Consistent inferences when inferring to template literal type

src/compiler/checker.ts

@@ -20056,14 +20056,12 @@ namespace ts {
             }
 
             function inferToTemplateLiteralType(source: Type, target: TemplateLiteralType) {
-                if (source.flags & (TypeFlags.StringLike | TypeFlags.Index)) {
-                    const matches = source.flags & TypeFlags.StringLiteral ? inferLiteralsFromTemplateLiteralType(<StringLiteralType>source, target) :
-                        source.flags & TypeFlags.TemplateLiteral && arraysEqual((<TemplateLiteralType>source).texts, target.texts) && arraysEqual((<TemplateLiteralType>source).casings, target.casings)? (<TemplateLiteralType>source).types :
-                        undefined;
-                    const types = target.types;
-                    for (let i = 0; i < types.length; i++) {
-                        inferFromTypes(matches ? matches[i] : source.flags & TypeFlags.StringLiteral ? neverType : stringType, types[i]);
-                    }
+                const matches = source.flags & TypeFlags.StringLiteral ? inferLiteralsFromTemplateLiteralType(<StringLiteralType>source, target) :
+                    source.flags & TypeFlags.TemplateLiteral && arraysEqual((<TemplateLiteralType>source).texts, target.texts) && arraysEqual((<TemplateLiteralType>source).casings, target.casings)? (<TemplateLiteralType>source).types :
+                    undefined;
+                const types = target.types;
+                for (let i = 0; i < types.length; i++) {
+                    inferFromTypes(matches ? matches[i] : neverType, types[i]);
                 }
             }
 

tests/baselines/reference/templateLiteralTypes1.errors.txt

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ tests/cases/conformance/types/literal/templateLiteralTypes1.ts(39,5): error TS23
       Type 'string' is not assignable to type 'B'.
         'string' is assignable to the constraint of type 'B', but 'B' could be instantiated with a different subtype of constraint 'string'.
 tests/cases/conformance/types/literal/templateLiteralTypes1.ts(165,15): error TS1338: 'infer' declarations are only permitted in the 'extends' clause of a conditional type.
-tests/cases/conformance/types/literal/templateLiteralTypes1.ts(188,16): error TS2590: Expression produces a union type that is too complex to represent.
-tests/cases/conformance/types/literal/templateLiteralTypes1.ts(192,16): error TS2590: Expression produces a union type that is too complex to represent.
-tests/cases/conformance/types/literal/templateLiteralTypes1.ts(196,16): error TS2590: Expression produces a union type that is too complex to represent.
+tests/cases/conformance/types/literal/templateLiteralTypes1.ts(197,16): error TS2590: Expression produces a union type that is too complex to represent.
+tests/cases/conformance/types/literal/templateLiteralTypes1.ts(201,16): error TS2590: Expression produces a union type that is too complex to represent.
+tests/cases/conformance/types/literal/templateLiteralTypes1.ts(205,16): error TS2590: Expression produces a union type that is too complex to represent.
 
 
 ==== tests/cases/conformance/types/literal/templateLiteralTypes1.ts (6 errors) ====
@@ -198,6 +198,15 @@ tests/cases/conformance/types/literal/templateLiteralTypes1.ts(196,16): error TS
 
     type L1 = Chars<'FooBarBazThisIsALongerString'>;  // ['F', 'o', 'o', 'B', 'a', 'r', ...]
 
+    // Infer never when source isn't a literal type that matches the pattern
+
+    type Foo<T> = T extends `*${infer S}*` ? S : never;
+
+    type TF1 = Foo<any>;      // never
+    type TF2 = Foo<string>;   // never
+    type TF3 = Foo<'abc'>;    // never
+    type TF4 = Foo<'*abc*'>;  // 'abc'
+
     // Cross product unions limited to 100,000 constituents
 
     type A = any;

tests/baselines/reference/templateLiteralTypes1.js

@@ -176,6 +176,15 @@ type Chars<S extends string> =
 
 type L1 = Chars<'FooBarBazThisIsALongerString'>;  // ['F', 'o', 'o', 'B', 'a', 'r', ...]
 
+// Infer never when source isn't a literal type that matches the pattern
+
+type Foo<T> = T extends `*${infer S}*` ? S : never;
+
+type TF1 = Foo<any>;      // never
+type TF2 = Foo<string>;   // never
+type TF3 = Foo<'abc'>;    // never
+type TF4 = Foo<'*abc*'>;  // 'abc'
+
 // Cross product unions limited to 100,000 constituents
 
 type A = any;
@@ -329,6 +338,11 @@ declare type S2<S extends string> = S;
 declare type TV1 = `${infer X}`;
 declare type Chars<S extends string> = string extends S ? string[] : S extends `${infer C0}${infer C1}${infer C2}${infer C3}${infer C4}${infer C5}${infer C6}${infer C7}${infer C8}${infer C9}${infer R}` ? [C0, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, C9, ...Chars<R>] : S extends `${infer C}${infer R}` ? [C, ...Chars<R>] : S extends '' ? [] : never;
 declare type L1 = Chars<'FooBarBazThisIsALongerString'>;
+declare type Foo<T> = T extends `*${infer S}*` ? S : never;
+declare type TF1 = Foo<any>;
+declare type TF2 = Foo<string>;
+declare type TF3 = Foo<'abc'>;
+declare type TF4 = Foo<'*abc*'>;
 declare type A = any;
 declare type U1 = {
     a1: A;