Pedantic index signatures in TypeScript 4.1

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This article discusses problems with TypeScript's index signatures where accessing non-existent properties returns undefined at runtime but isn't caught by the type checker. It introduces TypeScript 4.1's pedantic index signature checks and demonstrates how to create a SafeRecord type to ensure proper undefined handling for safer object property access.

Pedantic index signatures in TypeScript 4.1

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