import type {Except} from './except'; import type {Simplify} from './simplify'; /** Create a writable version of the given array type. */ type WritableArray = ArrayType extends readonly [] ? [] : ArrayType extends readonly [...infer U, infer V] ? [...U, V] : ArrayType extends readonly [infer U, ...infer V] ? [U, ...V] : ArrayType extends ReadonlyArray ? U[] : ArrayType; /** Create a type that strips `readonly` from the given type. Inverse of `Readonly`. The 2nd argument will be ignored if the input type is not an object. Note: This type can make readonly `Set` and `Map` writable. This behavior is different from `Readonly` (as of TypeScript 5.2.2). See: https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/29655 This can be used to [store and mutate options within a class](https://github.com/sindresorhus/pageres/blob/4a5d05fca19a5fbd2f53842cbf3eb7b1b63bddd2/source/index.ts#L72), [edit `readonly` objects within tests](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50703834), [construct a `readonly` object within a function](https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/24509), or to define a single model where the only thing that changes is whether or not some of the keys are writable. @example ``` import type {Writable} from 'type-fest'; type Foo = { readonly a: number; readonly b: readonly string[]; // To show that only the mutability status of the properties, not their values, are affected. readonly c: boolean; }; const writableFoo: Writable = {a: 1, b: ['2'], c: true}; writableFoo.a = 3; writableFoo.b[0] = 'new value'; // Will still fail as the value of property "b" is still a readonly type. writableFoo.b = ['something']; // Will work as the "b" property itself is no longer readonly. type SomeWritable = Writable; // type SomeWritable = { // readonly a: number; // b: readonly string[]; // It's now writable. The type of the property remains unaffected. // c: boolean; // It's now writable. // } // Also supports array const readonlyArray: readonly number[] = [1, 2, 3]; readonlyArray.push(4); // Will fail as the array itself is readonly. const writableArray: Writable = readonlyArray as Writable; writableArray.push(4); // Will work as the array itself is now writable. ``` @category Object */ export type Writable = BaseType extends ReadonlyMap ? Map : BaseType extends ReadonlySet ? Set : BaseType extends readonly unknown[] // Handle array ? WritableArray // Handle object : Simplify< // Pick just the keys that are not writable from the base type. Except & // Pick the keys that should be writable from the base type and make them writable by removing the `readonly` modifier from the key. {-readonly [KeyType in keyof Pick]: Pick[KeyType]} >;