@deno-types with remote files

[adamzerner]

The "Types and Type Declarations" page has a section called "Providing types when importing". That section uses the following example:

// @deno-types="./coolLib.d.ts"

What about when you don't have the *.d.ts file locally though? For example, suppose you want to reference a remote file, or use an npm specifier? Is that possible? If so, I think the docs should describe how and give an example. If not, I think the docs should 1) say so and 2) recommend a workaround.

I tried the following without success:

// @deno-types="npm:@types/react"
import React, { useState } from "react";

But if I use:

"imports": {
  "react": "https://esm.sh/react@18.2.0"
},

instead of:

"imports": {
  "react": "npm:react@18.2.0"
},

I get the types and don't need to use @deno-types (see Discord).