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Description

With "importsNotUsedAsValues": "error" in tsconfig.json, those two lines behave differently.

import type { T } from "./module"; // ok
import { type T } from "./module"; // error ts(1371)

While using the rule consistent-type-imports with option "fixStyle": "inline-type-imports", this plugin will yield incorrect ts code.

// before
import { T } from "./module";

// after
import { type T } from "./module"; // error ts(1371)

We may need a new option or a new rule to handle the type-only imports properly.

import { type T }         -> import type { T }
import { type A, type B } -> import type { A, B }
import { A, type B }      -> <as-is>
import { A, B }           -> <as-is>

Fail

import { type T }
import { type A, type B }

Pass

import type { T }
import type { A, B }
import { A, type B }
import { A, B }

Additional Info

microsoft/TypeScript#47118