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Following up on#5032 ->#5036, it's still easy to get a dreaded"The inferred type of '...' cannot be named without a reference to '.../node_modules/@typescript-eslint/utils/dist/ts-eslint/Rule.js'. This is likely not portable. A type annotation is necessary." TypeScript type error when usingESLintUtils.RuleCreator:

import{ESLintUtils}from"@typescript-eslint/utils";exportconstcreateRule=ESLintUtils.RuleCreator((name)=>`.../${name}.md`);//           ~~~~~~~~~~// The inferred type of 'createRule' cannot be named without a reference to// '../../node_modules/@typescript-eslint/utils/dist/ts-eslint/Rule.js'.// This is likely not portable. A type annotation is necessary.

How do we recommend third party packages do this?

Also mentioned by@Josh-Cena on the Discord:https://discord.com/channels/1026804805894672454/1130171307909202021/1130171307909202021. And stumbled onto (again) by me inJoshuaKGoldberg/eslint-plugin-expect-type@2660939.

Interestingly, DefinitelyTyped-tools doesn't seem to have this issue...https://github.com/microsoft/DefinitelyTyped-tools/blob/b6b22fc00eebbcfa26120cc314c3f7d2179106ba/packages/eslint-plugin/src/util.ts

I'd consider this issue to be a more specific subset of#5444.

Affected URL(s)

https://typescript-eslint.io/developers/custom-rules