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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"bogus error \"Parenthesized expression cannot be empty\"","articleBody":"### Version\n\nv22.8.0\n\n### Platform\n\n```text\nLinux samual-nixos 6.12.48 #1-NixOS SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Sep 19 14:35:52 UTC 2025 x86_64 GNU/Linux\n```\n\n### Subsystem\n\nModules: TypeScript\n\n### What steps will reproduce the bug?\n\n```ts\nconst foo = (): (void) =\u003e {}\n```\n\nRun `node script.ts`\n\n### How often does it reproduce? Is there a required condition?\n\nalways\n\n### What is the expected behavior? Why is that the expected behavior?\n\nthis is perfectly valid type-strippable typescript so would expect `: (void)` is stripped away as expected and the script is interpreted as\n```js\nconst foo = ()         =\u003e {}\n```\n\n### What do you see instead?\n\n```\n❯ node script.ts\nnode:internal/modules/run_main:107\n    triggerUncaughtException(\n    ^\n\nfile:///home/[… SNIP …]/script.ts:1\nconst foo = (): (void) =\u003e {}\n            ^^\n\nSyntaxError [ERR_INVALID_TYPESCRIPT_SYNTAX]: Parenthesized expression cannot be empty\n    at parseTypeScript (node:internal/modules/typescript:72:36)\n    at processTypeScriptCode (node:internal/modules/typescript:146:42)\n    at stripTypeScriptModuleTypes (node:internal/modules/typescript:209:22)\n    at ModuleLoader.\u003canonymous\u003e (node:internal/modules/esm/translators:645:16)\n    at #translate (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:575:20)\n    at afterLoad (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:625:29)\n    at ModuleLoader.loadAndTranslate (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:630:12)\n    at #createModuleJob (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:654:36)\n    at #getJobFromResolveResult (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:354:34)\n    at ModuleLoader.getModuleJobForImport (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:319:41) {\n  code: 'ERR_INVALID_TYPESCRIPT_SYNTAX'\n}\n\nNode.js v24.8.0\n```\n\n### Additional information\n\n_No response_","author":{"url":"https://github.com/samualtnorman","@type":"Person","name":"samualtnorman"},"datePublished":"2025-09-25T10:27:59.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/60007/node/issues/60007"}