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Exclude type not preventing to pass "excluded" types #22822

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TypeScript Version: 2.8.0-dev.20180322

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I am experimenting with the Exclude type introduced here #21847.

What I would like is to create a type that includes all strings except for "", I thought something like this would work:

type NonEmptyString = Exclude<string, "">;
function test(s: NonEmptyString) {}
test("");

so I was expecting an error, but no, it compiles fine. Also test("a"); compiles fine. I didn't get the reason why, I've asked on gitter and it looks like this code should give a compile error.

Expected behavior: I think a compiler error should be shown, but I'm really new with TypeScript, so it might easily be an error on my side

Actual behavior: No compiler error, both with test("") and test("a")

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