Maniphest T394313

It should be possible to return Types from top-level Functions
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	cmassaro
	May 14 2025, 2:42 PM

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Currently, this can't be done. Example:

https://www.wikifunctions.org/view/en/Z17534

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Wikifunctions allows Types to be returned from top-level functions

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Mentioned In: T389183: functions returning a Type don't work as expected
T392338: String objects in (synthetic) Wikidata references can be interpreted as a Typed Map

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cmassaro created this task.May 14 2025, 2:42 PM

cmassaro mentioned this in T392338: String objects in (synthetic) Wikidata references can be interpreted as a Typed Map.

Jdforrester-WMF triaged this task as High priority.May 14 2025, 3:38 PM

Jdforrester-WMF moved this task from To Triage to Product Backlog on the Abstract Wikipedia team board.

99of9 subscribed.May 15 2025, 1:45 AM

99of9 mentioned this in T389183: functions returning a Type don't work as expected.Aug 5 2025, 5:55 AM

Jdforrester-WMF changed the subtype of this task from "Task" to "Feature Request".Jan 14 2026, 7:18 PM

Jdforrester-WMF moved this task from Product Backlog to Upcoming Epics on the Abstract Wikipedia team board.

Jdforrester-WMF added a project: Epic.

This works! We can run functions like Z883 (and Z882, Z881) with no issues. Recommend resolving.

Jdforrester-WMF closed this task as Resolved.Jan 14 2026, 7:32 PM

Jdforrester-WMF assigned this task to cmassaro.