API: how to get Symbol of anonymous class?

[ajafff]

TypeScript Version: 3.1.0-dev.20180813

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declare let node: ts.ClassExpression; // (class {})
checker.getSymbolAtLocation(node); // undefined;

Expected behavior:
getSymbolAtLocation returns the symbol of the class.

Actual behavior:
For named ClassLikeDeclarations I can use getSymbolAtLocation(node.name) but that will obviously not work if there is no name.

My current workaround is ts.getTypeAtLocation(node).symbol!.

Why doesn't getSymbolAtLocation simply return node.symbol if none of the conditions match?

In addition there is some special handling of FunctionKeyword to get the symbol of anonymous functions. Could something similar be implemented for ClassKeyword?

[RyanCavanaugh]

@sandersn can you look at this and help out? Thanks!

[sandersn]

@ajafff I added special handling of ClassKeyword in #26636. I'm not sure that's what you are asking for, however. It's fine for language service use, since users can't directly specify a ClassExpression, only a ClassKeyword. I don't know if it suffices for your needs, however.