🔎 Search Terms

location.reload location.href

🕗 Version & Regression Information

• This is the behavior in every version I tried, and I reviewed the FAQ for entries about unreachable code

⏯ Playground Link

https://www.typescriptlang.org/play/?ssl=13&ssc=1&pln=1&pc=1#code/FAMwrgdgxgLglgewgAhAhAKAlMg3sZQ5AJwFMYxiIBuYAogQwBtTiYMByAC1KaYQ5ZaAXzrho8JMgBGDYtjz1CAdzgQAJgmUA6flAaSI2svwbrstJcmat23Xv0EjgQA

💻 Code

function foo() {
    return;

    alert('hello');
}

function bar() {
    window.location.reload();

    alert('hello');
}

🙁 Actual behavior

line 5: Unreachable code detected.

🙂 Expected behavior

line 5: Unreachable code detected.
line 11: Unreachable code detected.

Additional information about the issue

The same applies to when when assigning location.href = ... for example