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Repro

{
  "rules": {
    "@typescript-eslint/explicit-function-return-type": ["error"]
  }
}

interface SomeObject {
  hello: string;
  callback: () => string;
}

function foo(): SomeObject {
  return {
    hello: 'world',
    callback: () => 'this is a callback', // Missing return type on function.eslint@typescript-eslint/explicit-function-return-type
  };
}

function bar(): SomeObject {
  return {
    hello: 'world',
    callback: () => 'this is a callback', // This one is fine.
  } as SomeObject;
}

Expected Result

When returning an object from a function (that itself has a type signature) you arguably don't need the explicit return type here as you have it in the function's type signature. It would be nice to be able to have an option to ignore this case. This is most useful when you have factory functions.

Actual Result

Missing return type on function.eslint@typescript-eslint/explicit-function-return-type

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