.ts

@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ declare namespace Intl {
          *
          * [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Intl/DisplayNames/supportedLocalesOf).
          */
-        supportedLocalesOf(locales?: LocalesArgument, options?: { localeMatcher?: RelativeTimeFormatLocaleMatcher; }): UnicodeBCP47LocaleIdentifier[];
+        supportedLocalesOf(locales?: LocalesArgument, options?: { readonly localeMatcher?: RelativeTimeFormatLocaleMatcher; }): UnicodeBCP47LocaleIdentifier[];
     };
 
     interface CollatorConstructor {

src/lib/es2021.promise.d.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ interface AggregateError extends Error {
 interface AggregateErrorConstructor {
     new (errors: Iterable<any>, message?: string): AggregateError;
     (errors: Iterable<any>, message?: string): AggregateError;
-    readonly prototype: AggregateError;
+    prototype: AggregateError;
 }
 
 declare var AggregateError: AggregateErrorConstructor;

src/lib/es2021.weakref.d.ts

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ interface WeakRef<T extends WeakKey> {
 }
 
 interface WeakRefConstructor {
-    readonly prototype: WeakRef<any>;
+    prototype: WeakRef<any>;
 
     /**
      * Creates a WeakRef instance for the given target value.
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ interface FinalizationRegistry<T> {
 }
 
 interface FinalizationRegistryConstructor {
-    readonly prototype: FinalizationRegistry<any>;
+    prototype: FinalizationRegistry<any>;
 
     /**
      * Creates a finalization registry with an associated cleanup callback