Upgrade editor support to TS 4.4, update typings to infer object types #878
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This PR updates the editor and compiler to support TypeScript 4.4. Most notably, this allows us to infer object types from object IDs. For example, the editor knows that the object with the ID


"system.adapter.javascript.0.alive"
must be a state:The
common.alias
property is now also supported, among many others:Inferring the type works for a bunch of common IDs. When it is not certain like in this case:


accessing properties that could exists on any of the possibilities is now allowed (but no syntax help):
fixes: #838
fixes: #846
fixes: #865