TS2550

error TS2550: Property ‘setPrototypeOf‘ does not exist on type ‘ObjectConstructor‘. Do you need to change your target library? Try changing the ‘lib’ compiler option to ‘es2015’ or later.

Broken Code ❌

code.ts
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type HumanHero = typeof human & typeof hero;

const human = {
  speak: () => {
  }
};

const hero = {
  fly: () => {
  }
};

// Prototype-based inheritance
Object.setPrototypeOf(hero, human);
tsconfig.json
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{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "lib": [
      "dom",
      "es5"
    ],
    "target": "es6"
  }
}

Fixed Code ✔️

ES5, also known as ECMAScript 2009, doesn’t include Object.setPrototypeOf which is why you have to upgrade to ES6 (also known as ES2015):

tsconfig.json
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{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "lib": [
      "dom",
      "es6"
    ],
    "target": "es6"
  }
}