Babel: Function parameter types in ES6

Question

If I write the following piece of code and transpile it through Babel (6.5.0) it works correctly.

function foo (first: string, second: number) {         


        

Answer 1

Thanks for Joe Clay, Bergi and Felix Kling for the answers in the comments section. I wrapped the answer below from the discussion as no-one answered officially.

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It seems that some Babel plugins (eg. babel-plugin-transform-flow-strip-types) strip parameter types off while transpiling. I'm using babel-preset-react that includes babel-plugin-transform-flow-strip-types.

Example behaviour of babel-plugin-transform-flow-strip-types copy-pasted below from http://babeljs.io/docs/plugins/transform-flow-strip-types/

In:

function foo(one: any, two: number, three?): string {}

Out:

function foo(one, two, three) {}

Conclusion, parameter types are not valid ES6, but them can be used if code is transpiled using Babel with the stripping plugins.