[Bug]: Location state type any

[simeng-li]

What version of React Router are you using?

6.9.0

Steps to Reproduce

const { state } = useLocation() throws ts unsafe assignment error.

Expected Behavior

The state type defined in the Location should be unknown.

Actual Behavior

The state type defined in Location is any

https://github.com/remix-run/react-router/blob/main/packages/router/history.ts#L60

[timdorr]

@brophdawg11 Any reason we didn't replicate this from history: https://github.com/remix-run/history/blob/dev/packages/history/index.ts#L106

[brophdawg11]

Ah, took a while but was able to track down the reason for the change. Seems that it was because unknown forces the strictest type narrowing on everyone, even non-type-purists. any is more flexible but doesn't prevent folks from going all in on type narrowing.

#8702 (comment)