Can't declare local variables with dynamic(!) imported types

[STARSCrazy]

Bug
It isn't possible to declare a local variable with an dynamic imported class/type.

TypeScript Version:
2.7.1 (visual studio tools)

Code

//Module1.ts
export class Class1 {
}

//Module2.ts
export class Class2 {
	public async TestMethod() {
		const module1 = await import("./Module1");
		var instance = new module1.Class1(); //works fine: Variable has type 'Class1'' (implicitly typed)
		var variable1: module1.Class1; //doesn't work!!! Message: Cannot find namespace "module1"
	}
}

Expected behavior:
The code compiles without errors. It's allowed to declare a variable with an dynamic imported type, because it works with implicitly typed local variables and non-dynamic imported module types, too.

Actual behavior:
For the variable1 declaration: Cannot find namespace "module1"

[ghost]

You can just import { Class1 as Class1Type } from "module1"; at the top, and as long as you don't use that Class1Type as a value, it won't be in the emitted code. Although it would be nicer if we let you write import { type Class1 } from "module1"; and guaranteed that it wouldn't be used as a value.

[mhegazy]

module1 is a value. a value does not have a type or namespace capabilities. this is one of the basic assumptions that the compiler makes about declarations.. see http://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/declaration-merging.html for more details.

I think the underlying issue of referring to a type from a module is tracked by
#14844

[typescript-bot]

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