title: Can't create an object with syntax <interface>{} anymore?
body: <p>The following code produces an error in the typescript playground:</p>
  <pre><code>interface Person {
      name: string;
      age: number;
  }
  
  const makePerson= function(name : string, age : number) : Person {
      
      let obj = &lt;Person&gt;{}
      obj.name = name;
      obj.age = age;
      return obj  
  }
  </code></pre>
  <p>The code produces a red squiggly under 'person' <code>let obj = &lt;Person&gt;{}</code></p>
  <p>I use this syntax to create objects conforming to an interface all the time.  Did something change in the language?  Is something broken in the playground?  Why does the error message talk about React?  Here's a screenshot.</p>
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/6ue23.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/6ue23.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>