/** `A` or `null` or `undefined`. */
export declare type Perhaps<A> = A | null | undefined;
/** Returns `A` with the same optionality as `B`. */
export declare type CoOptional<A, B> = Extract<B, null | undefined> | (Exclude<B, null | undefined> extends never ? never : A);
export declare type MonoCtor = new (arg: any) => any;
export declare type MonoParam<A extends MonoCtor> = ConstructorParameters<A>[0];
/** Given a single-parameter constructor, return a function that will accept either
 * null, undefined or that single parameter, and return either null, undefined or a
 * new instance of the corresponding class.
 * @param Ctor the constructor
 * @return an optional factory method
 */
export declare const Of: <A extends MonoCtor>(Ctor: A) => <B extends Perhaps<MonoParam<A>>>(param: B) => CoOptional<InstanceType<A>, B>;
/** Given a function, return a new function with the same shape but an optional first
 * parameter, that returns either null or undefined if that first parameter is
 * null or undefined, or else the result of invoking the wrapped function.
 * @param func the function to wrap
 * @return a new more optional function
 */
export declare const of: <A, B extends readonly unknown[], C>(func: (arg: A, ...args: B) => C) => <AA extends Perhaps<A>>(param: AA, ...rest: B) => CoOptional<C, AA>;